And they are easily outnumbered.
Yesterday, around 500 “protesters” descended on the Melton Civic Centre in Melbourne.
The (mostly) men from the extreme right-wing group Reclaim Australia represented Victoria’s contribution to anti-Islam protests going on around the country.
Theirs was the largest of the protests and they were outnumbered two-to-one by pro-diversity advocates.
Two to one.
Armed with Australian flags, nonsensical placards and an unhealthy dose of bigotry, Reclaim Australia faced off against the No Room for Racism group (separated by a strong police presence) and were defeated, seemingly with ease.
Similar protests in other Australian cities were also dismantled by counter-protesters.
In Brisbane, racist speeches were drowned out by chants like “Muslims are welcome, racists are not”.
The Sydney arm of the protest, which was held at Martin Place, featured a small sample of the group who gathered to hold two minutes’ silence for victims of terrorism worldwide.
It was broken up from within by calls of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”.
Anyone remaining unconvinced of Reclaim Australia’s ineptitude needs only look to the mission statement on their website, which, like many of their slogans, is grammatically flawed, if not ideologically so:
Below is a video of one Reclaim Australia man jumping in on a piece to camera by a rather peeved journalist, who was reporting from the rally in Melton.
In case you didn’t catch it, he yelled: “F**k her right in the pu**y.”
Although they may possess more Australian flags than one of Tony Abbott’s press conferences, the group is small and they are outnumbered.
“If there hadn’t been opposing rallies, they might be a proper big movement by now,” No Room for Racism’s Chris Dite told Mamamia. “But we’ve sort of backed them into a bit of a corner.”
Let’s hope they stay there.
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They claim to be for women's freedom in Australia and respecting women and their rights. Yet some so-called 'Aussie' Reclaim Australia supporter pushes a woman over and yells “F**k her right in the pu**y.” ? Really? How are they any different from the Muslim men they attack over women's rights? How did that thug act show respect for women and considering her as equal? If I were a Muslim male, I'd feel really superior to that 'Aussie', watching that. The worst part is that fellow male Reclaim Australia'ans laughed at it so clearly think it is fun to physically assault and verbally assault a woman. So they are suggesting Aussie men represent physical and verbally assaulting women. Any wonder domestic violence is such a serious issue in Australia when 'Aussie' thugs think us women are clearly beneath them and nothing but a sex object to push, throw about and abuse? Is that what Reclaim Australia believes is the typical Aussie male?
Reclaim Australia: It's like the most vile ferals in the country all found each other... and it's not pretty.
Maybe Tony Abbott could become their spokesperson now that he has a bit more free time