Anti-racists fight to defend Narre Warren mosque
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redflag.org.auPosted Apr 19, 2016, 1:24 AM UTC
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redflag.org.au"Dickheads* fight to defend Narre Warren mosque" FTFY
*from other dickheads for sure but they're still dickheads
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I'm a local and a muslim. When i first saw the farmers signs I was planning to approach the group informing them the only real traffic increase they would get is twice a year during Eid and a little more on a Friday.
I was on their side about the size of the development. I'm a regular to Lysterfield so wouldn't want too much impact on the area. In reality the place will be split up and built up in 10 years anyway though - it's already happened to areas of Narre North.
But any chance of getting on their side went downhill when I visited their facebook page. There's nothing but red-neck anti-islamic messages posted up. If they had protested purely on the basis of the developments impacting the area they may have had half a chance.
They quickly lost all credibility with supportive muslims and most locals. They will also loose out the casey council and vcat.
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The assumption that this is about race is a sweeping generalisation about a group of people based on one aspect of their lives. If race were the only motivator for protesters, they'd object to Indian and Pakistani restaurants instead.
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You mean like that anti-Muslim guy in the states that shot up a Sikh Temple, and ruined your argument forever?
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Do you reckon people would be so upset if they were building a church?
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I still don't know why the largest mosque in victoria is being built in a suburb that is half farmland, would ruin the quiet suburb feel
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Narre is almost entirely built up suburb. I wouldn't imagine that there is even one farm left.
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I think Narre Warren North is still green wedge land, so plenty of farm land there.
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Narre Warren North isn't Narre Warren. Although reading the article now tells me that the mosque isn't going to be in Narre Warren anyway.
Can't even get a headline right...
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There's already a shitload of various temples in and around Narre North. Why give a flying fuck?
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Marxism? Really?
I noticed that a lot of the far righters were calling people Marxists and Commies lately but I had thought that it was just name-calling. Is there really a modern movement of Marxists in this country?
Neo-Nazis against neo-Marxists. I'm sure this will end well for everyone else caught in-between.
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Socialist Alternative is a Marxist organisation, and so is their newspaper, Red Flag. They're not massive by any means, but there's lot to admire about what they do in building social justice campaigns, whether you believe in Marxism or not. However, they tend to be disruptive at times where it isn't necessary or desirable to do so and people dislike them due to that.
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there's lot to admire about what they do in building social justice campaigns
Like trashing politician's offices that they disagree with? Blocking traffic? Denying others their right to protest? There's a reason why Socialist Alternative aren't massive, they're a pack of dickheads.
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That part was addressed in the second part of my comment, which you conveniently ignored. But whatever, you're not gonna change your mind. I know they do good work, I've seen it first hand. There's good and bad in all political movements. All I was trying to do was inform the person above.
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redflag is a marxist bias website not really a trusted source to base an opinion around
There are no trusted sources anymore. Even the ABC has been corrupted towards the right.
At least it wears its bias on its sleeve, unlike the Murdoch press.