It is the most emotionally coercive move in politics. They did it during the gay ‘marriage’ plebiscite – Australian Marriage Equality warned of the day, ‘When the first gay kid dies at his own hand because of the hate and fear-mongering’ –but that was baseless emotional blackmail. They hinted at it during the Voice referendum – announcing millions in the budget for an Aboriginal youth mental health crisis that would be caused by No-voters.
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