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I'm assuming it was you who deleted that blatant troll post, thanks for that. And yeah that thread is getting a bit toxic even without blatant trolls. Do what you have to for your mental health and take care!
Hey that second statement about people getting killed in order for others to realize the significant danger of guns was tounge-in-cheek. Not trying to make light of people's dying, but you know the lawmakers will spin it to their advantage. Business as usual.
are you actually 15? I don't mean this in a condescending way, you seemed older to me. it's just, I know this is not very good since like you care about other people which is one of the most impt attributes, and stuff like pauline hanson having six years from a double dissolution with an upswing in fascism is terrible
but having a labor government when you graduate hs will at least save your skin, looking at what the libs are doing, and a close government this term will prevent anything too drastic from being done. last term only worked because the libs had such a powerful control over one house, and they started to get stonewalled by the lower house
and the double dissolution means the senate will probably be some semblance of leftish for the next six years, which will help labor a lot when they regain the house of reps