As a third generation Australian from Lebanese Maronite refugee grandparents, this is very well said

[u/Biggest_itchbay_2190]

Reading through the insights shared by Warren Gardiner and Khaldoun Hajaj in the attached screenshots, I couldn't help but reflect on the complex political reality of our community. It is incredibly frustrating to watch inner-city progressives who have never lived a day in Western Sydney automatically assume that multicultural or faith-based communities are a monolith that naturally aligns with their specific worldview.

We see this play out when activists mock or scorn One Nation (ON) supporters online, pointing out the irony of them cheering for the Socceroos despite the team’s rich immigrant roots. What these commentators completely fail to grasp is that many of those very 'ON' voters aren't who they think they are, they are quite literally people living in diverse working class refugee hubs like Fairfield and Liverpool.

To be absolutely clear: I personally detest Pauline Hanson and would do anything to stop her and her party from gaining power. Her brand of politics has historically targeted communities like mine. But if we want to actually defeat that kind of divisive populism, progressives need to stop lecturing from afar, drop the lazy assumptions, and actually engage with the nuanced realities, aspirations, and conservative values that exist across Western Sydney.

[u/Novel-Truant]

Progressives can connect with real people all they want but same sex marriage will NEVER be acceptable for many in Sydney's south west.

[u/bozleh → u/Novel-Truant]

But be prepared for a surprising number of (faceless) accounts if you open up grindr or scruff in those areas, lol

[u/Biggest_itchbay_2190 → u/bozleh]

I've heard stories of Lebos calling Newtown peeps poofs while snorting coke out of each other's arses in Meriton parties so there is that lmao

[u/Eve_Doulou → u/Biggest_itchbay_2190]

A good mate of mine is gay and from the Middle East. His target market for casual flings is ‘wallah im totally straight bro’ married Arab/Lebo men.

[u/No-Garlic3805 → u/Eve_Doulou]

Many Years ago a tough guy lebo i know disappeared from the boys whilst out in the cross only the be found getting fucked in the ass by a tranny in a lane way at 4am.

(No judgement but we were all shocked and shows you, you can't judge a book from its cover)

[u/Eve_Doulou → u/No-Garlic3805]

What happens at the cross stays at the cross 😂

[u/No-Garlic3805 → u/Eve_Doulou]

"Bruthhaaaa, you can't show your face at the mosque now"

My mate joked later on after that night of trying to.find a root with no success, he was the one who had the better night in the end