It must be quite a shock for Julia Gillard to find that President Barack Obama's re-election somehow transformed her into Australia's male, Christian president who "actually supports what he says".
Confused? So was Kristen Neel, a teenager from Georgia, who gained Twitter infamy in Australia in a matter of hours on Wednesday evening.
After news President Obama won four more years, the 18-year-old tweeted: "I'm moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says."
She has since deleted her Twitter account, but search tool Topsy showed she was retweeted over 1500 times.
Before she went offline, Ms Neel tried to explain.
"I was referring to the prevous (sic) office that actually had a moral position," she wrote.
Australian political and media observers didn't take long to pounce, sending out numerous tweets.
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Confused? So was Kristen Neel, a teenager from Georgia, who gained Twitter infamy in Australia in a matter of hours on Wednesday evening.
After news President Obama won four more years, the 18-year-old tweeted: "I'm moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says."
She has since deleted her Twitter account, but search tool Topsy showed she was retweeted over 1500 times.
Before she went offline, Ms Neel tried to explain.
"I was referring to the prevous (sic) office that actually had a moral position," she wrote.
Australian political and media observers didn't take long to pounce, sending out numerous tweets.
source.
By that logic, our previous president was, uh, Bush, so she should be happy to stay here in the US.
This is giving me so much life you have no idea
I'm kind of confused about why so many republicans think Australia is some sort of conservative haven though. I just...like, what have we done to deserve that reputation?
But I"m baffled that anyone would think that Australia is a bastion of christian funadmentalism. We are one of the most secular countries in the world, christianity is on the decline, I have no clue how anyone would think otherwise.
That aside, why on Earth Lichtenstein? Are people just taking a map of the world and going "Never heard of it before. But that place looks conservative to me. They must have a Romney guy in charge there. I'll move there!"
(except that would still be wrong, wouldn't it? Because Fischer is agnostic...)
Edited at 2012-11-08 12:16 pm (UTC)
I wish it were even uncommon that conservatives are this stupid...
Which Australian president is she talking about? We have a president?
Meanwhile our PRIME MINISTER is female, atheist and generally operates in a more liberal political climate than anything Obama has suggested to date.
...read her tweet again, and tell me she's going to function in Australia. XD
I want to LOL. I get that her particular brand of idiocy echoes the general ignorance of self-centered right wing Americans who know nothing of world politics but still try to pontificate. I can laugh at that. I do everyday. There are Thousands of Brand A morons like her all over the internets. She deserves to be called out. They ALL do.
But I'm uncomfortable with the extended 'dumb girl LOL' meme that eventually comes out of this kind of press. You cant' tell me this story would have any traction if she didn't have a picture of herself and happen to be a busty blonde.
My first thought, after I stopped lolling, was "OMG, the rest of the world is going to think we're ALL this stupid," at which point I felt like rolling up into a small mortified ball of humiliation and looking for a hole to disappear into.
you can easily google and i judge her hard for being 15 and not utilizing that
So basically, this is a DOUBLE fail.
The kid doesn't know that those words apply to Obama, and also that they DO NOT apply to Australia's PM.
How does she have the smarts to even work her phone, with that kind of wall-to-wall ignorance?
So it's actually a triple fail.
Edited at 2012-11-08 07:38 pm (UTC)
Edit: html fail.
Edited at 2012-11-08 08:44 pm (UTC)