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Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by Rod H

Rod H — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:54:21 +0000

Even Menzies’d be turning in his grave if he knew of the socially divisive nastiness of so much of Menzies House output.

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by Doug

Doug — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:07:54 +0000

Seems to me that you all are mostly talking through your left or right leanings. Abbott’s comments re the Tent Embassy were in no way debasing of the Aboriginal people. Political point scoring is what incited the riot.
Australians in the majority are not racist. You people are not indicative of this majority. You are insular and pathetic. Think the big picture for all Australians for heavens sake.

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by Bron

Bron — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:46:24 +0000

Well said. Menzies House are an odious mob.

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by The Rev Mountain

The Rev Mountain — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:26:22 +0000

I can’t help but feel that they’re using the positive conservative press given to the Occupy movement’s forceable removal in Melbourne to start the Tent Embassy campaign. I personally wasn’t an occupy Australia fan, but support the right to protest and am opposed to the disproportionate show of force.
Abbott’s comments are also happily latching onto this sentiment, and Menzies House follows in tow. You do have to wonder how, exactly, this has anything to do with liberal thought. But Menzies House hasn’t really ever been about that, has it?

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by Therese

Therese — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:33:27 +0000

I went to university with Tim. I never trusted him. He did an internship with the heritage foundation i think, or one of them… I guess sydney uni was a place of very fiercely polarised politics, with the left being very strong, so he came to know his enemy very well. He also knows that student environmental campaigners have quite good links with the tent embassy, so part of his agenda is to destroy that.

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by Iain Hall

Iain Hall — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:29:08 +0000

Nice try jjason; but this humble scribe thinks your politics are once again getting in the way.

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by jason

jason — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:28:52 +0000

Thanks Alex – yeah it’s all pretty contemptible in my humble opinion.

Comment on Menzies House’s campaigns against Aboriginal Australians. by Alex S

Alex S — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:09:00 +0000

Nicely written piece and couldn’t agree more with your analysis. The campaigns of Menzies House are all opportunistic and receive a significant boost through working more closely and in tandem with Cori Bernardi’s ‘Conservative Action Network’.

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Comment on About Jason by Steve_W_Johnson

Steve_W_Johnson — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:38:32 +0000

Hi Jason

Thought we oughtta go offline, the online version of ‘step outside : ) I just wanted to make the point that if you look at the responses to that RT site you posted on Twitter they were pretty low level, even disagreements. Low level responses mean a lame site. The sites that are a worry have ongoing pseudo-intellectual banter bouncing back and forth from multiple posters. Can’t imagine the serious ones are out there for the public ot gawk at though.