Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.

Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.

    • Staccato@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Just Google it, the advice you always hear when the other person is shutting down any more conversation. What an unfortunate result

      • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        “Google it” vs “no”. The point of the slogan was to highlight a) how the other side was shutting down the conversation and b) that their premise of ignorance was stupid, in a short pithy way.

        It wasn’t saying “go find out”, so much as “you CAN find out if you care, there is no reason to not know”

        That said, without question, the Yes campaign’s official messages were pretty poor. Supporters have been far more eloquent.

        On the “just google it” topic, this short video was brilliantly well done: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SAqIypjk-5A

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      1 year ago

      And when we tried to find out, they said we don’t need to know that, just trust us.

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      1 year ago

      Which isn’t in any way how it works. You’re making the claim, you sell it. I’m not going digging to make someone’s claim on their behalf.