Its trash day:
Pauline Hanson
Anyone who has even a passing interest in Australian politics would know who Pauline Hanson is and the outrageously unintelligent things she has said.
She and her far right political party called One Nation, is well know for her dislike of multiculturalism and disdain for refugees.
Pauline's political party has called for gays to be bashed and she herself has said many homophobic things.
Pauline is also very against Muslims but due to her ignorance i am not even sure she knows what she is talking about. I think (Its apparently disputed) being Muslim means you follow the religion of Islam, So her views on Muslims (alone) don't make her racist, they make her an Islamophobic bigot who happens to coincidentally be a homophobic racist.
But given all that it is her video directly after the Orlando hate crime terror attack that has really upset common sense Australians. In this video she blames Muslims and Isil (Daesh) for the homophobic attack. She does not mention the victims were gay, she does not mention that it was at a gay club, that it took place during pride. Worst of all she blames Islam alone and not Homophobia, she doesn't even mention homophobia.
The cause of this hate crime was homophobia, Islam is just another excuse that some bigots use to justify their existing homophobia. Dealing with homophobia will help eliminate all hate crimes no matter what the excuse or attempted justification.
But of course Pauline cant really admit that homophobia is the problem because she herself is an advocate for homophobia.
Instead she uses the deaths of a group of people that she herself has vilified for her own political gain. That is why she is rubbish!
Just looking at the One Nation website they still to this day incorrectly claim marriage equality will allow children as young as nine to marry, they claim making the laws secular and constitutional will somehow lead to Islamic law in Australia.
They are for a referendum or plebiscite which is costly, will have negative effects on LGBT people and is unnecessary. They want this vote to only pass if all states and territorys have a majority yes vote.
They try to use the constitution that says our politicians can change the marriage laws (as Howard did in 2004) as a reason that politicians can not change the marriage laws. They fail to mention that the current marriage laws are unconstitutional.
They rant on and on about how politicians shouldn't have the right to do the job we elected them for, and call marriage equality 'clap trap'.
Have some fun with Pauline Hanson and please share your fun with me on social media.
Sources:
Just to alleviate any concerns i am citing my sources, but i will just give the links under rough headings where applicable. I am really just saving those interested a google search.
Homophobia
http://www.onenation.com.au/current_affairs/the-marriage-debatehttp://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/one-nation-caught-in-twitter-storm/45161
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/think-of-the-children-hansons-gay-marriage-radio-plea-20130307-2fnca.html
Racism
http://www.onenation.com.au/policies/multiculturalism http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3672858/Former-Labor-leader-Mark-Latham-congratulates-One-Nation-leader-Pauline-Hanson-political-revival.html
http://www.onenation.com.au/policies/illegal-immigration
http://www.onenation.com.au/policies/immigration
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/17142
Islamophobia
http://www.onenation.com.au/policies/halal-certification
http://www.onenation.com.au/policies/islam
Anti-science
http://www.onenation.com.au/policies/affordable-energy
The Australian Constitution
http://australianpolitics.com/constitution/text
Definitions:
Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism,
UPDATE:
A new website has arisen and has taken on the herculean task of going through One Nations policy's and fact checking them, check out FactCheckOneNation. 
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