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The sexist sliming of Kim Sattler over Australia Day race riot

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:31:30 +0100

It's truly disturbing to see how the hate media works, fellow travellers. After Tony Abbott brazenly incited the Australia Day race riot that put the Prime Minister's life in peril, they are now desperately trying to sheet home blame to Gillard's own office, as well as the union movement! The gall of these people simply beggars belief.

The accusations were first aimed at Gillard staffer Tony Hodges. That was bad enough. But now they are pointing the finger at union official Kim Sattler.

There's that old standby again: Blame the woman!

These people are so predictable, aren't they? But it just goes to show how prejudice is usually a "package deal". Wherever you find racism, you'll almost always find sexism, homophobia, Gaia-phobia and other forms of conservative and patriarchal hatred as well.

The idea that they would try to implicate this brave, warmhearted woman -- whose only concern is for the oppressed and downtrodden of the Earth -- is too appalling for words. And it's made doubly so by the fact that Gillard herself was so concerned about Abbott's welfare when Canberra's The Lobby Restaurant was surrounded.

Surely, her compassion knows no bounds. I mean, Abbott himself whipped up the crowd with his clearly provocative comments about how the Aboriginal Tent Embassy should be bulldozed, the protestors imprisoned, and the children stolen. And the Prime Minister made sure that her security officers protected him before her!

Imagine if the situation had been reversed (which of course would never actually happen, because Gillard would simply not be capable of something so cynical, manipulative and dishonest). Can you imagine the budgie smuggling pugilist being so worried about her welfare? Of course not.

I never thought I'd say this fellow travellers, but I do think we have to accept that our deeply compassionate, ethical, and forgiving approach just isn't working anymore.

Time for us to say: No more Mr Nice Guy (and Girl)! Really, the fate of the nation (and the planet, for that matter) depend on it.

UWA survey reveals flag waving racism of car racing Earth rapists!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:59:13 +0100

Fellow travellers, as you are probably already well aware the rancid right-wing reaches of the blogopshere are most idignant about this searingly insightful survey conducted by UWA anthropologist Farida Fozdar. This proves beyond any shadow of a doubt what so many of us on the left have long felt: racism, flag waving and car driving are all inextricably linked. And why wouldn't they be? They all spring from that appalling, unquenchable drive in the white male psyche to dominate, rape, exploit and pillage.

As we've long known, all white males are deeply racist. But those from working class outer suburbs are more so. Living in traditional Christian families in their grotesque McMansions in the outer suburbs, they are far from the enlightening influence of a university education. These brawny, brainless yobbos grow up utterly convinced of their own superiority over anyone who is not white, male and heterosexual. Combined with this disturbing elitism, they are inculcated into the Cult of the Car by their fathers, who are all racist, homophobic, wife-beating misogynists as well.

Safely ensconced in their metal skins, they become completely disconnected from nature. Worse, by being so dependent on the fossil fuels needed to power these monstrous mobile phalluses, they associate their own power with the plundering of the Earth for oil. And just as they glory in their flagrant Gaia-phobia, they learn loathing of all those people who, completely unlike them, live in harmony with nature. Needless to say, most of these people are non-white. So racism is the inevitable result.

They also learn to compete with each other in their vehicles in a relentless quest for white alpha male domination. The racists are also racers!

Then there are the flags. It goes without saying that the Australian flag is in itself a vile symbol of racism. Frankly, any display of it should be made illegal. (Unfortunately this is not presently the case. That is why it is heartening and empowering to know that it is burned often when progressives assemble. The carbon emission these immolations produce are a small price to pay for the loving message of tolerance of diversity they convey to the great unloofahed.)

So this placing of the flag on a gas guzzling muscle car is a clear and aggressive display of the driver's sense of superiority over, and hatred of, anyone who is not like him: namely environmentally aware, female, gay, non-white, or Muslim -- or any combination thereof.

But of course we all knew that already. Still, it's nice to have our views confirmed by such an elegantly conceived, rigorously conducted and completely objective scientific study.

When animals attack mankind is always to blame

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:36:17 +0100

Fellow travellers, I'm sure that many of you have witnessed this graphic Youtube clip of a mountain bike rider being hit by an antelope while bicycling through the South African wilderness.

Of course most of those who are indoctrinated with so-called "rational" discourses, and who are not in tune with nature believe that this was some sort of freaky random accident.

But we know better, don't we? Watch it closely. Would that sure-footed, graceful animal make such a clumsy mistake? Of course not. It was clearly an attack! This brave animal was protecting her pristine environment, fighting off an intruder.

Speaking of which, a similar attack has occurred here in Western Australia. A Manjimup woman has been attacked by a kangaroo while walking in the bush.

Again, this is seen as a bizarre happening, completely unrelated to other events. But is it really?

It's quite significant that it has occurred so recently after the well publicized antelope incident. Could the kangaroo have learned about it and been inspired to commit her own sassy act of defiance?

If so, how did she learn about the antelope attack?

Of course animals are capable of telepathy across vast distances. That's how they warn each other about earthquakes and other "natural" disasters. (I use inverted commas because as we all know they're hardly natural anyway, invariably being caused by human activity.) So, a meeting of minds is possible.

But there's another, more intriguing possibility ...

Many have spoken about how the young people of Egypt and Libya and other middle eastern countries used social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to bring on the "Arab Spring".

Could our feisty fellow travellers across the genetic divide be doing something similar? Are they using YouTube to bring about their own Gaian global uprising?

Stranger things have happened. And it's certainly something to ponder -- indeed to hope for, don't you think?

Occupy Wall St, Sydney and Fremantle!

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:51:10 +0100

Fellow travellers, of course you will all be aware of the courageous rebellion that is occurring in the eeevil capitalist command centre of AmeriKKKa's dark heart. By making good their threat to occupy Wall Street those brave left-wing activists are offering the millions of people watching a clear alternative. Even people who have never been political their entire lives are surely thinking: "There is a valid alternative to global capitalism after all. And these protestors are it!"

The movement has accumulated so much impetus already that a similar event has been organized in Sydney. As I write this blog post, an Australian version of the protest is occurring in Martin Place, the financial heart of that city. Australian law enforcers have a shameful record when it comes to handling such events. So I can only hope and pray (to Gaia) that no appalling violence occurs as the Occupy Sydney protest unfolds. But if I does, we know who'll be to blame, won't we, hmm?

Actually, I was so inspired by the idea that along with some of my local activist friends I started to plan a simultaneous "Occupy Fremantle" protest to be held this weekend as well.

We got together in the last few days to work out where we could hold it. We talked enthusiastically for hours, but couldn't actually decide on a building outside which we could hold our demonstration. You see, it had to be both symbolic of corporate greed and located in, or near, the city centre. We thought of various banks like the Commonwealth and Westpac. But unfortunately they would be closed on the weekend. There would be no oppressive and unethical commerce to disrupt. We thought of then camping out in the front yard of one of the wealthier residents of Fremantle. But all the people who came to mind were known to vote for Labor or the Greens.

It was then that we realized that we had already won the battle against capitalism here -- we had been occupying Fremantle all along!

While this realization gave us a deep sense of satisfaction, it was also a little disconcerting for some of our number. This was because the original US protest began as part of a "day of rage". They felt that by enjoying a sense of inner peace over our great victory we were not being totally faithful to the sentiments of our movement's instigators. Being far more spiritually evolved than my friends, I was of course completely beyond suffering any such emotional confusion.

But I was concerned for their well-being, and decided that they were in need of spiritual recalibration. I gave those suffering most intensely a quick bath in the fluid fruits of my creative sneezing. Covered in my healing green essence, they quickly snapped out of their despairing mood and were grounded, centered, and back in the moment once again.

Why the Andrew Bolt guilty verdict is a victory for free speech

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:21:53 +0100

Oh joy! Joy and cat dancing! The racist hate mongering trollumnist Andrew Bolt has been silenced at last!

This is wonderful thing for democracy, fellow travellers. (And by that I mean authentic democracy, not the shamocracy endorsed by conservatives.)

But of course you all know that. To say so is practically preaching to the converted (but not in a Christian way, of course).

Needless to say, Bolt sees the guilty verdict as something sinister. In his usual eeevil and highly emotive way, he frames his legal loss as a "freedom of speech" issue.

But as our brave and brilliant fellow traveller Julian Burnside so searingly tweeted:

#Bolt's case was not about free speech. It was about misuse of journalism to vilify and defame by trashing the truth

Exactly.

It was not about freedom of speech. It was because Bolt was mean and nasty and he twisted the facts.

Disturbingly, some progressives have defended Bolt. And on freedom of speech grounds to boot! But what are they afraid of?

I mean, when has anyone on the left ever been mean and nasty and twisted the facts? That just never happens. I have racked my brains but I just can't think of any examples. Can you?

I thought not.

Rather than being disturbed by this judgement, all Australians of goodwill and compassion should be comforted by it. Put simply, if you are not mean and nasty and don't twist the facts, you have nothing to fear.

But those Australians who are, and do? Well, I say to you: be afraid. Be very afraid (and I mean that in a loving way, of course).

It's upsetting to know that many Australians are outraged by this guilty verdict, seeing it as a threat to democracy (well, their simplistic idea of it, anyway). Don't they know that Judge Mordecai Bromberg made the decision for their benefit? Really, these people just don't know what's good for them.

It just goes to show how completely they have been brainwashed by Bolt and his ilk (hello Janet Albrechtsen, Miranda Devine, Alan Jones and all the rest!). All the more reason to keep these vicious blowhards muzzled.

Quite simply, the great unloofahed wouldn't be so appallingly racist (and sexist, homophobic and speciesist) if they didn't have these attitudes instilled in them by conservatives. These tragic knuckle dragging redneck Neanderthal subhumans in the suburbs must be purged of their hatred. The court's decision shows that the attitudinal reconstruction project is well underway.

So, there will be many (peaceful) battles ahead, fellow travellers, but we have won a great victory already. And we must press on with our radical agenda. We must continue to give the voiceless a voice (by devoicing those whose voices are vile). The result will be more speech, not less.

So, the court's decision is about freedom of speech after all. Exactly because it isn't. That's a seeming paradox that the tiny conservative mind (and heart) just can't seem to fathom. They just don't get it, do they?

Much as they surely wouldn't get Burnside's other insightful tweet:

#Bolt just found where #freespeech gives way to honesty, where #racism gives way to tolerance

Yes, those of us who can see that the idea there should be "one standard, one standard for all" is just more racist deceit, can see the wisdom in Burnside's words.

Intolerance must not be tolerated. We must limit free speech in order to nurture it.

Makes perfect sense to me. Only those who are mean and nasty and twist the facts could possibly have a problem with it.

Glenn Milne, Insiders, and false suggestions of Gillard's influence

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:27:01 +0100

Really, these attacks on Julia Gillard are becoming even more relentless and offensive. Now, because Insiders has dumped Glen Milne as a guest the right-wing reaches of the blogosphere are going ballistic and nuclear! They see a sinister case of censorship by the state. And they would, wouldn't they. In their tiny, literal minds, anything they don't like is either a lie, a betrayal, or some ugly attempt at intimidation. It's just another crazy conspiracy theory to add to an already long list.

You see sometimes, you just have to take people at their word. The ABC's official line is that Milne hasn't lived up to their editorial standards. And while his disgraceful smear of the PM, which was full of vicious lies itself, did figure in the decision, "it was not the only factor".

Obviously, Milne was on notice and needed to lift his game. He didn't and so his services are not required. End of story.

To suggest that Gillard herself had some say in this decision is as offensive as it is absurd. Quite frankly I think any journalist who suggests this is himself guilty of the kind of defamation Milne committed, and should suffer the same fate.

It is ironic that conservatives would have such a twisted view of this event. I mean, they are always demanding that the ABC lift its editorial standards. Yet when it does they don't like it.

They just have to accept that in this case, correlation does not necessarily imply causation. And that's another irony, because that argument is one they are so fond of (falsely) invoking when talking about rising global temperatures and increasing carbon pollution.

The HSU's Kathy Jackson, that shovel, and its true symbolic meaning

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:33:31 +0100

Fellow travellers, I'm sure that you are as sick and tired as I am of all that fuss about that shovel left out the front of the home of the Health Services Union's Kathy Jackson.

Appalling right-wing commentators have gone into overdrive carping about the culture of thuggery and intimidation in so many unions. But of course this stereotype is completely divorced from reality. The truth is the exact opposite of what they say, as usual.

As we on the green left all know, union officials are invariably kind and gentle souls. And on the rare occasions that they do act in ways that might be described as physically intimidating and a tad inappropriate, then you can be sure that they do so only in response to the years of vicious, unprovoked violence inflicted upon them by those eeevil captains of industry.

So to the symbolism of that shovel: Now, the usual suspects on the right are claiming that the message was very clear. Ms Jackson was "digging her own grave" by allowing police access to the union's records in their investigation of the Craig Thomson affair (a completely fabricated scandal if ever there was one!).

But as usual, the vicious capitalist stereotype of unionists completely misrepresented the message intended. The shovel was not meant as a warning of impending retribution if she disobeyed the higher-ups. It was actually a gentle, wise reminder.

Yes, it was a reminder to Ms Jackson that cooperating with the police in this matter could well result in Thomson losing his seat and the Gillard Government losing power. Needless to say, if those events unfolded then Gillard's precious, visionary carbon tax would not be implemented. And if that were to occur, then as so many of us have been saying for so long, catastrophic climate change would be inevitable.

Clearly, the shovel on her doorstep was meant to say: "Kathy, remember the earth -- and the Earth. The fate of the planet rests very much in your hands. Just as you cultivate your garden with this implement, you can help us transition to a clean energy future with your decisions regarding the Thomson investigation. If you really want to save the planet, you will not cooperate with the police. Please, we beseech you, just consider this. (And peace be with you, oh child of the universe!)"

There was absolutely no sense of threat or intimidation about it at all. How could anyone in their right mind come to that conclusion? This was clearly just some very kind-hearted, life affirming and sage advice from one of the many gentle giants in the union movement. Those guys might look a little rough, but they are all "salt of the earth" types, and have the souls of poets.

I just pity the poor man who placed the shovel there out of the goodness of his heart, and a deep concern for the environment. To see his wise counsel so viciously verballed by those on the right must be too traumatic for words.

Well, I'd just like to say to that loveable lummox, whoever he is: Chin up, big fella! Don't despair. There are many who know very well what you were really trying to say. You did a good and honourable thing, okay!

Graham Readfern speaks truth to conservative white male power

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:57:05 +0100

Fellow traveller Graham Readfern has bravely written a searingly insightful article about the preponderance of appalling white male peenie wavers in the climate change denialist camp.

But we have long known about this phenomenon haven't we fellow travellers? White male conservatives are past masters when it comes to bigotry. Not only are they climate change denialists, but they are invariably sexist, racist, homophobic and fattist as well. But of their numerous prejudices it's their misogyny that is most severe -- not least because nature is fundamentally female, created and nurtured by Gaia, the earth goddess.

Take Alan Jones. Not only does he steadfastly deny the irrefutable evidence of climate change; he obviously loathes and detests women, particularly those in power. Brazenly and on air he has even seriously exhorted his sheeple to kidnap the Prime Minister, put her in a hessian bag, and then throw her out to sea!

It's deeply offensive that this vile, deeply sexist incitement to violence against our elected Prime Minister has not gone unpunished. Still, it's hardly surprising considering how ACMA is dominated by the patriarchy as well!

Then there's the denialist Tony Abbott. I'd call him a dinosaur if that term weren't so speciesist (not to mention a violation of the rights of the dead). Not only does he think climate change is "absolute crap", but he's also a denier of female life itself, as his opposition to abortion so clearly attests. That's why it was perfectly in keeping with his character for him to appear in front of a sign describing Gillard as a witch. (Actually, he probably wrote it himself!)

No wonder all the women in Australia hate his guts. (Well, all except the conservative ones, of course. But they're just participating in their own oppression, as we all know. So they're not really women in the truest sense of the word.)

Then there's Barnaby Joyce. A conservative white male with a seriously red neck, this denialist yokel would be comical if he weren't so dangerous. Take the vicious monstering he gave sassy sister Alex Sloan on ABC radio, which was so snearingly cited by this appalling organ of the phallocentric, phone hacking News Ltd:

Joyce: I believe the climate changes all the time. I believe in the work of Professor John Christie and Professor Roy Spencer. Do you believe all scientist believe in global warming?

Sloan: I look to scientists who have been peer reviewed, Barnaby Joyce.

Joyce: Do you believe Roy Spencer and John Christie were members of the IPCC, Alex?

Sloan: Barnaby Joyce, let me go to . . .

Joyce: Because they were. They were the lead atmospheric scientists of the IPCC. Why don't you read their stuff?

Sloan: It's not because I choose not to. Barnaby Joyce, we lean on the peer review system in this country and in the world in terms of scientists. And that is about scientists asking questions of other scientists.

Joyce: I've just given you two IPCC scientists and you've said that you don't recognise their work.

Joyce: Do you believe that this tax will have any effect on the climate?

Sloan: (four seconds of silence). Barnaby Joyce, what I suppose we're being told . . .

Joyce: Well, why won't you answer that question?

Sloan: Well, probably yes.

Joyce: You're the only person in Australia who believes that.

Actually no, Barnaby. I and many others do as well, the brave Graham Readfern among them! You see, unlike you and your ilk, we are actually in touch with our feminine sides. Which is why we have accepted the theory of human caused climate change as fact (which it is, of course).

And can you imagine Joyce speaking in such an aggressive and insulting way to another male? Of course you can't. Really, these people are as sexist as they are simple-minded.

News Ltd's sexist, fattist campaign to destroy Christine Nixon

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:01:32 +0100

Fellow travellers, I'm sure you are as appalled as I am about the treatment of Christine Nixon by Rupert Murdoch's hate media. Both the Herald Sun and The Australian have pursued the poor woman relentlessly over her "hands off" handling of the Victorian bushfire crisis. It's completely obvious to any thinking, feeling person that if a man were to have done much the same thing as Nixon on Black Saturday there would be little complaint - less still if he were not deemed "overweight" by a society that forces women to starve themselves to appease the sadistic phallocentric lookism of peenie-waving patriarchs.

And don't take my word for it. Interviewed on 3AW, Greg Davies of the Police Association made it perfectly clear that's why she had to go:

"The only person who destroyed Christine Nixon's reputation was Christine Nixon," Mr Davies said. "Criticisms that were levelled at her were for what she did to the police force here in trying to turn it into something that she thought would have been lovely for everyone, and in effect emasculated it, and for the appalling way in which she didn't deal with this state's biggest-ever crisis back on Black Saturday."

Got that. She emasculated it. In other words: It's because she was a woman.

Why HREOC does not order Mr Davies to undergo gender awareness training for that comment alone is a mystery to me; and why he is not immediately made to shave off that grotesquely macho handlebar moustache is an even bigger one!

Sadly, it just goes to show what we on the left know only too well: Western society is still dominated by viciously misogynistic paleo-conservatives determined to oppress women at all costs. And perhaps the most powerful of all these men is Rupert Murdoch himself.

So eeevilly complete is his domination of the media that even Leigh Sales - an employee of the ABC, and a woman many would say is a left-wing feminist - takes the Murdochian line in an interview with Nixon:

Sales: But, if you -- to go back to the bushfires, if you hadn't made those misjudgments, if you hadn't gone out to dinner, if you hadn't failed to inform yourself, if you hadn't failed to check the warnings being given to communities, then those newspapers would have had nothing to criticise you over. So I come back to the point: is it not your own fault to begin with?

Appalling, isn't it, fellow travellers? Really, how dare she say such a thing!

You know, I wouldn't be surprised if one of Murdoch's henchpeople actually lit the match that started those fires, just so that ultimately Nixon could be vilified by his newspapers ... No, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

Shock jocks, Murdoch's hate media and Anders Behring Breivik

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:35:52 +0100

One thing that we have long known about eeevil right-wing conservatives is that they will never let a crisis (or an atrocity) go to waste. Immediately something horrible happens, they are shamelessly using it to bash their old enemies, even when there is no association whatsoever!

This tendency was accurately pointed out by fellow traveller Mike Stuchbery on Twitter when he revealed the cynical use of the massacre in Norway by you know who:

Andrew Bolt is on the same sick level as Oslo’s madman, feeding the fears and hatred of people like him.

It's just disgraceful that this man is still allowed to walk the streets of Melbourne, let alone publish his inflammatory opinions. Yes, there have been admirable attempts to silence him in the name of democracy that may yet bear some fruit. Still, he remains a clear and present danger to our generally free, open, harmonious and most of all tolerant society.

And there is hope that we who believe in true democracy (not the "shamocracy" advocated by Bolt and his ilk) will ultimately achieve our goals. That hope came via the medium of one of my favourite TV shows, Q and A.

This brilliant opening question cut to the heart of the matter:

COL MULLER: The venomous political and media commentary pervading our country seems to have sunk to the absolute bottom of a very unpleasant place. Shock jocks advocate drowning our Prime Minister along with any politicians whose views don’t align with their biased bigoted views. Our opposition leader’s modus operandi caters to the worst elements of greed and self interest in the electorate. Could this culture of hate and conflict result in a situation we have witnessed in Norway?

Unfortunately the panelists, even those on the left, were overly cautious in their responses. But the fact that such a question was actually asked said so much. And we all know the answer, don't we fellow travellers? Hmm? And that answer is a terrifying YES!

Yes, it could happen, and if those appalling blowhards are allowed to continue whipping up racist Islamophobia among the great unloofahed with their hateful on-air diatribes then such an event is inevitable.

The Government should take radical action now. Such pre-emptive measures would be completely justified, much as action on climate change is. If the AFP were to arrest and muzzle Alan Jones, Chris Smith, Steve Price and Bolt himself they would ultimately be saving hundreds, if not thousands of innocent lives.

Too extreme, you say? Well this has been done to Derryn Hinch, so why not these characters as well? (Come to think of it they could all be locked in Hinch's mansion together - indefinitely. They'd be amongst friends, so it would be a compassionate solution. And think of the taxpayers' money that would be saved!)

Then there is Murdoch's hate media, which constitutes the print arm of this sinister right-wing assault on our democracy. While the shock jocks have been focusing on demonizing the Religion of Peace, hacks at The Australian and The Daily Telegraph have been frantically pushing the causes of climate change denialism and NBN-ophobia.

But thankfully sassy sister Christine Milne has signalled how she and her cohorts in Canberra intend to deal with them. On Q and A she said:

The Murdoch press has been running a very strong campaign against action on climate change. The bias is extreme, in the Australian in particular. You’ll see column inch after column inch of every climate sceptic in the country…

You’ll find day after day a real attempt at regime change…

And one of the useful things about the hacking scandal in the UK is that It will lead to an inquiry into the media in Australia…

We are at least going to see some real discussion ...around issues such as the level of ownership and dominance of the Murdoch press in several capital cities in Australia. We’ll also have a look at a range of other issues including who are fit and proper people into into whether we need that test into people to be running media outlets…

It’s time we had a good inquiry and certainly bias is going to be one of the things that’s certainly to be looked at.

Yes, an inquiry doesn't go nearly far enough. But it's a start, fellow travellers, it's a start.

And Bolt himself is worried, which is proof that we are on the right track. He says:

This really, without a word of exaggeration, is the first step to totalitarianism.

Excuse me, Andrew. Actually, this really, without a word of exaggeration, is the first step to democracy. And that's why you hate it so much.

Andrew is clearly losing his power now and he doesn't like it one little bit. He can still throw his weight around, though. Not only does he keep on ranting hatefully on air and in print; he continues to threaten and intimidate his critics. I mean, he's clearly gotten to Mike Stuchbery. Why else would Mike have written this formal apology?

Really, this is deeply disturbing. It's not unlike when prisoners at Nazi show trails were made to formally renounce their beliefs and allegiances before being executed. Will we find Mike's body floating in the Yarra in the coming months? I sincerely hope not. But if we do, I won't be at all surprised.

The undeniable fact is that Murdoch and all those who work for him are waging a relentless war on the truth. And it's those lies that inspire the kind of carnage that occurred in Oslo.

And here's more proof: Of course you've all heard of the historical revisionist Keith Windschuttle. This eeevil man and his diabolical work were actually cited as a motivation in Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto:

EXCERPT FROM MANIFESTO (male voiceover): "Australian writer Keith Windschuttle, a former Marxist, is tired of that anti-Western slant that permeates academia: 'For the past three decades and more, many of the leading opinion-makers in our universities, the media and the arts have regarded Western culture as, at best, something to be ashamed of, or at worst, something to be opposed.'"

Way to go, Keith! Oh, and lookee here: Mr Windschuttle has been known to write for ... wait for it ... The Australian. What more evidence do you need?

I'm surprised that that other Murdoch lackey Janet Albrechtsen wasn't also quoted by Breivik. Not only are her views just as deranged and intolerant as Breivik's, she's also a fellow blonde.

Really, these psychotic ideologues must not be allowed to continue fomenting hate any longer! That is why we must support our brave fellow travellers Christine Milne, Bob Brown and Julia Gillard (among others) in their brave struggle against the fascist forces of Murdochian darkness. If they lose, fellow travellers, then democracy in Australia is dead.