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I'm familiar, yes. That's why I said I'm torn about this.

There are different ways of showing intolerance of fascist rhetoric. I'm saying that while I support the motives of the counsellors who have walked out, I also empathise with this counsellor who stepped down because of her convictions regarding her duty as an elected official.

I'm really torn about this. I want the Greens to gain more places. I also support Green Party councellors in defending their values in a personal capacity.

But elected leaders are meant to represent, and by extension, listen to all of their constituents. Even those with morally repugnant views. Counsellors walking out of public meetings when someone raises anti-trans talking points is fundamentally incompatible with the democratic framework they were elected within.

Now, personally, I value doing The Right Thing (ie. not giving space to fascist rhetoric) over obeying the rules of the framework, but I empathise with this counsellor's decision. Tactics like this will alienate a lot of potential voters, and if we want the Greens in a place of power to be able to enact systemic change we need to be winning people over, not pushing them away.

That's not to say we should tolerate fascist rhetoric. There are other ways to push back against it than walking out.

I ran it through PictureThis, which suggests it's Malabar Madhu Malati (Combretum malabaricum). It'd help to know rough location of this plant to be more accurate though.

That's an excellent shot to show the goldcrest's namesake!

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Isn't this true of basically any species in Australia? 😏

Nothing in the OP is false though. It's encouraging a particular perspective.

Probably my favourite PIG album

I feel like Joy Division certainly did flirt with fascist imagery. I wasn't around at the time, but I'm aware that within punk and post-punk there was the idea of stripping meaning and power from controversial imagery and symbolism by overtly using and subverting that imagery. Arguably, I don't think that approach worked. But I feel a large part of the way bands like Joy Division used this was based on that ideal. The band name was deliberately taken from the name of a sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp, though.

Also, I think Curtis was a bit of a contrarian. It seems like he enjoyed getting a rise out of people and the establishment at the time.

Dear god Morrisey is insufferable. George, on the other hand, is a sweetheart <3

I'm still on a high from a teenager telling me my Waynestock tshirt was cool.

That happened 16 years ago.

Thought so, from the max 3 songs on each side 😂