Milkshakes and Lattes

When describing long-term governments, the phrase "Out of Touch" usually crops up from time to time.

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Indeed, the Morrison Government, and Mr. Morrison himself, regularly add to that perception of being out of touch. Whether it be rorty allocation of grant money or services, the treatment of the vulnerable via Robodebt, the demonising of an individual family seeking to return to their home in Biloela, inaction on Climate Change because of an inherent opposition to the situation thanks specifically to putting politics above all else, or as simple as respecting women in the work place, not sexually assaulting them or even acknowledging that your current attitudes are appalling, there's really no end to just how out of touch the Liberal/National Government remains.

Just yesterday when referring to reduction of Carbon Emissions, the Prime Minister said that "we will not achieve net zero in the cafes, dinner parties and wine bars of our inner cities." For a man who spent a fair portion of the lead in to the previous election campaigning against 'identity politics' and 'class wars', this really does take the cake.

The people Morrison mocks and belittles here are the same people who keep the pressure on businesses and individuals to change their habits. The same people who campaign for change, lead by example and vote for better policies. They're not all Greens or ALP supporters, they're also LNP supporters with a conscience beyond feathering their own nests.

Scott Morrison, like an awful lot of people on the right, treat caring about other people as a weakness. They mock it and seek to exploit those same people in order to push and benefit from the thing they themselves care most about, money and their ability to get more of it! 

Think about it, throughout the entire pandemic there have effectively been two groups;

- Those who put people's health first,
- Those who put their own prosperity first.

Now sure, some folks were struggling because of job losses or reduction of working hours, but then wasn't that what JobKeeper was all about? Wasn't that what JobSeeker was all about? Cushioning the financial blow to the individual (or Gerry Harvey), so that the primary focus could be the health and medical care of people. 

However, whilst most people accepted the inconvenience of less income, less freedom of movement and wearing a mask, some on the right, being "out of touch", decided that it was infringing upon their right to golf or breathe in Bunnings or grow their wealth on the stock market. Money and themselves was the priority, whereas those of us who followed the rules because we didn't want our fellow Australians to get sick or die, well, we were seen as soft and weak, ruining the economy!

It's a concept I struggle to get across to people who vote differently to me. I put others FIRST, they put THEMSELVES first. If that's how you roll, that's completely fine, it doesn't make me soft or weak, but it does say a lot about them!

Much like how we can say a lot about the people who signed off on that ridiculous Milkshake Consent video, one of whom was Education Minister, Alan Tudge. The same Alan Tudge who campaigned on good family values, disagreed with Same Sex Marriage and, well, we all know what he was up to at the same time. I guess we can look back at some of the other cretins on the right and say "You know, at least they were consistent." 

We don't really need another person giving their version of how the Consent Video should have been done, but since you're here, they could at least have had someone in the commercial saying NO at some point.  

Picture this as an alternative.

The Beatles plays in the background.

"You say Yesssss, I say Noooo"

Then the song stops and a girl appears and says "I said NO".

Fades out, text on the screen and voice over.

"It doesn't matter when, it doesn't matter why, No means No"

Then you can have the sound of someone slurping up the last of a milkshake.

The End.

- llama
@SirWonderLlama