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1/ Life w/o parole for the #Christchurch killer is unsurprising. The suggestion by John Milne that the terrorist should be returned to the country that gave him birth is interesting (if unlikely?), but ... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/christchurch-gunman-should-be-sent-back-to-australia:-court/12594538
2/ ... it may be more useful to examine those elements of AUS political culture that gave impetus to his terrorism, & not only the proto-fascism of 'Reclaim Australia' or the neo-Nazi 'United Patriots Front' -- both of which were lovingly nurtured by @Facebook.
3/ Hence I rlly do think it's telling that the UPF fuehrer -- whom the Christchurch killer described as his 'Emperor' & who thrilled to his activities, all publicised by @Facebook -- was treated to var platforms by AUS media, despite his neo-Nazism & violent criminal record.
4/ You might think the massacre would change things -- & it has, a little -- but the chief preoccupation of the killer's manifesto, 'The Great Replacement', remains a key theme in 'conservative' discourse. Indeed, one of its loudest propagandists, Lauren Southern, is >
5/ > the keynote speaker @ the 'Conservative Political Action Conference' in Sydney in November, where she'll be joined by govt MPs (Craig Kelly), PHONy Mark Latham, Warren Mundine, corporate propagandists from the IPA & var (other) #NewsCorpse trollumnists.
6/ Hateful deadshits like the Christchurch killer abound on @Facebook, & his genocidal phantasy informs many. Many commentators srsly underestimate the extent of this sentiment. EG, here's the reacc of a coupla of other 110% Dinky-Di Aussie Patriots on news of the sentencing:
7/ It's all profitable fun & games to the trollumnists (& to the swine who make such comments), but the super-acceleration given these sentiments by corporate oligopolies like @Facebook means another massacre is just around the corner.
To these ghouls I say:
To these ghouls I say:
Anyway, shout-out to #CPACAustralia for ensuring that, while the killer may be spending the rest of his life in prison, his political legacy lives on!
NB. For the sake of my sanity, I freq deploy humour as mitigation, but pls believe me when I say I'm rlly quite angry. But aside from feels, the moar srs ethical & politically-meaningful Q is what -- if anything -- I & I can do to mitigate this hateful garbagefire. #TrueStory
