Lidia Thorpe Wants You to Vote No. Ok, Will Do. By James Reed

Radical Lefty Senator Lidia Thorpe has got it right on the referendum, vote No. On that we agree. Her reasons are 180 degree different from ours though.  She sees the Australian constitution as a “racist” document that harms indigenous people. “The Constitution that was established in this country in 1901 was only established to bring harm to our people.” Wow, it would not be hard to write a document that did that, rather than one primarily about getting the colonies together, and commerce flowing.

But, she is logically consistent. If one believes that the constitution, and indeed the white settlement of Australia is a political sin, as the Uluru Statement in its full uncensored version, not the sanitised one-page version, that trials off incoherently says, then you believe what she says. Then there is no sense in voting Yes, which is just playing along with the white fella. So, I am pleased to see that there is a radical Left critique of the Voice, and hope that it does some damage. It may make a few university types rethink, for what that is worth at this late stage of the game.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12544249/Lidia-Thorpe-voice-referendum-project.html

“Lidia Thorpe has claimed the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum has made Australia more 'racist' and has called on the country to vote 'No'.

The Independent Aboriginal Senator, who is a staunch 'No' supporter and considered to be a part of the 'progressive' No camp, made the comment on The Project Thursday night.

Host Waleed Aly asked her if she opposed the 'reconciliation project' and whether voting no to the Voice would make that process easier. 

Senator Thorpe responded by speaking about the reconciliation movement when John Howard was Prime Minister and argued that racism in the country had grown worse because of the referendum.

'So Howard at the end of that reconciliation movement 20 years ago, or 22 now, he said the country is too racist to reconcile,' she stated.

'And I think this referendum has only exacerbated the racism in this country because it is given a platform for racists and it's also given a platform .' 

'And it's also given a platform for those who think they know best for what we want.'

Senator Thorpe then asserted that Australia's Constitution is a 'racist document' that was only designed to 'hurt' First Nations people.

'We've never protested to go into the Constitution,' she said.

'The Constitution that was established in this country in 1901 was only established to bring harm to our people.'

She then took aim at the Yes campaign, claiming those who backed an Indigenous Voice have 'got it wrong'.

'They haven't done their homework or they've done their homework and they just want to nail us into the assimilation document and become nice, neat little Indigenous Australians.' she argued.

Before the interview came to an end, Senator Thorpe urged Australians to vote No to the Voice 'for a better future'.