Indigenous senator who yelled 'You are not our king' at Charles III is censured in Australia
Indigenous senator who yelled 'You are not our king' at Charles III is censured in Australia
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Indigenous senator who yelled 'You are not our king' at Charles III is censured in Australia
Summary
Australian senators censured Senator Lidia Thorpe for her outburst against King Charles III during his visit, calling him a colonizer and demanding land and reparations. Thorpe defended her actions, stating she would repeat them if Charles returned.
How dare she say something true!
She also called him a colonizer and said he committed genocide, both very stupid statements. Shit happened hundreds of years ago, he had nothing to do with it. If she wants reparations and land she should be asking the UK and Australian governments for it, not an elderly monarch. And now she's gone and got herself censured, making her a pariah and reducing Aboriginal influence in parliament. This is nothing but a loss for her and the people she represents.
The crown greatly enriched themselves in the act. They should also pay reparations.
I disagree it reduced her influence. She's now made a name for herself. She likely wasn't given much influence to start with, but she's been handed a platform to speak with now.
The Commonwealth still owns land in Australia (and 14 other countries ) and still heads the government all be it with limited powers. Literally, they are still colonizers. Fuck em.
You really don't understand symbolism.
She's right, but outbursts like this are the equivalent of activists throwing paint at the Mona Lisa. It makes that side look petulant and doesn't effect change. If she really wants land and reparations, did she really think this grandstanding was the way to accomplish that goal?
If it made Charles momentarily uncomfortable then that’s enough justification for me.
I think she's as fully aware as black and indigenous Americans are that she'll never actually get what she's owed, so she might as well tell the king that's been forced on her people to fuck off.
No, not the plastic sheeting in front of the Mona Lisa! It'll take minutes for a janitor the come wipe that off.
I think the whole point of acts like you describe show how you (people) care more about a painting than the continual ravaging of life on this planet by those who seek wealth and power.
What does the Mona Lisa matter when more and more of the worlds population is scrapping to survive under constant threat of environmental and economic collapse and war brought on by the people who host and visit such works of art.
Muh civility