You can be a progressive voter and: • love things Labor has done AND • hate things Labor has done (incl. protecting the duopoly) • admire Greens' policies AND • hate Greens attacking Labor • admire the Teal independents AND • be disappointed by those who support Zionist Israel. #auspol #AusVotes25 - ThreadSky

peterwmurphy1.bsky.social • 72 days ago

You can be a progressive voter and:
• love things Labor has done AND
• hate things Labor has done
(incl. protecting the duopoly)
• admire Greens' policies AND
• hate Greens attacking Labor
• admire the Teal independents AND
• be disappointed by those who support Zionist Israel.
#auspol #AusVotes25

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bug1.bsky.social•72 days ago

Yep, politics is supposed to involve difficult tradoffs.
If you can't think of something political to argue about, you're probably not paying attention.

punctilious.bsky.social•72 days ago

You mean, you can be progressive and a mature adult?

jenglambie.bsky.social•72 days ago

All of the above only reinforces that I will...

#PutLNPLast 🗳

sigmondfloyd.bsky.social•72 days ago

Greens “attacking” Labor?

What?

When?

51monbl1.bsky.social•71 days ago

That’s all fine, but what we don’t need is these progressive voters trying to tear down support for Labor over the Libs. They’ll get Dutton in because of their attacks on ALP and they couldn’t say “put the Libs last”

ab-aus.bsky.social•72 days ago

One of the things I love the most about the greens is that they push the ALP left (well, slow the ALPs march to the right).

spillanemj.bsky.social•72 days ago

This is the point missed by most, unless ALP feel their seats are threatened by a party on the left they’ll snuggle up as close as the can to the LNP

ab-aus.bsky.social•72 days ago

The old ratchet effect

steffi2025.bsky.social•72 days ago

Unfortunately they do anyway

sallylawry.bsky.social•72 days ago

Bottom line is #don’triskdutton

bradhooper.bsky.social•72 days ago

What Sally said 👍

fairgo.bsky.social•71 days ago

Absolutely.

thegreatwombatso.bsky.social•72 days ago

Yes.

The Teals blood lust for dead children because they aren't white, is disappointing. But white supremacists are white supremacists.

steffi2025.bsky.social•72 days ago

Would you vote for a white supremacist

heatherforward.bsky.social•71 days ago

Yes. All of those things. On balance, after weighing it all up, l’m still Labor #1 and Greens #2. Whatever you do, #PutLNPlast

rb-citizen.bsky.social•72 days ago

So much nuance!
🫢

jk0125.bsky.social•72 days ago

A million reasons to give it to the Greens. However, locally we have a very good relationship between our parties at the LG level... well we did until they were wiped off the floor. They are a good lot locally. So e of the national decisions though have been very very poor indeed.

cazwell.bsky.social•71 days ago

•and still #voteALP #auspol

gingobibble.bsky.social•72 days ago

This pretty much sums up my positioning right now...

Still happy to vote ABC (Anyone But Coalition)

voxexsinister.bsky.social•72 days ago

TBH - & I say this as someone who was brought up from childhood to be a Labor supporter - modern day Labor *deserves* all the attacks they get from the Greens.

mez13.bsky.social•72 days ago

I think many of us are feeling this way, don’t agree with any of them 100%

thommo67.bsky.social•72 days ago

By ‘Greens attacking Labor’ do you mean Greens holding Labor to account? Language matters

olyolyoxenfree.bsky.social•72 days ago

The most important thing to do is PUT LIBERAL LAST

steffi2025.bsky.social•72 days ago

I think - when ALP has always attacked the Greens, when ALP is supporting genocide in Palestine and ALP is supporting Trump - it is incumbent for human rights and international law for the Greens to speak out against ALP. there is a moral vacuum someone has to stand against status quo

kathmallott.bsky.social•72 days ago

Exactly! Thank you 👍

donnie-barbados.bsky.social•72 days ago

Every time I've seen the Greens attack Labor it's been because Labor are acting like the Liberal party. Meanwhile, every time I've seen Labor attack the Greens it's because the Greens are acting like the Labor party should.

steffi2025.bsky.social•72 days ago

Exactly!

kimcarrera007.bsky.social•72 days ago

Politics is not a team sport where one will win of the other side loses.
It’s not Holden verses Ford
It’s not Richmond verses Collingwood.
It’s not Apple verses Android
It’s a collaboration of collective ideas that moves our country forward.
Not austerity for the poor to give rich foreign tax cuts

lyndytyler.bsky.social•72 days ago

👏👏

juda.bsky.social•72 days ago

Naaah I don't hate the Greens for holding Labor to account.

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