If the Voice referendum is to succeed, advocates must win over opponents, not vilify them.
Seven years ago, Hilary Clinton said three words that changed the world. She described supporters of Donald Trump as a “basket of deplorables”. It was the turning point in an election she should have won easily, but lost narrowly. It was also the moment Clinton, from her own lips, appeared to confirm everything the Republicans said about her: that she was the face of a condescending political elite which could scarcely conceal its contempt for ordinary voters.
It’s no wonder, given such incompetent advocacy, that support for Yes is fast losing altitude. Opinion polls show Voice advocates Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and activist Noel Pearson.Second, quit the moral bullying. The wisdom of constitutional change is something about which reasonable people can differ. It is not about whose motives are purer or who is a better person. Burney captured the morally hectoring tone of the Yes campaign last week when she channelled not Clinton this time, but Michelle Obama: “When they go low, we go high.
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