Same Love, Mate!

September 28, 2017 11:59 PM

In the midst of Australia carrying out a non-binding survey on whether same sex marriage should be legal, the Grand Finals of the National Rugby League will take place in Sydney this Sunday. Scheduled to perform at the half time show is US rapper Macklemore, who has declared he will be playing Same Love in support of legalisation, igniting a firestorm of opinion on Macklemore and politics in sport from all sides of the political spectrum and from seemingly every living Australian politician.
posted by PenDevil (23 comments total)

Three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and social conservatives using the phrase "rammed down [people's] throats" to describe any public support of gay equality.
posted by ominous_paws at 12:37 AM on September 29, 2017 [38 favorites]

And posting of Why do all the Homosexuals keep Sucking my Cock from the Onion.
posted by Sebmojo at 12:39 AM on September 29, 2017 [8 favorites]

Our long national nightmare continues...

Pity us, friends. These are dark days. Exceedingly stupid, ridiculous days. But dark nonetheless.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 12:40 AM on September 29, 2017 [11 favorites]

As some wit said on twitter yesterday: How about we take politics out of sport in return for them taking religion out of politics.
posted by girlgenius at 1:07 AM on September 29, 2017 [21 favorites]

Or Tony Abbott out of politics OR sport. Or Earth's atmosphere, for that matter.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:07 AM on September 29, 2017 [8 favorites]

In these dark and troubled times, the Lucky Country turns to Macklemore for moral leadership.
posted by Nelson at 1:09 AM on September 29, 2017 [4 favorites]

In these dark and troubled times, the Lucky Country turns to Macklemore for moral leadership.

Can you blame us? It's not like we're getting any from our government.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:18 AM on September 29, 2017 [2 favorites]

> from seemingly every living Australian politician. [emphasis added]

How can you be so sure?
posted by runcifex at 2:04 AM on September 29, 2017 [21 favorites]

Three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and social conservatives using the phrase "rammed down [people's] throats" to describe any public support of gay equality.

Right? I swear they use it so often it's like, do I detect a hint of wishful thinking here?
posted by Panthalassa at 2:06 AM on September 29, 2017 [5 favorites]

I find this story hard to believe mostly because I still can't believe that Macklemore would perform at the NRL Grand Final.
posted by Merus at 2:22 AM on September 29, 2017 [1 favorite]

Equality Campaign’s ‘vote YES’ text messages upset some

Oh hark, the fluttering of false outrage...

Cory Bernardi launches robocall campaign to urge a million no votes in postal survey

Fucking hypocrites. The lot of them.

Bernardi needs to be run out of politics on a rail. Thankfully he might after starting his own minor party.
posted by Talez at 4:03 AM on September 29, 2017 [3 favorites]

I had a look at some Australian online propaganda connected with the poll. It's terribly familiar - lots of splenetic reactionary websites that try to look like grassroot organisations but can't be identified as to source, linked to by trolls who plug away on social media, Youtube comments, etc, but never engage; and cross-linking with a badly defined but awfully recognisable Infowars-ish WE TELL THE TRUTH type synthetic outrage merchants.

It's a playbook that can be deployed whenever there's a chance to harm liberal democracy and progressive policies, and by the look of it it's pretty automated by now.
posted by Devonian at 4:18 AM on September 29, 2017 [7 favorites]

Equality Campaign’s ‘vote YES’ text messages upset some

Oh hark, the fluttering of false outrage...

To be fair, it fucking annoyed me and I didn't even get one. My partner did though.

Doubly so 'cause we'd both already returned our non-binding plebiscite 'Yes' votes - and because they were not only pissing off conservative 'No'-voting arseholes, but also people who might be leaning 'Yes' but still on the fence.
posted by Pinback at 4:25 AM on September 29, 2017 [3 favorites]

Will Australian right-wingers borrow from the Joe Biden meme & tell Macklemore "You ain't real hip hop, bitch!"?
posted by jonp72 at 5:02 AM on September 29, 2017 [2 favorites]

Bernardi needs to be run out of politics on a rail

Sure. But until that happens, at least he's being quite productive.
posted by flabdablet at 5:30 AM on September 29, 2017 [1 favorite]

I find this story hard to believe mostly because I still can't believe that Macklemore would perform at the NRL Grand Final.

Funny story - it turns out that he really likes money.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:43 AM on September 29, 2017 [8 favorites]

It's a playbook that can be deployed whenever there's a chance to harm liberal democracy and progressive policies, and by the look of it it's pretty automated by now.

Automated by who? Possibly a certain ex-KGB kleptocrat in charge of a major world power that also tampered with U.S. elections and the Brexit vote?
posted by sexyrobot at 7:11 AM on September 29, 2017

i guess "No Poofters" is still a rule at the University of Walamaloo Philosophy Dept.
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 8:27 AM on September 29, 2017 [1 favorite]

I'm still pissed at Macklemore for bringing crowds to the Thrift Store... it's a lot harder to find comic books and 2XL shirts these days...
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:45 AM on September 29, 2017

It's University of Woolloomooloo, Bruce.
posted by N-stoff at 12:38 PM on September 29, 2017 [4 favorites]

I don't see what all the fuss is about. I cheerfully loathe the footy and even I know the important game is happening in Melbourne (go Tigers!) where we will be having performances from The Killers, Mike Brady performing "Up There, Cazaly" and Dami Im, the Korean-Australian Eurovision contestant from 2016. I'm pretty sure Pauline would only approve of one of those. And if The Killers do "Somebody Told Me", does it count as pro or anti SSM?
posted by Athanassiel at 12:48 PM on September 29, 2017 [1 favorite]

Automated by who? Possibly a certain ex-KGB kleptocrat in charge of a major world power that also tampered with U.S. elections and the Brexit vote?

Sadly, there's no evidence of that. Australia does not appear to have a shortage of local bigots.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:58 PM on September 29, 2017 [3 favorites]

Ponce The Rapper: Abbott's suggestion to replace Macklemore
posted by retrograde at 10:02 AM on September 30, 2017 [1 favorite]