Anti-Islamic group United Patriots Front announced last year that it would be starting a political party, to be called Fortitude Australia. The party’s website went live over the weekend, announcing a range of policies and a line-up of muscly white “patriots” who will supposedly run for the Senate at the next election.
Unsurprisingly, the policy page opens with plans to “cease construction of all Mosques — destroy plans for new Mosques” and “an immediate stop on all further Muslim immigration”. Not particularly shocking coming from the group that regularly holds anti-Islam rallies and claims immigration is “merely a replacement of the Australian people”.
Other policies include taxing multinational companies, creating “an easily mobilised Infantry force within the nation” and ” a universal subject which prepares and teaches high school students practical skills and knowledge in regards to everyday living, to improve their understanding of Australian society”.
Our favourite from their actions to be taken immediately is “A federal indictment for conspiracy and treason to be issued to mainstream media organs suspected of undermining and deconstructing the Australian Nationality”.
We guess that means we’d be heading to jail if Fortitude gets elected? That’s assuming of course that the party could get elected, even if it were registered. According to the AEC website, the party hasn’t applied for registration yet, telling Facebook supporters it is still working on getting membership together.
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Interesting. I tried to find a site for Fortitude Australia. If is anything like the Q-society I thought I’d be in for an amusing bit of madhattery. This is the closest I found:
http://australiafirstparty.net/australian-identity/united-patriotic-front/ They didn’t let me down. I tried a few of the links from the side panels, not all of which are working. As well as IT techs, it seems that they can’t afford researchers either. One of the pics features a white ribbon and the text makes reference to mistreatment of women. However, the video link appears to be contradictory to their “We hate Islam” platform. The link is to a video using Quranic and other Islamic sources to say that violence and sexual violence against women is NOT Islam, but the abhorrent behaviour of individuals who are breaking the law, and thus not complying with the Sharia ie just like any non-Muslim in Australia, the UK etc or anywhere else. On the other hand, APF-UPF (or whatever they call themselves) might be wanting to educate Muslims on what Islam REALLY is; dunno, their platform on so many issues is just far too enigmatic for me. Funny old world.
As for the party getting getting electoral seats, as was noted about another such party before the last election, “I doubt they’ll get their deposit back”.