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Part of enjoying Hanson’s rise? Seeing Australians discover they aren’t as enlightened as they thought

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By Jack Callil Verified
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I have to admit, I’m enjoying the rise of Pauline Hanson a little bit. The fun part is watching a certain kind of Australian discover they aren’t as enlightened as they thought. You know the kind: they watched Donald Trump win in America and reacted with the anthropological pity usually reserved for documentaries about hot yoga cults. “Poor Americans,” they said, “with their Fox News, their guns, their megachurches, their billionaires, their weird flag rituals, their political illiteracy.
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A room of cowed journalists legitimised Pauline Hanson. It’s proof she’s muzzled the watchdog

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By Jack Callil Verified
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Pauline Hanson walked into the National Press Club room armed with a brand of pathos that aimed only to incite anger, and without any ethos or logos to provide credibility or reason. Among the key targets of her anger were the very people in that room: media professionals. She spoke to journalists like a mother who is fed up with her misbehaving children. “I’m sick and tired of…” is one of her favourite phrases.
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Dave Hughes is coming from inside the house

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By Jack Callil Verified
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