"The row over the ABC ignited yesterday when Mr Abbott accused the corporation of being on everybody's side "except Australia's".
Asked whether it was the ABC's role to be patriotic, Mr Laundy said it was the ABC's role to be impartial.
Victorian Liberal Sharman Stone said the charge that the ABC was "un-Australian" had not been her experience." a The above is a quote from the article "Coalition MP's feud over the treatment of the ABC.
Beware the tag unaustralian. This appeal has the hall marks of the classic tactic of far right politicians appeal to patriotism in order to justify the closing down of genuinely critical reporting rather than the bum kissing of media puppets such as those usual suspects in the commercial media. Thank goodness some sense of priority still exists in the liberal party. We are though need to keep the pressure up on Abbott.
There is a protest march against Abbott planed in March. I for one am going.
Thursday 30 January 2014
Sunday 26 January 2014
Love it or Leave
Love it or Leave.
I wonder what that means. Could it mean simply a statement of love for ones country and a desire for a healthy sense of nationalism. And if you don't have that love of your nation and are not nationalistic you should leave. I can see the merit of such an argument but I can also see the danger. The danger that this kind of sentiment could be used to silence genuine criticism of current dangerous trends in the Australian culture and politics.
"Your unaustralian get out"
Such as: Does it mean you can not stay if you have a problem with a significant number of Australia's population current obsession of hating refugee's, ie namely boat people. That obnoxious uncritical mindless and at times violent nationalism should remain unchallenged, ie the Cornalla riots in Sydney. That to do so is to be labeled unaustralian and silenced or simply ignored with your point of view unheard and thus unheeded. So to inadvertently pave the say for right wing extremism in the body politic.That it is ok to hide behind the flag to promote hatred towards migrants and indigenous Australians for political gain and power. To be used as a tool by unscrupulous sections of the business, media and political class to manipulate less educated sections of our country to be distracted from seeing the abuse of the 457 visa program, to reintroduce the Howard era's work choices legislation and disinpower the union and workers rights movement's.
Could it be too used to silence genuine criticism towards the current approach of both our conservative controlled federal and state governments mindless anti environmentalism and pro development and head in the sand approach to man made climate change? Such as Abbott's recent removal of Australia wide marine park system and the impending removal of an environmentally significant part of Tasmania's forests from the world heritage list. An actual world first. That mining, logging, grazing of stock, fishing, hunting, fracking, ets, is to be allowed in national parks. Thanks to state level rules put in place by conservative state governments in QLD, VIC and NSW's.
Am I to be branded a fluffy bunny softie leftie cunt who should leave because he has a problem with the current mindless direction his country is going in. Just roll over and be one of the uncritical uninvoled, happily to be ignorant, Aussie good block crowd. For fear of being labeled unaustralian an ostracized.
Or told
"If you don't like it Leave"
No there is nothing wrong with a positive love of your country and flag. Nor having school kids sing the national anthem. I'm offended when stupid dumb fucks expect me to line up in their vitriol of hapless and desperate refuges. To fall into line and be uncritical of Gina's and others like her use and abuse of the 457 visa system. Bringing in hapless migrants to work as little as $5 an hour will Abbott plans to make unemployed Australians work for three months for fucken free. Now that's what I call unaustralian and she and the likes of her should be made to fuck off.
Once upon a time our nation had a strong union movement supported by a very active, informed and involved Australian population that kept the Tories and their plans in check. That didn't have a problem with refugees. Which tried to get the balance between development and the environment right.
An Australia, on Australia day, that didn't get into mindless chest beating flag waving nationalism as we see in other countries and were proud of the fact. Now that's the Australia I wish to celebrate and honor. It's the Australia I sadly miss.
Uncritical mindless nationalism has being used before in other countries , ie Germany in the 30's and early 40's to violently attack minorities and push the population into supporting totally unjustifiable war. The right are infamous using nationalism as a tool to convince the working classes to vote against their interests. It has also being used in Australia. EG. Howard and the Tamper and child over board affair. Which was largely a right wing press beat up. Which resulted in just two week before a federal election Howard coming from 20 points behind Beasley, the then Labor opposition leader, to comfortably win a second term. Howard went on to win another two terms under the banner of Labor is week on refugees and border protection.
Post script: Since when do bigots have the right to claim exclusive ownership of the Australian flag and nationalism. No you fuck off and leave.
Captin Bigels Tony to the Resque
"Navy chief spokesman Commodore Untung Suropati confirmed that a number of warships had moved toward the Australian border." -- The Jakarta Post, 21/1/14
Well well well its happening now. Captin Bigels, Our Dear Leader Fartpants Abbott. On ya mate. Well done. I wonder what all the rednecks are gonna do now.Their dear leader not only cost them their union awards but fuck their trip to Bali too. Shassa is gonna hit Wally, the tit bigot voter, big for this.
Ustrala Day Mate
I know this post will probably get me into trouble. But I have to say it. I proud to be an Australian for a number of reasons.
1. Australia was the first modern nation to give woman the vote. Prompting the then leader of Russia, Lenin, to ask, "Who is this nation called Australia?
2. One of Kevin Rudds first actions being publicly appologising on behalf of the Australian Nation to the indigenous people of Australia to the treatment they received from the rest of Australia in the first 200 years.
3. For the time John Howard did the totally unexpected and stood up to Indonesia in support of the East Timorese.
4. For the time Malcom Frazer and the then Labor opposition refused to make political for political gain, the then 1970's Boat people the Vietnamese. Sadly such wise bipartnership doesn't exist today in Australian politics.
I am ashamed to be Australian for a number of reasons.
1. Australia's toadding to the American war machine by both mainstream parties. Howard's public lying support concerning Irac chemical weapons. Despite ASIO informing him no evidence for such weapons existed.
2. The now sad practice of demonizing Refuges for political gain, especially in our media, steaming from Pauline Hanson, taken up by Howard and further encouraged by Abbott and Co.
3. The sadly new phenomenon only in the last few years, in the general population, for a growing number, but not all, to be overly jingoistic, flag waving morons, proud of their ignorance and espousing now new name of Australia being Ustrala mate. Who now proudly put on the back of their cars stickers which say the likes off, "If you don't like it Fuck off" and one sticker superimposed over a map of Australia, which says "Fuck off where full".
I am worried that 70% of all known media in Australia is now owned by Rupert Murdoc. Such power in an unelected individual in our nation is frighting. It doesn't take much imagination to realise he wielded that power in our last general election and expects his puppet Abbott to yield to him the ABC and SBS.
I am worried we now have Australia's most right wing government in our history. With an anti science approach to man made climate change. With an out of control pro development anti environment approach not seen since the 50's. That recently gave a break to our super rich tax cheats and is now aiming its guns to our most vulnerable the unemployed and those on disability support. With a totally uncritical arse licking coalition biased media to keep watch on that government. With a significant section of the population seemingly happy in their blissful ignorance of what is happening to our once proud Democracy.
Above all I am worried were we are going as a nation if this trend continues.
For the first time ever I chose not to celebrate Australia Day.
If what I have written has offended any one Sorry but I had to write it.
1. Australia was the first modern nation to give woman the vote. Prompting the then leader of Russia, Lenin, to ask, "Who is this nation called Australia?
2. One of Kevin Rudds first actions being publicly appologising on behalf of the Australian Nation to the indigenous people of Australia to the treatment they received from the rest of Australia in the first 200 years.
3. For the time John Howard did the totally unexpected and stood up to Indonesia in support of the East Timorese.
4. For the time Malcom Frazer and the then Labor opposition refused to make political for political gain, the then 1970's Boat people the Vietnamese. Sadly such wise bipartnership doesn't exist today in Australian politics.
I am ashamed to be Australian for a number of reasons.
1. Australia's toadding to the American war machine by both mainstream parties. Howard's public lying support concerning Irac chemical weapons. Despite ASIO informing him no evidence for such weapons existed.
2. The now sad practice of demonizing Refuges for political gain, especially in our media, steaming from Pauline Hanson, taken up by Howard and further encouraged by Abbott and Co.
3. The sadly new phenomenon only in the last few years, in the general population, for a growing number, but not all, to be overly jingoistic, flag waving morons, proud of their ignorance and espousing now new name of Australia being Ustrala mate. Who now proudly put on the back of their cars stickers which say the likes off, "If you don't like it Fuck off" and one sticker superimposed over a map of Australia, which says "Fuck off where full".
I am worried that 70% of all known media in Australia is now owned by Rupert Murdoc. Such power in an unelected individual in our nation is frighting. It doesn't take much imagination to realise he wielded that power in our last general election and expects his puppet Abbott to yield to him the ABC and SBS.
I am worried we now have Australia's most right wing government in our history. With an anti science approach to man made climate change. With an out of control pro development anti environment approach not seen since the 50's. That recently gave a break to our super rich tax cheats and is now aiming its guns to our most vulnerable the unemployed and those on disability support. With a totally uncritical arse licking coalition biased media to keep watch on that government. With a significant section of the population seemingly happy in their blissful ignorance of what is happening to our once proud Democracy.
Above all I am worried were we are going as a nation if this trend continues.
For the first time ever I chose not to celebrate Australia Day.
If what I have written has offended any one Sorry but I had to write it.
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