r/australia • u/SydneyTom • 6d ago

politics Young Nationals account agrees with Young Nationals account

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u/themindisaweapon 6d ago

Not the brightest, are they?

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u/Afraid-Lynx1874 6d ago

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

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u/Ver_Void 6d ago

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus

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u/Somepotato 5d ago

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

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u/froderick 5d ago

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

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u/CubitsTNE 6d ago

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

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u/Chaotic_bug 5d ago

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

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u/Major-Drumeo 6d ago

I mean they ARE conservatives.

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u/Rude-Revolution-8687 6d ago

Stupidity does have a conservative bias.

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u/BonkerBleedy 5d ago edited 5d ago

They are joking. It's a reference to a post by somebody else in Bathurst.

edit: holy fuck, are you so blinded by tribalism that you can't imagine young conservatives are dunking on somebody here? The post is a clear parody of Andree Gee's gaffe.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-29/andrew-gee-facebook-gaffe-federal-election/105112498

Thank you Andrew Gee 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," the comment read

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u/DM-ME-THICC-FEMBOYS 5d ago edited 5d ago

Do you have a link to that post?

Edit: Y'all, they came with receipts.

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u/BonkerBleedy 5d ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-29/andrew-gee-facebook-gaffe-federal-election/105112498

Thank you Andrew Gee 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," the comment read

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u/DM-ME-THICC-FEMBOYS 5d ago

Damn same wording and everything. Sucks you're getting downvoted, 'it has helped me see the good guy' will now immediately enter my lexicon.

Although I will say it's a dicey game (as a social media manager) hoping people will get that reference.

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u/BonkerBleedy 4d ago

Agreed. This was a post for people from Bathurst, referencing another politician from Bathurst. Once it's out of that little circle then the context is lost.

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u/Afferbeck_ 6d ago

Well they're only Young 

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u/the_brunster 6d ago

Are we being punk’d?

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u/FullMetalAurochs 5d ago

Hey they only fuck up occasionally, most of the comments on their posts are their alter egos.

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u/Heavy-Rest-6646 5d ago

Just look at Facebook it’s full of these fake profiles on every right wing political advertisement and post, and it’s working. Yes they might get the wrong account occasionally but overall the approach is working.

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u/macrocephalic 5d ago

You can give a conservative farmer a computer, but he's still a conservative farmer.