The Union Jack stays. Let the elite rage
What does Bolt regret passing? The private and elite WASP clubs of Melbourne that didn't accept Jews? The non mixing of Catholics and Protestants? The banning of women from public bars and the 6pm swill? Standing up for the National Anthem on just about every occasion?The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back Yes he is a Traditionalist after all.
The only thing hilarious here is Mr Gregarious Andrew Bolt tells Ray Martin " I suspect Ray tends to talk only to people of his own kind. Should get out more." Andrew Bolt the gadfly about town really does have tickets on himself doesn't he. He really does mix and party with a cross section of Melbourne.
One by one the plotters are punished
Mal Brough Abbott's negotiator who unashamedly had Peter Slipper put down for his boss over a $900 dollar cabcharge and false accusations of sexual approaches made by a coworker James Ashby who is as believable as Andrew Bolt. Mal Brough's reward Slipper's seat. To call Brough Turnbull's man is to hide his relationship with Abbott in Slipper's demise in the first place. As Ashby said the whole affair was like a bad case of herpes. It keeps coming back.
Like Brough Sinodinos was far closer to Credlin and her husband Brian Loughnane . They were all Liberal party apparatchiks. John Howard came to parliament to hear Sinodinos's maiden speech. He was don't forget Tony Abbott's assistant Treasurer. You can't get closer group than that and it got closer Abbott, Hockey and Sinodinos. So all we have is Bolt trying to deflect the attention off Abbott who seemed to work with an array of very suspicious characters indeed. They certainly can't be as Bolt suggests have been connected closely to Turnbull. Oh they turned off Abbott yes when push came to shove maybe they were working in their best interests and of the Liberal Party. After all there's only a very few conservatives that stuck with Abbott and his Lady Macbeth. He was certainly ready to throw Hockey under a bus. Go back through Abbott's history and count just how many friends and others Abbott has shafted.
It appears Bolt likens Abbott to Macbeth and Peta Credlin his lady. It makes sense because with News Corp's help they intend to trash and divide the Liberal party until the MPs get so scared they will turn back to Abbott again. Because everyone knows the power of Rupert's Headlines. Scammers, plotters nobody has seen the likes Abbott and Murdoch. Bolt is only their loyal messenger.
Column - The numbers say more Muslims mean more danger
Bolt references numbers in the same way to blame Aboriginal Culture for their dysfunction. He does the same with Muslims and blames Islam for theirs. He applies a certain logic that simply doesn't fit what is happening and he applies it 1) to all Muslims in Brussels. and then 2 ) beyond to all Muslim refugees in the EU some 1.5 mill. His conclusion Islam makes them dangerous is absurd. Their politics circumstance or social history is never questioned in search of an explanation. Refugees despite their numbers haven't been the primary perpetrators of terror in the EU that is more amazing given what has happened to them. Muslims haven't been the only terrorists in the EU. Christians and EU citizens have caused more deaths in what might be regarded as terror attacks.
Sorry Bolt your arguments never acknowledge this and seem motivated by something other than logic or reasoning. Extreme right wing values in fact. EU citizens who happen to be Muslim may have carried out this recent attack yes but logic says not because of Islam. I suggest you go back to your drawing board Bolt and reconsider a whole bunch of other social factors such as Racism, Poverty, Denial, Lack of Opportunity, Stereotyping and bigotry may have caused some of these Belgians or EU citizens to erupt. After all you can only whip a dog for so long before he bites back. If the media has the same single minded and bigoted attitude as Australia's Andrew Bolt has it may have helped light the fuse. It's very much a reason why freedom to express hate in the media carries the unwanted consequences of recruitment to radicalize an otherwise civilized society.
Bolt so wants terrorism and Islam to be called synonymous. Bolt logic claims all Muslims are potential terrorists this is a terrorist group therefore it's Muslim seems to be his first priority. However all Muslims aren't terrorists. Yes this does happen to be a terrorist group and is probably Muslim. However that fact of being Muslim is incidental and not a determinant of terror. EU worst terrorist was right wing christian Anders Brevik. He had more in common with Andrew Bolt's thinking than with any Muslims. Given that's the case terrorism might just be the result of any number of conditions Bolt fais to address or even give consideration to. He's certainly not a journalist Phillip Williams is . Bolt simply a vigilante with a keyboard and a Murdoch platform America Should Take Responsibility for the Brussels Terror Attacks
Laila Lalami
One response you will rarely hear: "I could be wrong."
When Ankara or Bamako are attacked, there’s little notice. When Paris or Brussels are attacked, there’s massive coverage.
Some people blame Muslims. But ISIS terrorists do not differentiate between Muslims and non-Muslims. They kill indiscriminately.
Some people (typically those who have never served a day in their lives) demand more military action, more bombings, more torture.
Some people (typically those who have never served a day in their lives) demand more military action, more bombings, more torture.
It's hard to admit that we are facing complex problems with roots that go back decades. It's easy to say, "Exterminate all the brutes!" Trump Supporter Howie Carr "I Don't Know If We Need To Use A Nuclear Bomb, But We Could Carpet-Bomb Raqqa."
" Often when focus turns toward European-based terrorist attacks, media
revive the debunked myth of so-called Muslim "no-go zones," or
supposedly Muslim-only enclaves where media allege that outside police
forces are prevented from entering and Sharia flourishes. As has been documented, no such "no-go zones" exist. Instead, as Richard Engel explained on MSNBC's Morning Joe,
these areas are fraught with socioeconomic distress, and residents
there "will tell you that it's about racism, that they're blocked from
jobs, that they're blocked from government employment, that they don't
get the same kind of social services."
" Already, media are beginning to inch toward
the false assertion that "no-go zones" are both the cause and
consequence of extremism and the Brussels terrorist attacks. The
conditions of this tragedy seem to be similar to previous incidents,
where pundits blamed a specific Muslim community or Muslim-majority city
for the attacks."
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