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Originally posted by Lynx
I did an election quiz because I know nothing about politics and have no idea who I'm voting for and got a 93% match with both the Greens and Labor parties. So I might!  It's really 50/50 for me right now but I was leaning more towards Labor... |
Labor are for the continuation of offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island, where conditions for people fleeing their countries because of fear of death are simply beyond awful. If you care about human rights, and the world around us (not just Australia) your best bet is to vote Greens.
Also just address the "the Greens would never win, so why vote for them?" debate, by voting for them and increasing their percentage, even if they don't win, you show the major parties that you disagree with their policies, and that they're going to have to change if they want your vote at the election after.
Other than that, Labor and Greens are fairly similar, but the Greens are probably more vocal in their marriage equality campaign, plus they place more emphasis on education and health than Labor do.
I was kinda pissed and so I just told him I thought he was gay and was sorry and he said he was cool with it and it wasn't the first time. So I just thought **** it and came out to him, and he was cool with it. (Note: This is all summarised very bluntly, it was a lot more natural than this in the convo lol.) He even gave me his phone number. 