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Bot swarms celebrate as South Australia confirms it's 20% racist (independentaustralia.net)

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/australia/p/776749/bot-swarms-celebrate-as-south-australia-confirms-it-s-20-racist

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation (PHON) has reaped just over 20 per cent of the vote in Saturday’s South Australian State Election, proving racism is alive and well in the State.

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

20% is way too low. Plenty of people aren't outwardly racist, but they're racist.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure the number should be around 87.4%

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And on top of that, many people have racist tendencies they aren't even aware of.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

IMO unknowingly holding a bigoted opinion applies to everyone but that doesn't make you a bad person in itself. Failing to correct those beliefs when challenged is what makes you a bad person.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

And if you add all of those together, that makes 100%