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Why this 'angry white male' took a complaint to the Human Rights Commission : Comments

By David Leyonhjelm, published 20/9/2016

Furthermore, to the extent that racist attitudes are present in society, it assumes these will change if it is unlawful to express them.

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Nicknamenick, could you please stop sucking on your crack pipe before you write anything?
Posted by LEGO, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 9:24:00 PM
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Posted by LEGO, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 12:13:30 PM
"One of my favourite hobbies is pointing out to every so called "anti racist" on OLO (and a bunch of other debate sites) is that what they have just said about white people is racist. It absolutely floors them. They have become so used to the idea of making racist statements about white people, that they think it is completely normal.
//Only a few days ago on OLO, Thomas O'Reilly said this.//
Then he complained that what he said was not racist. You be the judge." [end quote]

When the cat is away, the mice will say anything?

LEGO cherry-picked a small part of my comment, and in so doing he has misrepresented/verballed me.

Anyone interested in the truth can see what I wrote IN FULL here:
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=18523#329642

The most pertinent bit goes: "However, maybe LEGO really meant or wanted to say: Australia is a sovereign ...."

It was NOT a declaration of my opinion. It was a MOCKED UP HYPOTHETICAL SATIRICAL response which intentionally exaggerated the "attitude" behind what LEGO had said - an UNTRUE RACIST GENERALISATION of "out of touch foreigners from dysfunctional societies telling us how to run our country" to show how illogical, untrue, RACIST and HURTFUL LEGOs statement was in it's ESSENCE.

I took that and showed how it sounds being on the other end of it - by flipping LEGOS words/tone to 'whites'.

LEGO can see RACISM in what I mocked up, but he cannot see it in his own words. It's called a "teaching moment", he missed. Instead he "crowed" eg now on this thread, but also here
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=18523&page=0#329730
and here
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=18523&page=0#329748

Re-using LEGOs own words again: "They have become so used to the idea of making racist statements about _______ people, that they think it is completely normal."

Nor is this thread an accident or a co-incidence:
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=7466

It's 'real life' on social media. Words matter! Choose wisely.
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Posted by Thomas O'Reilly, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 9:39:09 PM
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//The basis of the complaint is that Kenny said I demonstrated “certitude” as a consequence of being an “angry white male”//

And having “certitude” is “reasonably likely” to offend? Good luck getting that one past the court.

//but in my opinion Kenny’s remarks about me were outside the court’s narrow interpretation of ‘fair comment’.//

It's not really your opinion that counts here. I think it's quite probable that Kenny's remarks will be regarded as fair comment. You are an angry male. Although I'd describe your colour more as pink than white - obviously nobody around here has ever met somebody with albinism.
Posted by Toni Lavis, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 10:37:39 PM
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Na...
18c has got to go, it's discordinate. 18c should become the minor fifth, not the major first!
Posted by diver dan, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 11:24:56 PM
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LEGO
My crack pipe gives colourful language , you don't like it?
From the article:
"Furthermore, to the extent that racist attitudes are present in society, it assumes these will change if it is unlawful to express them. This is false; unless it can be heard and robustly challenged, racism will simply be driven underground."
The blue boys ( white and black) knock on your door if you have a noisy party at 3am with 6 dogs barking and drag races. The neighbours can be heard challenging it with robust insults and fence palings to drive the hoons underground.
Posted by nicknamenick, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 7:28:55 AM
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To Thomas O'Reilly.

You made a sarcastic racist statement that was the mirror image of my own racist statement (with improvements). I can make racist statements because I am a racist. But you may not make racist statements, even in sarcasm or in jest, if you claim that you are not racist. Racist jokes are still racist. Racist sarcasm is still racism. Bill Leak found that out a few weeks ago when he published a sarcastic racist cartoon about aboriginals in "The Australian" newspaper and was threatened with prosecution under S18C.

This is another example of left wing double standards. Lefties can make sarcastic racist jokes, but white people may not.

To nicknamenick.

On second thought, please continue smoking your crack pipe and writing the incredible drivel that you seem to think is clever. Even Arjay is getting embarrassed by your peculiar posts. It does my side no end of good to have people like yourself as opponents, so that any impartial reader can see for themselves the difference in intellect between those who support leftism, and those who are on the right.

Please keep it up. As a matter of fact, since you appear to think that being an idiot is akin to displaying high intelligence, get even more creative and obtuse. And thank you for your positive contribution to the right side of politics.
Posted by LEGO, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 8:57:43 AM
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