Payman decision expected as caucus colleagues express concern over claims she was being guided by 'God'
www.abc.net.au
The West Australian senator has told colleagues she is seeking religious guidance on her next move but is expected to make a decision on quitting her party today.

This is fucked reporting right? The quote they use as evidence is her saying something is “in God’s hands”. Elsewhere articles are run using quotes of her praying to god.

This is like, extremely normal lexicon for even casually religious people right? I’m an atheist with a pretty negative view of religion and to me this looks like pearl clutching.

Lots of extremely normal people say “I am praying for guidance” when they’re reflecting on something. That in isolation doesn’t mean they expect a hedge to catch fire and tell them what to do…

If our standard is pollies never mention religion then we might want to do some stuff about the Lord’s prayer, the oaths, and the magical mace of the Royal cult.

  • CTDummy@lemm.ee
    2·
    6 months ago

    I see how I misunderstood the context but it change the overall point slightly. It’s an odd response for a politician and evasive given she felt strongly enough to cross the floor. Given she’s a member of parliament and votes on issues raised in parliament, it’s not out of her hands, evidently. The article goes on to assert she had likely planned her vote and hadn’t raised the issue with the PM. Your last paragraph I largely agree with either way, ‘labour sources’ pffft. Other labour MPs will say whatever shit about her because she stepped out of line with the party.

    I just read she quit the party which is unfortunate and even worse looking for labour.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      Yeah maybe, again though zero context and dubious evidence.

      She might just not want a two state solution. That’s a reasonable stance, whether or not you think it would shake out nicely I can understand feeling like Israel is an illegitimate nation. At this point regardless of how it was founded I feel enough reasonable people ended up there either through birth, feeling persecution, exile or sale (yep… countries sold Jewish people to Israel. Fucking horror show that is) that not allowing them to stay in at least some of the claimed area and self govern is naïve. Although I would probably feel differently if the state killed my parents, gaoled my spouse, and blew up my kid so my opinion is questionably neutral.

      Would labour MPs support a 2 state solution of the second state was to be founded in Australia’s sovereign territory? maybe made up of fragments of their houses?

      Giant fucking mess of a sitch.

      • CTDummy@lemm.ee
        2·
        6 months ago

        zero context and dubious evidence.

        That’s largely my problem with it too. Reads more like tabloid shit, I can’t get over citing politicians namelessly without invoking the word anonymous anywhere. How it isn’t required for them mention that the opinion was given under condition of anonymity is rubbish.

        so my opinion is questionably neutral.

        Yeah that’s why my opinion hasn’t ever been much braver than “it never should have gotten to this point” on the matter either. I don’t live there, haven’t been in the Palestinian or Israeli shoes and certainly am not informed enough on the matter. Definitely not enough to comfortably give it on record, in public and potentially off the cuff like that.