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That is some of the sickest shit I
Why should you be entitled to enrol on voting day?The coalition following the far right tactics of the us in attempting to exclude voters in new zealand, which will end up favouring right wing parties.
I agree with you on this matterWhy should you be entitled to enrol on voting day?
100,000 did it last election and the booths ground to a halt. Logistically we have to get people to enrol early in an orderly fashion. Or else next election we might get 1 million turning up to enrol and vote on the day and the system will fall apart.
The logistics of taking the easy route and enrolling and voting at once just doesn’t work.
The government are following the American gerrymandering and looking to shut down avenues that traditionally lean left.Why should you be entitled to enrol on voting day?
100,000 did it last election and the booths ground to a halt. Logistically we have to get people to enrol early in an orderly fashion. Or else next election we might get 1 million turning up to enrol and vote on the day and the system will fall apart.
The logistics of taking the easy route and enrolling and voting at once just doesn’t work.
Being incompetent and incapable of enrolling early is a left feature? Sorry you feel that way about your fellow incompetentsThe government are following the American gerrymandering and looking to shut down avenues that traditionally lean left.
I hope you're not deflecting ftom plunketts comment
He and the Platform have a substantial right wing and far right wing following.Being incompetent and incapable of enrolling early is a left feature? Sorry you feel that way about your fellow incompetents
Plunkett is a shock jock that’s irrelevant. He represents the fringe that should be ignored on both sides.
Now I hope your not using Plunkett to deflect from the actual logistics of same day enrolling and voting?
Besides that he is a complete cunt spouting shit for easy cashHe and the Platform have a substantial right wing and far right wing following.
Toxic comment by a toxic media personality that votes right. But that disgusting comment was certainly not representative of those that also vote that way
How could anyone consider that humour.That is some of the sickest shit I
have seen someone in his position as a broadcaster I have seen in some time. What a fucken scumbag
And what’s your target audience to make comments like that publicly? Just so toxic on so many levelsHow could anyone consider that humour.
Unless he's mocking the Israeli govt narrative, it's a total cunt statement.How could anyone consider that humour.
Hahaha what? Like fuck that's not representative of right wing pedo elite voting twits.Toxic comment by a toxic media personality that votes right. But that disgusting comment was certainly not representative of those that also vote that way
Another highly intellectual contribution to the thread from you. Well doneHahaha what? Like fuck that's not representative of right wing pedo elite voting twits.
Yeah, agree, that's kinda why I put toxic in there, a particular flavor, commonly found on x and places like the platformToxic comment by a toxic media personality that votes right. But that disgusting comment was certainly not representative of those that also vote that way
It's a total cunt statementUnless he's mocking the Israeli govt narrative, it's a total cunt statement.
Without knowing the context of his post, certainly looks like itIt's a total cunt statement
I don’t think there’s a context where that is anything other than a very sick way of looking at things. Regardless of views on Hamas etc, innocent children starving to death is about as bad as it gets.Without knowing the context of his post, certainly looks like it
His post is still up. It's exactly what it saysWithout knowing the context of his post, certainly looks like it
What a fucken sick thing to say.