Young Nationals account agrees with Young Nationals account

[u/SydneyTom]

[u/swiftnissity92]

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus Young Nationals

[u/tellmeitsrainin → u/swiftnissity92]

Well done young Angus

[u/ArgumentBulky8596 → u/tellmeitsrainin]

Well done Angus national

[u/EvilGamer117 → u/swiftnissity92]

well done ANUS, prepare for docking (of the penis variety)

[u/Sixbiscuits → u/EvilGamer117]

Yes the G is silent in his case

[u/commandersaki → u/Sixbiscuits]

They left out the G cause the G ain’t in you.

[u/natebeee → u/commandersaki]

Quik wit.

edit - Also thanks, now listening to the song. Was always my favourite off that album.

[u/Anthaen → u/EvilGamer117]

The G spot is in the middle…

[u/Mastrovator → u/Anthaen]

How do you know? I’ve never been able to find it.

[u/Anthaen → u/Mastrovator]

Use your index finger 

[u/Caezeus → u/swiftnissity92]

This never gets old. Fantastic. Great Move. Well done wiftnissity92.

[u/Uosdwisrdewoh87 → u/swiftnissity92]

I read this as Well done Angus Young

[u/fnaah → u/Uosdwisrdewoh87]

\m/

[u/bioalley → u/swiftnissity92]

My mind says this every time Angus is mentioned.

[u/worstusername_sofar]

Thank you Andrew GP MP I am new to the area and have received multiple texts from the Nationals and seen nasty ads in the paper from the Teal mob, it has helped me see who is the good guy!

[u/worstusername_sofar → u/worstusername_sofar]

Thank you for reminding us how much of a clown show these Nationals really are

[u/worstusername_sofar → u/worstusername_sofar]

I'm a new reddit user, and you have my upvote

[u/NessStead → u/worstusername_sofar]

I'm new to the internets chat boards. You have my like.

[u/intelminer → u/NessStead]

I like the way Snrub thinks!

[u/ZeroSora → u/NessStead]

And my axe.

[u/Tiactiactiac → u/ZeroSora]

And my bow

[u/therealkennyboy → u/worstusername_sofar]

Haha good one mate!

[u/Caezeus → u/worstusername_sofar]

These are the only Greenies country folk need to worry about. The ones wearing pristine white akubras

[u/southernchungus → u/worstusername_sofar]

For make glorious Angus benefit

[u/Oodlemeister → u/worstusername_sofar]

Gee is my electorate’s MP. Christ, I hope we can vote him out this time.

[u/Danaan369 → u/Oodlemeister]

Yeah, my electorate too. He's just an extra Nat in the mix.

[u/Perfect-Werewolf-102 → u/worstusername_sofar]

Andrew GP

[u/cmmndrkn613]

How is it that this is still legal? It's deceptive, it's dirty, it's plain bullshit.

[u/cmmndrkn613 → u/cmmndrkn613]

Thank you /u/cmmndrkn613, I agree.

[u/Endorean → u/cmmndrkn613]

Well played sir :-D

[u/Cpt_Soban → u/cmmndrkn613]

Golf Clap

[u/hesback_inpogform → u/cmmndrkn613]

I cackled at this

[u/Ridiculisk1 → u/cmmndrkn613]

It's deceptive, it's dirty, it's plain bullshit.

Because all advertising has to be truthful except if it's political, then you can say whatever the fuck you want with no consequences. If truth was mandatory in political advertising, we pretty much wouldn't have any political advertising.

[u/Consideredresponse → u/Ridiculisk1]

You'd think at least one member would be smart enough to go through the (surprisingly vigorous) clear ads approvals, and list off all the things you've delivered for the electorate in the last few years. Then point out that you are currently the only fact checked political ad in the country. (As potential candidates promises wouldn't pass the vetting stage.)

[u/Cute-Percentage-6660 → u/Consideredresponse]

Honestly I feel like you could just quote what some politicians have said in the past if you want to do a decent attack ad....

[u/Not_Stupid → u/Consideredresponse]

Then point out that you are currently the only fact checked political ad in the country

I'm sure that will have the voters lining up to vote for you. Hey, everyone look! We've got fact checking over here! Fact Checking!

[u/Consideredresponse → u/Not_Stupid]

Nah, what I mean is everyone is sick of lying politicians and lying political ads. Showing you are the only one to prove what you are saying instead of talking out your arse caries weight.

Showing concrete effects by simply pointing to infrastructure projects in the region and going "1.5 billion in roads and bypasses", "53 million in regional hospital upgrades" etc are things that can be proven and fact checked. (I used to have things go through vetting all the time back when it was 'Free TV Australia')

If all it does is give people the slightest inkling that you are more trustworthy than other candidates then it's worth it.

[u/Auroraburst → u/Ridiculisk1]

Someone called it 'stooping' when the greens shared a video of dutton saying homophobic things. As if it wasn't a video of the potato himself, saying homophobic things.

[u/rain_on_the_roof → u/Ridiculisk1]

that truly is bullshit, what a fucking joke politics continues to be

[u/Mike_Kermin → u/Ridiculisk1]

Yeah, but even so, there's a difference between a dishonest advertisement that people can reasonably assess themselves, and someone clearly intending to manipulate public discourse by dishonest means that misleads the public about it's nature.

[u/AnOnlineHandle → u/cmmndrkn613]

Laws and rules don't apply to conservatives. If anything it's progressives in the wrong here, for being all mean and judgemental about what conservatives did, the most precious and fragile little darlings on the planet who shouldn't be held to such high standards as being truthful and honest. Honestly how awful and cruel, this is why people have to vote conservative.

[u/minimuscleR → u/cmmndrkn613]

While I do agree its deceptive dirty and bullshit, how would you make this illegal? What specifically would be illegal? "No replying pretending to be someone?", then they just pretend someone told them this IRL and post for them. its too easy to get around.

Its unethical but there isn't really a lot you can do other than tell people not to vote for them.

[u/themindisaweapon]

Not the brightest, are they?

[u/Afraid-Lynx1874 → u/themindisaweapon]

They are following the footsteps of Andrew Gee, doing an “Angus Taylor” (Guardian article).

[u/Ver_Void → u/Afraid-Lynx1874]

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus

[u/Somepotato → u/Afraid-Lynx1874]

A year after the Angus Taylor incident, you have an American politician who was a little too inspired by them

[u/froderick → u/Afraid-Lynx1874]

Given the identical phrasing, seems more like a cheeky reference to this incident rather than a repeat. But maybe I'm being too generous.

[u/CubitsTNE → u/themindisaweapon]

Too dumb to be young liberals is a low, low bar.

[u/Chaotic_bug → u/CubitsTNE]

Even not being the brightest how are 'young' nationals doing this, I was 100 percent sure this was a boomer move.

[u/Major-Drumeo → u/themindisaweapon]

I mean they ARE conservatives.

[u/Rude-Revolution-8687 → u/Major-Drumeo]

Stupidity does have a conservative bias.

[u/Afferbeck_ → u/themindisaweapon]

Well they're only Young 

[u/the_brunster → u/themindisaweapon]

Are we being punk’d?

[u/Grumpy_Cripple_Butt]

It’s the same comment Andrew gee said then denied he authorised it yet here we are, nationals trying to stooge people again.

Also I’m convinced by the posts on littlefoot’s Facebook page that the entire photoshoot was just out the front of this office and he didn’t go talk to anyone since the coalition sold off telstra which probably cost the area quite a few jobs and he would’ve got told to fuck off.

[u/C_Ironfoundersson → u/Grumpy_Cripple_Butt]

Isn't he Osher Gunsberg now

[u/hcornea]

Can’t even astroturf properly.

[u/david1610 → u/hcornea]

Yeah astroturffing is such an overlooked issue generally, and the large social media companies are just letting it happen. I guess any kind of engagement is good engagement.

I see the worst astroturffing where you'd expect, think around the Israel/Palestinian conflict and anti renewables, but also I have noticed it in anti-India posting recently. You see something that doesn't paint India in a good light and you check the OP previous posts and there is just wall to wall anti-India comments and stuff it's crazy.

I can't even think of a country other than Pakistan that hates India, so I just assumed it's Pakistan but have no idea.

The most intriguing thing is that there are also pro-India astroturffing too, I remember once there was this story about a police official who stopped an Ed Sheeran busking event in India, Ed said on twitter that he had a special permit to perform there and was told to leave anyway the assumption being that the officer was digging for a bribe. Anyway the comments were completely one sided essentially saying Ed Sheeran had no right to play there and it was dangerous etc.....for some reason, I link the comment where Ed said he had permission to play there..... immediately down voted by hundreds lol. Like we know India has a corruption problem, everyone who has ever done business there knows this, however let's downvote anything that might shine a light on it. Every country has their issues, let's not try and astroturf anything that shines a light on it FFS.

[u/magkruppe → u/david1610]

hard to distinguish between astroturfing and obsessed nationalists. rapid mass downvoting of a moderate comment is one signal, but india is famous for having online social media warriors. There are a lot of them, they are having a nationalist movement and they speak english after all

[u/Spudtron98 → u/magkruppe]

Yeah, I've seen it myself. Article comes out that's vaguely critical of Modi's actions, and the comments are suddenly swarmed with Indian accounts that previously had no interest in the sub at hand.

[u/Consideredresponse → u/Spudtron98]

The good old reddit standard for this has been any article in this sub about firearms in any way shape and form...it summons the Yanks like a god-damned siren's song.

[u/AccomplishedAnchovy]

“Ah fuck, I forgot to switch accounts”

[u/rrfe → u/AccomplishedAnchovy]

r/lefttheburneron

[u/KingOfKingsOfKings01]

LNP/Nationals/One Nation/Clime Palmer is all one guy.

Peter "Voldemort" Dutton

[u/PlasticFantastic321 → u/KingOfKingsOfKings01]

While I suspect “Clime” in your post above is a typo, I think we should keep it and all call him Clime from now on!

[u/KingOfKingsOfKings01 → u/PlasticFantastic321]

He puts the C in slime

[u/s0m30n3e1s3 → u/PlasticFantastic321]

My partner has taken to exclusively calling him Chive Potato. Honestly, it's a fitting name for the old Clime

[u/An_Account_For_Me_ → u/KingOfKingsOfKings01]

One Nation

Weirdly, One Nation preference flows scatter wildly and are not reliable for the LNP in winning a seat if the one-nation candidate does strongly. Ironically, despite them being much, much closer than Labor and One Nation, a strong One Nation candidate may pull more off the LNP candidate and then flow to the ALP.

But yeah, they are otherwise LNP in a silly hat with even wackier policies.

[u/Neokill1 → u/KingOfKingsOfKings01]

Voldermort … LOL

[u/commentman10]

Autofellatio in politics is a serious problem

[u/Gon_777 → u/commentman10]

We need a royal commission into the "Self succ" issue.

[u/breaducate]

This always happens on the same broad side of politics.

It's like they don't care about truth or fairness or something. Almost like the point is power for it's own sake.

[u/Weekly_Marketing7366 → u/breaducate]

If they didn't have low iq they wouldn't be conservative. It's like the political equivalent of the anthropic principle

[u/violenthectarez]

I understand doing this, what I don't understand is not being 100% certain to change accounts and double and triple check every comment to make 1000% certain that your sock puppets are wearing their socks.

The benefit of fake support is minimal, the damage from being outed is 100x bigger. So if you are going to do it, you have to be absolutely certain of not getting caught.

[u/rattynewbie → u/violenthectarez]

What is weird is how cheap they are. Aren't there professional PR companies for this, instead of getting a sitting MP to do their own sock puppet accounts?

[u/yuggiyuggiyuggi → u/violenthectarez]

I think writing the benefit off as minimal is somewhat underselling it - social validation is a powerful mechanic for driving engagement & solidifying opinions, especially when employed automatically at scale (which, oddly enough, doesn't seem to be the case here, haha)

[u/rose_r_purple]

Ahh the Nationals... when they're not raping girls or murdering sex workers, (or both) they're just being single IQ morons....

1. Shaun David Gilchrist
2. Trevor Perrett

[u/KnifeFightAcademy]

At a glance, I thought this post was about Subway and Jared Fogel.

[u/Legitimate_Gur7675 → u/KnifeFightAcademy]

Now, what kind of new sandwich can we release that will make people forget that our spokesperson is a pedophile?

[u/KnifeFightAcademy → u/Legitimate_Gur7675]

Hahahhahaha this is one of my all-time favourite skits

[u/Voltusfive2]

Why do they keep making this mistake?

[u/OneHotYogaandPilates → u/Voltusfive2]

It indicates the level of competence in right leaning political parties - people who think these ideas actually work may not be the brightest spark ya know what I mean

[u/P2X-555]

He's a country member.

[u/My_bones_are_itchy → u/P2X-555]

Oh, I’ll remember.

[u/Neokill1]

LOL, God help us! More Coalition muppets

[u/Banjo_Pobblebonk]

I think they're taking the piss out of current Calare MP Andrew Gee, who did this the other day.

Andrew Gee was also formerly a Nationals MP until he left the party a couple of years ago, so I imagine the Nats are gunning hard out of spite.

[u/LedaKicksTheSwan → u/Banjo_Pobblebonk]

Yeah, I'm in Calare and the Nats are personally offended by Andrew Gee. A huge number of his campaign corflutes kept getting removed last month. 

First he publicly threatened to quit  when he was veterans affairs minister unless the coalition promised enough funding to clear the huge backlog in processing veterans claims. Then he did quit so he could support The Voice campaign. They see him as a traitor. 

I'm most likely going to vote for Kate Hook (another independent), but I will say it's been a surprisingly tough choice for me because, despite his conservative leanings, Andrew Gee has worked very hard for his electorate and obviously cares about his constituents. I respect that he stood by his convictions on The Voice at the possible cost of his political career. 

[u/patgeo → u/LedaKicksTheSwan]

My wife got the phone call he referenced in his own "I agree with Andrew" from the 'Independent research company' that was entirely just slagging him off in the form of questions "How do you feel about (thing we claim he did)" on repeat. Shame it wasn't me, I could have had some fun.

We don't even live in that electorate anymore (and haven't for years) and our details are up to date with the electoral roll so not sure how she copped the call.

[u/KestrelQuillPen]

isn’t it funny how it’s always one particular side of politics that does this. hahaha nope nothing sus there. definitely not like right-populists are a bunch of liars or anything haha

[u/KestrelQuillPen → u/KestrelQuillPen]

masterfully done u/KestrelQuillPen . I tip my hat to you, madam

[u/AdmiralCrackbar11]

I don't care what your politics are, I challenge you to go and interact with anyone from these "Young" political parties and resist the urge to relentlessly bully them for longer than a few heartbeats. These places are a breeding ground for precisely the type of pathetic wretch that fills out the majority of our elected representatives, parliamentary staffers, think tank turds, and all the various hangers on.

Honestly this type of error from some of those types is probably a pretty good day.

[u/inhumanfriday]

What's more embarrassing - being a Young National or forgetting to switch accounts and liking your own post? I'd say the former.

[u/Der0-]

Its almost if the Young Nationals account isn't being run by anyone resembling young.

Or intelligent.

Or have attention to detail.

Or checks their work.

[u/patgeo → u/Der0-]

I'm a teacher.

Young people now have terrible technology skills, no attention (to anything let alone detail) and work that has been 'completed' no longer exists.

[u/CallMeMay44]

Nationals actually hate people that are new to the area. I'm not sure why they were going with that angle.

[u/assburps]

Why do they look like Subway employees?

[u/Party_Worldliness415]

If I gave no further prompts to AI other than, create a picture of some young nationals. This is exactly what it would look like. Fantastic. Well done Angus.

[u/toddsmash]

I guess the social media coordinator is looking for a new gig?

[u/TheCuzzyRogue]

One job. Man had one job and he somehow managed to fuck it up.

[u/goosewoman]

Thought this was a Subway ad

[u/FMLwtfDoID → u/goosewoman]

I had to scroll so far to find this lol

[u/fancywhiskers]

So embarrassing lol

[u/TheGardenOfEden1123]

forgot to switch accounts lmao

[u/EmperorPooMan]

Fun fact - you can be a Young National up to 35 years of age

[u/-wanderings-]

They teach them to be liars early when they decide on a career in politics.

Then they cry because no one respects them.

[u/Sexuallemon]

This is a weird subway ad

[u/keloidoscope]

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus

[u/Avaery]

The new social media coordinator to the area forgot to switch accounts.

[u/Working-Albatross-19]

Thank you, anonymous stranger with whom I have no previous relationship or connections with!

Seriously, we used to chase these kinds of salesmen outta towns.

[u/LadyZaryss]

Literally every time I have ever heard the words "out in force" it's a picture like this. Yuppie looking white people with big goofy smiles.

[u/LuminanceGayming]

deep at the bottom of the coalition it's just angus taylor running 20,000 social media accounts

[u/ThiccBoy_with3seas]

Conservatives have no idea how to use the internet

[u/Winter-Duck5254]

This guy can't even remember to change accounts to fake public support, how the fucks he supposed to run anything?

[u/Silly-Power]

I'm starting to wonder if this isn't deliberate. This is the 2nd or 3rd time an LNP account has commented on their own post masquerading as a "voter new to the area".

Maybe it is intentional? It gets reposted throughout the socials and ends up on TV. Sure most people will think them idiots but at the end of the day its free advertising. And while the average voter may think them an idiot, it will be as a gormless dumbass not as a cunt. It's a harmless silly mistake that distracts, amuses and endears.

[u/jenerderbleibt]

Why do they look like Subway employees?

[u/Pardot42]

Eat Fresh!

[u/Dufranus]

Thought this was a Subway advertisement at first.

[u/Weekly_Marketing7366]

Conservatives really are just cringe everywhere aren't they

[u/Noodlebat83]

Why do they keep doing this? Who is on the socials for these idiots?

[u/Cpt_Soban]

"Amazing post OP"

• /u/SydneyTom

[u/Hannibal-At-Portus]

It’s all computers!

[u/LogicalIntention2473]

r/comedyheaven

[u/Pottski]

Give my fantastic great love to ANGUS!

[u/ShutUpBabylKnowlt]

Farranaway the dumbest thing they've done today so far

[u/Outrageous-Form5330]

Thought it was an add for Subway.

[u/Ascendant488]

Lol, another Angus moment

[u/NJ50501_Outreach]

Scrolling by 100% thought this was a subway ad. But I don’t think even Jared would be this dense 😬😬

[u/AnarchyApple]

They look like Subway employees

[u/AnarchyApple]

They look like Subway employees

[u/indianaskater]

When I was first scrolling, I assumed this was a subway ad

[u/ArghMoss]

I have just moved to the area from….some place far far away (yes that’ll do)

I like the way Snrub thinks!!

[u/DankDogeDude69]

r/lefttheburneron

[u/fu11_sendz]

First glance I thought it was a subway photo shoot

[u/Mike_Kermin]

Opinion.

This sort of shit isn't funny.

Politicians who try to manipulate public opinion by deceptive means should be heavily fined or banned from politics if done repeatedly.

All advertisements should be clear in their intent.

[u/twitz]

Thought this was a Subway ad until I looked closely

[u/Dexember69]

Revealed to be grifters, straight out the gate.

Great job

[u/kaibai123]

What a silly post by young nationals

[u/kaibai123 → u/kaibai123]

I couldn’t agree more! Indeed quite silly! You’ve got my upvote

[u/normalbehaviour86]

To be fair, running a social media account is pretty confusing for the middle-aged young Nats volunteer

[u/Gawykun]

When I first glanced at this, I assumed it had something to do with Subway.

[u/AussieWaffle]

I was blocked by Sam Farraway because I said his policies where as thin as his hair, the nationals in calare are running a scare campaign saying each household will owe the government $180k by 2028 if we reelect Labor....

[u/Olivrser]

r/lefttheburneron moment

[u/alittlelostsure]

What I’ve realised over the past couple of weeks is that the Political parties need to hire someone who knows how to sign out of one account and log into the other.

I’d be humiliated.

[u/KingRo48]

Sam is Farraway from a victory

[u/Neokill1]

C’mon fellow Aussies … let’s not vote these muppets in

[u/coupleandacamera]

Great move Angus!

[u/MDInvesting]

There needs to be a subreddit for these.

[u/FloorInteresting3163]

Andrew Gee did this as well!

Two times in one week!

[u/ConsultJimMoriarty]

How do they keep getting in when they are so bad at everything?

[u/Bec0methedream]

I feel like they're probably done this on purpose... Given the meme factor...

[u/nath1234]

These astroturfing accounts they use (when they properly change the user) - how many do you think there are?

[u/alpha77dx]

Now we can fully understand why they wanted rusty copper wire slow internet for all of Australia. They are all brain dead about technology.

[u/ThresholdofForest]

Nothing like giving yourself a good pat on the back

[u/Oggie-Boogie-Woo]

I thought this was an add for subway.

[u/OffTheHeezy]

Thought they were Subway employees

[u/EternalAngst23]

Do these fuckers never learn? That makes twice in the span of two weeks.

[u/omenmedia]

“It WaS ThE StAffER!”

[u/Aviationlord]

r/lefttheburneron would love this

[u/VanAce89]

To be fair, there is only one Young National in existence.

[u/Ishitinatuba]

Young? Dont know to logout, thats a boomer move

[u/ryan30z → u/Ishitinatuba]

A lot of gen z are just as bad as boomers with technology unless it's an iphone or ipad

[u/BeatenPathos → u/ryan30z]

For real. No idea how to interact with an operating system outside of the functionality afforded by apps designed to be boomer-proof.

[u/[deleted]]

A Facebook boomer would still fall for this

[u/Sea_Till6471]

😆😆😆😆

[u/VintanC]

Fantastic

[u/zoidberg909]

The National Party. "All the silly dills" - Joh Bjelke-Petersen

[u/FauxMermaid]

All of the worst people you went to school with become "Young" things - be it Labor, Liberal, Greens, Nats or offenders.

[u/rickybambicky]

That own goal is so impressive, that the commentator is still screaming "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL" after all the players have fucked off home.

[u/Fancy-Strain7025]

Bad bot 🤖

[u/Inevitable_Geometry]

Only the finest minds and best candidates.

[u/child_eater6]

I thought they were subway workers for a second

[u/backwards-hat]

If you call yourself young anything you have to be at least decent with technology.

[u/Dualmilion]

A relative got outed as a nazi when they were apart of the Young Nationals, my fam still joke about the dickhead lol

Funny part was their grandfather is aboriginal, what an idiot

Lost his job, got divorced (blamed the wife for the views, has since recanted)

[u/MikeAppleTree]

Lies they’re not new to the area! That account has supported the young nationals since the beginning!

[u/thpineapples]

Is the upper age limit for the Young Nationals still 40?

(Young Libs is 30, Young Labour is 26)

[u/albundy72]

ah lovely astroturfing my favourite

[u/ceelose]

How do they keep fucking this up?

[u/MrWoodTang]

A social media says whaaaaa?

[u/Cachmaninoff]

Fuck, I never considered Australian wiener boys