Please note, how Lyn Benders article is written in the style of the self righteous evangelical social crusader, where the concept of racism has attained the status of the Only Deadly Sin.

Lyn thinks that for Australians to be concerned about the serious social and financial problems caused by the self importation of people from different cultures, religions, and races, is just "racism". For Lyn, the rejection of racism trumps everything, because she apparently believes that racism is the root of all evil.

We must reject "racism". Nothing else matters. Lyn even gets worked up on the idea of "unconscious racism". This, it appears, is an unacceptable Thoughtcrime.

Does this sound familiar? Substitute "apostasy"" for "racism" and "heretic" for "racist" and you can get an idea. Or substitute "capitalism" for "racism", and "capitalist" for "racist", and you get an insight into the sort of fundamentalist mindset that Lyn is suffering from. Lyn is another one who thinks that morality must be absolute and carved into stone. 50 shades of grey can not exist outside of the subject in her bedside novel.

Not surprisingly, given her absolutist mindset, the religious concept of endless guilt is evoked by Lyn to denounce the white Australian racist sinners. We all must feel guilty, according to the gospel Lyn, because our racist forebears committed unspeakable crimes against humanity. They did this because they were racist sinners. Only by repenting our racist attitudes, avoiding thoughtcrimes, and by making devotions to the concept of racial equality, can we save our black souls.

The only thing missing is a chorus of singing angels.

Moral puritans who wrapped themselves in a white cloak of moral sanctity, and damned anyone who was not a Paragon of Virtue, were once treated by the educated class with sarcasm, wit, and outright hilarity. It is a sad fact today, that the descendents of Voltaire, Jefferson, and Orwell that now infest our university Artz departments are more inclined to agree with moral Puritanism, instead of grasping the concept that critical analysis and reasoned thought trumps ideology every time.

I am more than happy to be demonised as a racist by the left. It is their compassionate policies that has led to 1000 plus drowning. I don't want tens of thousands of muslims (though they aren't a race) creating more ghettos in our nation. They will bring families out here with generations of unemployed. The left who created this problem will blame it on the 'racist '. The left have messed up the aboriginal people severly (while wasting billions) and will create the same problems with their 'compassionate ' anti Christian anti Western views.

Meanwhile many old people can't get hospital appointments, have to line up behind illegal immigrants for hours to sort out pensions, can't get nursing homes funded, white girls are unsafe in many city suburbs etc tec.

My best friends are aboriginals, africans, asians, south africans but I am happy for the left to label me racist. I know my attitudes are not nearly as dangerous as their naive and stupid dogmas.

If you want a mental image that typifies the Labor border policy, just imagine 50 odd Tamil men women and children left for the sharks because the patrol boats were overwhelmed by the flood of illegal immigrants.

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I subscribe to your demolition of Ms Bender's well-intentioned but deluded opinions. However, as in all these debates, you are wrong to designate her as "left". I am an "old leftie", and I find her views as misguided and dangerous as you do.
Ms Bender: If you do not have a completely closed mind, please consider the possibility that we are as well intentioned, and that your policies make bad situations worse.

I was going to write a lengthy post, but LEGO has summed up the issues with this article very well.

But I'll add:

Lefties should billet out all refugees until they can stand on their own two feet. Instead of using the tax payer as their own personal bank account, lefties should financially support all refugees until they can financially support themselves.

The continuous use of the collective pronoun "we" insinuates that people today are responsible for the sins of the past. This opens up many questions and inquiries. According to modern sociological theory, race doesn't exist; it is a "social construct". Therefore, if there are no biological or genetic ties to the past, then why should white people be responsible for the past?

If race can be used in the collective sense of "we" in order to take responsibility for other people's actions of the same race, does this apply to all races? If whites must feel guilt for the past, then, applying this approach consistently, all other races must feel guilt every time some one of their race does something questionable. Can all blacks be blamed for the killing of the British soldier recently? Can all Aboriginals be blamed when my friend was smashed with a beer bottle in the face by an Aboriginal? According to the logic in the article, yes. Not only that, considering there's been thousands on wars, invasions, and migrations since the dawn of time, every person of every race would have to feel guilt for the past.

But, in all honesty, no lefty would blame all non-white people for the actions of a few. In lefty land, only whites can feel guilt for the past. This is blatant racism

I don't have any issues with 'genuine' refugees (of whom there are in all probably precious few). What I do have a problem with, as do most Australians, is the wholesale invasion by all and sundry when 'fixing' the issue is relatively straightforward. Few if any countries allow zillions of illegals to descend on their borders in the manner to which we've become accustomed, and which ALP & LNP politicians assure us 'they are doing everything in their power to address. CRAP, not one of them could run a p*ss up in a brewery !! On the other hand, the proposal as suggested by Big Clive has been tried and proven in many countries. Guess some things are just too simple for our lamebrained elected officials. Any 'legitimate' refugee can get a visa for $80 & even allowing for a business-class airfare (thats a tad more comfortable than a leaky boat), they can come here for under 10% of what they pay people-smugglers. Point is that system has actually been proven to WORK consistently over many years, whereas the moronic red-headed witch has proven she hasn't a clue & the equally clueless RAbbott is still urinating in the wind. Whoever they represent, it sure isn't the people of Australia.