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Indigenous Voice: Australians reject historic Indigenous referendum - BBC News (bbc.in)

submitted 9 months ago by EdenRester@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

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[–] JustSomePerson@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (31 children)

There was absolutely no reason to vote no to this.

Of course there was. Enshrining different rights to different people in the constitution based on their race, is fundamentally objectionable.

[–] Anchorite@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Hard to say that the right to be heard is objectionable imo

[–] JustSomePerson@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Everybody should have the same right to be heard. Different people having different rights to be heard, based on their race, is absolutely objectionable. And racist.

[–] Anchorite@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You’re looking at a set of unequal scales and saying they should be equal, while refusing to place more weight onto either side…

[–] JustSomePerson@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Enshrining racial differences in the constitution is absolutely disgusting, no matter how good your intentions are.

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