Former Labor Prime Minister and Labor Prime Minister destroyer Julia Gillard has thrown her hat back into the political scene by releasing a glowing endorsement of US President Donald Trump.

The tribute comes just seconds after Gillard was sent the video of Trump telling Kevin Rudd that he “doesn’t like him.”

“It turns out I am much more aligned with President Trump than I thought I was,” Gillard said, “sure we have our differences on climate change, treatment of women, equality, democracy, yada yada… But when it comes to humiliating Kevin Rudd in front of the entire nation we are both on the same page.” [...]

Satirically-themed context: https://www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/trump-now-on-borrowed-time-after-making-an-enemy-out-of-the-most-vindictive-and-cunning-operator-in-global-politics/

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

When the comments are better than the article! 🍿🤣

There have been questions raised recently over whether we should be tagging Betoota/Chaser/Shovel/Belltower/etc articles as [Satire] so people aren't confused. I'm torn. I don't want people from outside Australia seeing these articles and being misinformed (For anyone not Australian and unfamiliar with The Chaser: Julia Gillard does not endorse Donald Trump - we promise). This article is written for Australians as a bit of fun. I do however love seeing people who know nothing about the headlines/creators leap into the discussion with strong opinions.

Australians are not a serious people. We genuinely enjoy laughing at the world and at politics in particular. Genuine discourse often comes from satirical posts. Take a look at the top ten posts in this community:

Nearly half the posts are satirical.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

There have been questions raised recently over whether we should be tagging Betoota/Chaser/Shovel/Belltower/etc

No. Finding the satire in a headline in a wall of article titles on your feed is part of the fun of it all.

Don't make the internet boring just because Yanks can't figure it out.

[–] MHLoppy2@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nearly half the posts are satirical

Yeah but that's mostly because right now most of what I'm submitting here is satire and since submission traffic is pretty low, what one poster does significantly affects the feed 😅

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

(For anyone not Australian and unfamiliar with The Chaser: Julia Gillard does not endorse Donald Trump - we promise)

For anyone outside Australia the first question would be Who the F is Julia Gillard, anyway?.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Australians are not a serious people.

I disagree. We take humour very seriously. :)

I say leave the satire tag off. I was looking askance at it until I read that second sentence which made it pretty obvious even without the Chaser link. If any non-Aussies don't know the history between Gillard and Rudd, they're free to look it up. And people eating the onion is always funny.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay but... If you describe yourselves as unserious, you have the main trait of American conservatives in common. We used to laugh in America too. Do you have space for the next round of criminal exports neé Democrats?

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Bold of you to assume we model our politics on yours. Politically, we resemble the UK more than the USA. We love you guys, but we don't want to be like you, politically.

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gillard also support Israel.

She was really an awful prime minister. Her legacy has basically been entirely repealed because she sucks at politics and put her own ambition above moving the country forward.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ate the onion

[–] stonkage@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

by the looks of it, a couple of posters have smashed it 😅

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I guess people with low media literacy aren't exclusive to Facebook and the comment section of News Corp publications.

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That was Abbott, not Gillard.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://www.thepoke.com/2023/08/26/ate-the-onion-people-fooled-by-satire/

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was going to comment on how Gillard's soullessness and treachery made the headline believable, but then I remembered Abbott eating the raw onion and I couldn't pass up the chance.

EDIT: I just went to double check and the first autocomplete on "Tony Abbott" was "Tony Abbott Onion".

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wow. what an awful person.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

(it's satire)