“Vote no” was written in the sky and Australia’s reactions were hilarious
Image: Image: Twitter / Pauline Pantsdown.
Members of the “vote no” campaign have taken to Sydney’s skies to spread their message over the weekend, and LGBTI people and their allies have taken to social media to respond.
A skywriter was employed to scrawl the words “vote no” across the sky on Sunday morning, on the same day Australian Marriage Equality launched its latest campaign to encourage people to post their “yes” votes right away.
The words appeared four times in the sky according to reports, and appeared to have been paid for via a Go Fund Me campaign which has raised over $2,000.
The fundraising campaign was created by an anonymous author, who wrote: “it’s time for traditional Australians to take a stand”.
As the words began appearing in the sky, LGBTI people and their allies took to social media to comment.
“How dare they invade our space,” comedian Joel Creasey wrote.
“The gays have ruled the skies for years handing out peanuts and soft drinks.”
Other users posted images of the green witch from the Wizard of Oz, as a means to call out the ‘culprit’, and some even edited photos of the skywriting to say “vote now”.
“Breaking: using a giant laser, the Coalition For Marriage has engraved ‘Vote No’ on the moon. “We have no free speech” Cory Bernardi said,” one user tweeted.
“I’m the f**king dumb ass insane hypothetical person who switched to a no vote because a f**kwit in a plane wrote it above my house,” another user wrote.
https://twitter.com/joelcreasey/status/909257249360457729
'Vote No' sky writer spotted above Sydney. #YoteYes #marriageequality pic.twitter.com/QuhezqjDsX
— David Alexander (@davidFalexander) September 17, 2017
— Pauline Pantsdown (@PPantsdown) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/JohnWren1950/status/909534355252404224
BREAKING: Using a giant laser, the Coalition For Marriage has engraved 'Vote No' on the moon. "We have no free speech" Cory Bernardi said.
— wheels (@wheelswordsmith) September 17, 2017
i'm the fucking dumbass insane hypothetical person who switched to a no vote because a fuckwit in a plane wrote it above my house
— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) September 17, 2017
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I love how the perennial “you stole the word gay off us” pops up again and again.
So a response along these lines is warranted. Heterosexuals threw the word gay at us as an insult, because that would be such an improvement on the old insult faggot. They tried to hurt us with a word which is basically a ball of sequins, rainbows and glitter and it comes as a surprise that we grabbed it with both hands, gave GAY more sparkle and claimed it for our own.
Those silly straights didn’t think that one through back then, did they?
Next you’ll be claiming we stole the pink triangle OFF the Nazis!
Say what you will about this whole awful plebiscite survey bizzo, it’s done great things for Pauline Pantsdown’s career. Pauline has been on fire every time I’ve read about her in the media over recent weeks. Joel Creasey has done well too.