Politics

[JBOMBER]

I worked at a booth in Bundoora yesterday, which was won in 2016 by Libs. Yesterday Labor vote in this booth was solid but it was won by Greens. Seems Liberals are turning Green !

The result did surprise me, in spite of Ged Kearney being an incredible candidate and massive hard work put in by Labor volunteers to get our message across.

Greens are on the way out, and their long slow decline begins.

However important to bear in mind, that Batman is a very wealthy electorate full of white collar workers and doctors wives.

Not too many ‘white collar workers and doctors wives’ in Reservoir or Preston.

Far out, you write a lot of ignorant rubbish.
As a matter of interest, where do you live?
Do you get out much?
Ever been out of Australia?

Except of course the fact that the Greens candidate is a doctors wife who lives in Preston so there’s that.

Yep, that proves the whole electorate is ‘full of doctor’s wives’.

I never made the claim simply pointed out how silly it was for you to claim there’s not many white collar workers or doctors wives in a discussion about an election where the candidate was a doctor’s wife. If you think you have some evidence to support your position that there somehow isn’t many white collar workers or doctors wives in Preston then by all means - stump up!

What? I didn’t say ‘there weren’t many’. That would be as stupid as the generalisation that the entire electorate is ‘full of white collar workers & doctor’s wives’.

It is a very diverse electorate with a shifting demographic and the famous Bell St divide. Everyone familiar with the area knows this. You don’t see too many Doctor’s wives at Northcote Plaza or Northland. But you will see plenty along the Westgarth strip of High St.

Maybe you need to take a second to read your own posts & get your own position sorted before you start trying to influence others. You did in fact, very clearly state that there were “Not too many ‘white collar workers and doctors wives’ in Reservoir or Preston.” OK so given that you can now go back & see what you wrote I guess you can concede that what you wrote was a stupid generalisation - fair enough?

BTW Northland isn’t exactly Walmart. It has a wide variety of shops including high end designer stores catering to the fact that there are plenty of people in the Northern suburbs who have exceeded your expectation of their earning potential. No its not as affluent as the inner east & I’m not suggesting Northland rivals Chaddy but its hardly the working class Bronx either. Plenty of the new migrants to the area are coming in with some cash behind them & again, its not exactly some cheap enclave for blue collar home buyers.

As I said. I’ve lived here for 30 years. I know what I’m talking about. And you are missing my point - there are pockets & micro-climates that reflect a complex, shifting demogrpahic and belie E12’s sweeping, ignorant generalisation.

Seriously? You still trying to deflect? E12’s comments I took as tongue in cheek & the mention of doctors wives as a reference to Bhathal herself. His point was that the area isn’t the poor/working class area it once was. I agree with that & believe in some ways you’ve agreed with that too. What you replied with initially was a generalisation stating that there simply were not many white collar workers in the area - I think that far more ignorant than E12’s comments.

[Bacchusfox]

Lol

[Gnik]

I said there aren’t many ‘white collar workers & doctors wives in Reservoir & Preston’ after the generalisation that the entire electorate is full of them. Full of doctor’s wives? Seriously? FFS I live here. I shop here. My kids go to school here. I know this.

Anyway, I’m done with this. Got better things to do.

[JBOMBER]

I said there aren’t many ‘white collar workers & doctors wives in Reservoir & Preston’ after the generalisation that the entire electorate is full of them. Full of doctor’s wives? Seriously? FFS I live here. I shop here. My kids go to school here. I know this.

Anyway, I’m done with this. Got better things to do.

One was a figure of speech, yours was a statement that I thought was completely ignorant. Again if you want to stand by your statement that not many people other than blue collar workers live in the area then at least provide something to support this claim. It would go against your other statements but at least find a consistent position. I know the area as well & its why I know that both yours & E12’s statements were wrong only he has at least tried to give context & owned the generalisation. You seem to want to distance yourself from your initial statements but can’t seem to bring yourself to an admission of a poor generalisation of your own.

[Gnik]

You are right. Reservoir is full of Doctor’s wives.

[wimmera1]

[JBOMBER]

You are right. Reservoir is full of Doctor’s wives.

[bigallan]

But, where do the doctors live? I don’t understand why the wives were identified as influencing votes.

[Gnik]

But, where do the doctors live? I don’t understand why the wives were identified as influencing votes.

They all live in Clifton Hill.
Of course, Doctor’s husbands are another matter altogether…

[HowManyGoal]

I have a question. Why aren’t the doctors living in the same electorates as their spouses?

[Gnik]

I have a question. Why aren’t the doctors living in the same electorates as their spouses?

No room for Doctors. Its FULL to capacity with white collar workers and Doctor’s wives (not husbands though).

[benfti]

I’m married to a doctor

[wimmera1]

Do you live in different suburbs?

[Gnik]

My spouse is practically a doctor

[JBOMBER]

My spouse is practically a doctor

I guess that means you have to leave Batman.

[Gnik]

Why?

[CyberBomber]

I’m a doctor and so’s my wife

[theDJR]

Doctor Who Club of Victoria no longer meets in Batman.

[HowManyGoal]

Doctor Who Club of Victoria no longer meets in Batman.

Where does the Batman club meet?

[benfti]

Funnily enough, no, and to confuse the issue further, we are 1700kms from Batman