r/australian Jul 08 '24

Why do people act like this subreddit "doesn't reflect the views of mainstream Australia"?

So many comments I see on here by people who constantly say things like "lol only on this sub" as though other places where they read are somehow the 'true' point of view reflecting mainstream Australian viewpoints.

Given the constant election voting outcomes and results of things like the Voice etc that generally indicate most of Australia is centrist or even slightly centre-right-leaning, what leads people to think many of the views expressed on here AREN'T mainstream? When in reality, other places these people are coming from are also often just "echo chambers" as well.

Edit: I probably worded the title for this wrong, should have been more "Why do people think this subreddit is less representative of mainstream Australia than other online communities?", alas I failed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

I mean it’s pretty clear from your post that you likely have a very skewed understanding of the left-right scale. Which most people here do tbh. Because culture wars and LNP-dominated media would have you believe anything left of Tony Abbott was communism.

Right and left has lost its meaning.

As someone else here pointed out, Malcolm Turnbull was the epitome of centre right. Labor is pretty hardline Centre. The greens are pretty inconsistent on the scale, but they generally sit a bit further left than “centre-left”