As political satire goes, nothing is quite so laughable but simultaneously sickening as the current narrative from Australia's racists. In particular, white supremicists are taking aim at Indian influences on our culture. "DaveRightNow" made a video of his journey through suburbs noting how Indian culture was invading. In response, a hilarious spoof of this video was offered by Aaron Smith on X. In it, he visits the establishments highlighted by Dave and notes the glorious Australian culture that they had replaced. His thread is great to read, especially the images, so I won't spoil that for you. Instead, here is the transcript.
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Dave is marching Sunday because Indian shops have transformed his suburb and replaced "Australian culture". He wandered the local shopping strip, pointing out the invasion. I dug a bit. Let me show you the loss of "Australian culture" he’s mourning. https://x.com/DaveRightNow_/status/196092429605... (This account has disappeared)
He first solemnly points to Haveli Indian Restaurant. What monument of Australian culture has been toppled here? What sacred Aussie icon has been wrenched from Riverstone to make way for samosas? What will he tell his grandchildren once graced this hallowed corner?
It was Cashline Pawnbrokers - where you could trade jewellery for cash and get money in a hurry. Cashline's owner made a cameo in court over an extortion case involving cocaine and the Finks motorcycle gang. The loss of 'Australian culture' here is immense.
He continues past more sacred pillars of Australian culture, a pizza shop, kebab shop, cigarette shop, and real estate agents before spotting his next great threat: 'Easyday' Indian supermarket. What priceless Riverstone heritage was lost for this invasion? Brace yourself.
For a decade before Easyday Supermarket, this place was home to 2 towering Australian cultural institutions: A long-vacant shop with a faded ‘For Sale’ sign, that same vacant shop transformed into an empty block. Let's stage a candlelight vigil for the cultural loss.
He marches further, past the true icons: more real estate agents, Subway, KFC, Riverstone Mower World and stops at the new ‘Antera’ restaurant. But what did it replace? A sacred Aussie burger bar serving patriotism on a sesame seed bun branded with a Union Jack? Well no. It didn’t topple some Aussie burger altar - it replaced the Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant. Truly, the cultural genocide is staggering: from prawn crackers to papadums, our way of life will never recover.
With grim determination, he marches on - approving of a kebab shop, a pizza shop, and the 7-Eleven, which unironically are apparently ok examples of Australian culture. Dave sets his sights on Biriyani Corner… which, spoiler, didn’t exactly bulldoze a shrine to Australiana. And the cultural jewel lost to Biriyani Corner? David’s Palm Court Chinese Restaurant. Yes, Dave is really marching to protect the Aussie birthright of honey chicken and prawn toast.
Our culture starts with the First Peoples, and then grows with every migrant wave. Roughly one in three of us were born overseas, and one in two have a parent who was. That’s the Australia worth protecting, not some imagined monoculture, scared of a new restaurant.
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https://x.com/Aaronsmith333/status/196167668687...
From Prawn Crackers to Papadums: Mocking a Manufactured “Cultural Loss”
Aaron Smith’s X thread brilliantly skewers a racist narrative by revealing the flimsy, often comical reality behind claims of an Indian “takeover.”
A biting satire exposes how a white supremacist’s alarm over “Indian cultural invasion” collapses when every supposedly lost “Australian” icon turns out to be a pawn shop, a long-vacant storefront, or a Chinese restaurant.
