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Indigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited' (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 11 months ago by unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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[-] No1@aussie.zone 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Indigenous leaders break their silence..."

Mmmmm. Perhaps the time for leadership and not being silent was before there was a vote ...

[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 26 points 11 months ago

In their defence the moment an Indigenous leader engages in anything other than peace, love, and harmony rhetoric they are treated as an 'angry black' and taken less seriously. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't type situation.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, you're right. It's easy for me to type it on a keyboard, and totally different living it.

I'm half frustrated and half in despair that I just can't see a way forward. With the way the Voice campaign went, my god, just imagining the level of FUD around a treaty hurts.

[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly I'm a pretty cynical person but even I overestimated how ready Australia was to discuss these issues. Misinformation certainly played a role in how things played out but I can't help but think there wasn't already quite fertile ground within our culture for it to grow. I personally think if people couldn't really get behind the voice then treaty is going to be very tough.