I spent a week with a doomsday prepper deep in the outback.

[jayjay1]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05...tralian-doomsday-prepper-survivalist/11084660

Interesting article on Prepping from one of our more lefty media outlets.
Quite interesting, especially in their comparisons with the US Preppers.

Your opinions on this are greatly appreciated!

 

[jontte]

not bad,not bad at all.
well written,well formulated and it actually paints a clear and sensible pic of that prepper.
it gave me the feeling ;it's smart to prep.

 

[DrHenley]

When we reached the carpark, the kids were starving. They'd run out of water and were bracing themselves for a night in the bush.
As I performed my important role of "torch holder" in the Wolf Creek-esque carpark, I suddenly got it: preppers exist because the rest of us are critically underprepared.

Bingo!

 

[tmttactical]

Liked it. There was no "Hold My Beer" crap. Points out it makes sense to prep and also points out why so many fail to prep. Good article.

 

[Maverick]

I like, I was even surprised by the psycho doctors response!

 

[TexasFreedom]

When we reached the carpark, the kids were starving. They'd run out of water and were bracing themselves for a night in the bush.
As I performed my important role of "torch holder" in the Wolf Creek-esque carpark, I suddenly got it: preppers exist because the rest of us are critically underprepared.

Bingo!

Doc nailed the quote. And let me emphasis. The point there is that preppers are the sane ones, those who do not prep at all are the ones behaving insanely. I'm shocked that a journalist gets that.

 

[jayjay1]

Dr Simon Henry, whose PhD investigated Australian preppers, says the subculture is a broad church.
"Australian survivalists are not Christian fundamentalists, right-wing nationalists, racist extremists or part of a contemporary militia movement," he says.
"They are certainly not reflective of those colourful individuals seen in scripted and heavily edited American reality TV."

Dr Henry is a member on our Aussie Prep Forum. Initially he was met with scepticism and ridicule, but a number of his works, and now this article, have seen him warmly accepted by most of our members.

I'll try to find his PhD thesis on Preppers and post it here. Quite a good thesis.

 

[jontte]

Pls do that,it would be an interesting read.

 

[jayjay1]

Added the piece in a seperate thread here.
Enjoy the read.

 

[Maverick]

A lot of us didn’t care for doomsday Prepper shows, the show was an embarrassment on many levels that was a mockery of those who took prepping seriously. Unfortunately many around the world took the show as reflective of what American Prepper’s truly are even from within this Country, perception is everything and when you’re put in a bad light the stigma is hard to turn around :-/

 

[jontte]

one of the reasons I don't tell anybody what I do,as the majority have no idea what's it basically about and kinda belive that show is for real..

 

[jayjay1]

Ditto - our site we shun from the word "prepper" especially "doomsday prepper" as the thought in most people is an imageof a far right wing moron with enough guns and ammo to start WW3.

We were fortunate to have Dr Henry as a member, who observed our site and after speaking with a lo of us, saw that we are just getting prepared. We look at our preparedness as the same as having an insurance polcy. As the article said, prepared people are ready if something happens.

jontte, fair cal there, most don't/won't understand, and have already made up their minds based on a heavily edited tv show.

 

[jontte]

I'd rather be as ready as I can than sorry,sure my bro suspects something,but he's very cordial and don't take up the subject