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Australia's PM rebukes schoolchildren protesting climate change
- andrewstuart 8y agoQuote from article: Most politicians go to great lengths to avoid alienating large sections of the population, but Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apparently didn't get the memo as he blasted schoolchildren who are organizing protests for climate action. "What we want is more learning in schools and less activism in schools," Morrison said during question time in Parliament Monday.
- pandapower2 8y agoIts an unusual line to take in an entrenched democracy like Australia. Kind of refreshing compared to the platitudes and metaphorical pats on the heads that would typically greet children undertaking this sort of thing.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoKind of refreshing compared to the platitudes and metaphorical pats on the heads that would typically greet children undertaking this sort of thing. Except for that whole thing about dealing with potentially existential problems for humanity. Scott Morrison is doubling down on the party's conservative position in the midst of an implosion caused by the party's conservative position. Australia politics is pretty compelling right at this point in time.
- BLKNSLVR 8y ago"Less activism in schools!" That equates to less political awareness, less desire to enroll to vote, less in touch with issues that affect their lives, less community involvement, and a fucking fragile democracy prone to corruption. The younger you are the more you have most to lose from bad political decisions. We need more political awareness in younger people. I was late to the party when it came to the running of the country, and it's a real regret of mine. Despite my hyperbole above, I actually think Scott Morrison said such silly things because his party is in real trouble and he's under a ton of pressure just to keep the party viable until the election in May. With time to contemplate I doubt he'd say something so inflammatory.