False Patriotism and the Other

Lauren Thompson
4 min readApr 18, 2019

Australia’s infamous One Nation party’s dealings with the NRA have made headline news all over the world.

Representatives of the infamous anti-Muslim party were filmed at a series of meetings with the powerful gun lobbyists in an attempt to weaken Australia’s gun control laws. They offered to sell Australia’s gun laws to the highest bidder in private. This revelation seems tocontradict the party’s oft-repeated claims that they are patriots with only the best interests of “real Australians” in mind.

Crime and Scapegoats

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Lauren Thompson

A research writer and author of the Isle of Dragons trilogy.