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Ali's avatar

Another beautifully written piece. I am proud to be part of the brave 8:32 family.

People turn their backs on us because of fear, the same fear they have of homeless people, muslims, blacks, yellows & browns. Anyone in fact, not the 'same' as them. It takes courage & energy to step out of your comfort zone, sadly the majority are too lazy, they just want to 'live their lives'. Someone has to walk in front, we are those people. Standing tall, proud & confident in our beliefs. We are the history makers.

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Gloria Dawn's avatar

Why, Michael, why the divide? There is a conflict going on. A battle. A battle between good and evil, between Truth and Lies. Between conscience and surrender. A great controversy between God and Satan. A fight. why, because God doesn't want to let us go easily. He loves us. But we decide who we choose. There is no force by God. Only the enemy uses force.

I sat at home yesterday. Despondent. Flying my Australian flag upside. Disheartened as I saw snippets of news to show where this country has been reduced to. The physical fight in me has somewhat been depleted (after losing my profession I travelled far and wide within Australia encouraging everyone to wake up) but still a lot of strength still in my mind I rejoiced as I watched the tribe, though small in number still fighting and singing. Still ready to live life and speak Truth. Thank you, Michael. Thank uou Kulture 🥀

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Nuala Norris's avatar

Your feelings are shared by many around the world. Thank you.

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Mary W Maxwell's avatar

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for this Australia Day piece.

I remember when Oz Day was lovely.

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Sylvia Cook's avatar

Thank you Michael for sharing this story 👍🇦🇺🙏 god bless you 🥰

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Elizabeth Schiemer's avatar

Re community promotion. Hi Michael. I have been diligently working in my community to drum up support for "Marooned" in Port Stephens and the Hunter. . Suicide prevention breaks down barriers so I am hoping that Marooned will bring the community together for a cause all can support. With endorsement from community leaders people will come out of their rabbit holes. Now I would like to have contact with people in this region as back up support for "Marooned" to be produced in the Hunter and anyone who wants to be involved can contact me at salbayhealth@gmail.com

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elendur's avatar

Thanks for another piece of fine writing, your gift for extended metaphor is tear-inspiring. So I hope you take this critique the right way: if the hill/mountain is steep, that makes the job of the enemy/opposition more and not less difficult, as they have to struggle more uphill to get to us in our fort. So the steeper the mountain, the more easily we may win, IMHO.

Ref: "One where the walls were built from our love for each other and mortared by our organic ability to have fun, and to share joy. I don’t know if we will win, for the mountain is steeper than this dark was deep."

Don't know the context of the Aboriginal flag in the background. But as I see it, it has been appropriated by the same State that has 61,000 excess deaths on the board. Which is why it flies over every primary school. And police station. The primary schools whose Uniparty-voting chalkies mask-tortured the little children. the police who shot and gassed and sealed interstate borders.

I stand with those Aboriginals whose submission to the Covid enquiry got suppressed but not those who fly that flag. Similarly, the Red Ensign is my Oz flag, ,not the blue version.

Seems to me that the Ab flag is an enemy weapon aimed at ongoing denigration of what is still the majority population in Oz. The more guilt over 1788 that can be hammered in, the easier the pending handover to international corporates.

Read Alison Bevege here on Substack for a list of the corporate donors to the Yes Voice campaign.

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