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The intolerance of tolerance: Tony Abbott's head butt episode : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 26/9/2017

The tolerant brigades had disappeared, and the revolutionary pugilists, behind the comfort of a tweet, were coming out.

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Trust the pompously ridiculous George Brandis to deny that head butting Tony Abbott had anything to do with the vicious YES campaign; he got the 'burka as a religious garment' wrong too! All the time lately, he is getting the ethos of his party wrong as well.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 7:26:54 AM
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Not only are the far left against free speech they think anybody who disagrees with their views must be stupid. This is our tax dollars at work people.
https://theconversation.com/cognitive-ability-plays-a-role-in-attitudes-to-equal-rights-for-same-sex-couples-84276
Posted by cornonacob, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 7:40:32 AM
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When in the act of apparently shaking a wobbly boot, drunk's hand, you vigorous pull the hand towards you, to have the f staggering inebriated, stagger forward, only to have his severely limited balance somewhat restored by contacting another more stable object, head first.

And therefore, able to be recounted very economically, by someone with a publicly verifiable history of said, exampled economy!?

And pales completely in comparison to the, done while sober? No case, attack on Young Mr Rudd?

And just what you'd expect from the unrepresentative swill, who belong on the wrong side of history! Or way back in the dark ages replete with crusading hordes trying to enforce their fantasies/megalomania, on all others/non believers!

This smells to high heaven of more of the manufactured confection that is being deliberately and seriously unhelpful, as this extremely costly survey runs a course that coulda shoulda been, game set and match months ago!

Or just made completely unnecessary by fearless leaders, leading from the front!

And in Mr Turnbull's case that coulda shoulda been to resign from the party, destroying its one vote majority, to effectively force an election?

Where he coulda stood as an independant, if disendorsed? Moreover, in a close run thing, been able to call the shots from the cross/back benches?

Courage of conviction separates the wheat from the chaff, the extraordinary from the merely mediocre!

I wonder how well the party would do, if an "economical" Tony Abbott were installed as leader, just prior to an earlier than expected general election!

Obviously, the vox populi would be extremely pleased with this, [what? again?] result and want to personally thank Mr Abbott. His backbench zealots and the coalition at the ballot box!

What, if only, coulda shoulda excuses do you have for the Grandkids, Mr T?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Tuesday, 26 September 2017 8:10:34 AM
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the head butting of Abbott is consistent with the tantrum throwing left whose only course of action when losing arguments is to label others Nazis and bigots or performing violent acts. Any rational person knows that biology dictates that marriage is between man and woman.
Posted by runner, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 8:35:33 AM
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The left & the faggots do need to start taking a bit of care with their descent into violence as a tactic. Perhaps they have not thought their use of violence through very thoroughly.

Until very recently the defence force was not a natural home for faggots, or lefties. That means there are many thousands of retired defence folk, thoroughly trained in the use of serious violence, who are quietly holding their piece, but with growing annoyance.

Annoy them enough lefties, at your peril. If they get really annoyed you had better make sure you are protesting alongside some one you can run faster than.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 1:17:49 PM
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The gentleman who did the head butting has demonstrated the quality of the heads that want us to vote "Yes"
Posted by Old Man, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 3:17:47 PM
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Cornonacob..

I did read your suggested link. “The Conversation” is a rag which is aimed specifically towards universities, (students).

If I had sufficient power to do so, I would defund universities. Jogging along with that process, I would persecute out of existence, Marxist rags such as the conversation.
Posted by diver dan, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 6:52:39 PM
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Bring on the next election ASAP!
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Tuesday, 26 September 2017 7:01:46 PM
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As expected of leftist academics, the author supports the politically correct Yes case.

To argue that the intolerant head-butter’s violent and criminal act had nothing whatsoever to do with the Yes mob’s point of view, is typical of the arrogance of our pompous A-G. Did not this man refer to his leader, then former PM Howard, as a rodent – or was it a lying rodent?

Brandis fatuously claims that changing the definition of marriage would have no consequences for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and parental rights. This is despite the fact that such basic rights have been suppressed in jurisdictions where the definition was changed, and despite the fact that Australian homosexual activists have requested at HRC public hearings the abolition of all exemptions under federal and state discrimination acts to religious bodies to employ and teach according to their doctrines.

Under current law, same-sex couples are already treated ‘equal’ to opposite-sex couples. Whereas many Australians assume that there is material discrimination against same-sex couples, few know about the 85 laws changed in 2008 giving same-sex couples equality under the law with heterosexual couples.

One does not have to be a rocket scientist to suspect that the unstated agenda of homosexual activists is not so-called marriage equality, but the destruction of the institution of marriage and all associated values. It is pertinent that lesbian journalist Masha Gessen actually admitted that homosexual activists are lying about their radical political agenda. She said that they don’t want to access the institution of marriage; they want to radically redefine and eventually eliminate it. (Source: https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/homosexual-activist-admits-true-purpose-of-battle-is-to-destroy-marriage/
Posted by Raycom, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 10:58:28 PM
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Runner states; 'Any rational person knows that biology dictates that marriage is between man and woman.' Ahh, no...any half-smart person knows that marriage is dictated by the state, not biology. Biology has nothing to do with marriage. Typical misleading and false drivel from the anti-ssm brigade.
Posted by minotaur, Monday, 2 October 2017 11:47:05 AM
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Hasbeen displays the vile homophobia so evident on these pages; 'The left & the faggots do need to start taking a bit of care with their descent into violence as a tactic.' Hmm, I do believe the holder of such attitudes is more a maggot on society.
Posted by minotaur, Monday, 2 October 2017 11:49:22 AM
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