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[–] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shit has become so unhinged. This is my first referendum so I'm sure how it compares. But the rhetoric just feels so vicious. The no campaign say the voice is divisive but it's their campaign that's divisive. They're importing some of vilest culture war tactics from the US.

[–] WendyMsGator@aus.social 13 points 1 year ago

@Nonameuser678 @Zagorath

Gay marriage referendum didn't get as vicious as this and that's saying a lot.

[–] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

The conservatives have been getting worse over the past say, 10 years, Trump kind of accelerated things and that style of "who cares what the truth is" was exported from the US.

The right wing in general was always going to end up being like this though.