All that I had predicted about Peter Dutton has come to pass. His comparing the 1996 mass murder of 35 people at Port Arthur with a pro-Palestine protest at the Sydney Opera House could only be made by a person without the most basic human qualities.
People on the right of politics in Australia show an insensitivity to goodness that goes beyond thoughtful examination. They have hatred on their lips, and their hate starts with the beginning of a smile.
Unsurprisingly, Peter Dutton has exhibited an unsympathetic attitude toward matters of the heart. His history in immigration shows it. Those who remember the tragedy that was Port Arthur recall the events with a mixture of shame and disgust, but overriding our abhorrence is a never-ending love for the victims and those left with nothing but the saddest recollections.
Making a comparison between two such events is, at its base, a horrible thing to do. What would those with inconsolable memory who survived think of such an intended offence? As one who has witnessed his naked profanity for so long, l believe Peter Dutton is devoid of sympathetic feelings.
To instinctively politicise every matter of importance that comes before him is unworthy of the position he holds and openly identifies his lack of intellectual introspection.
Again, his observations comparing the 1996 mass murder of 35 people at Port Arthur to a pro-Palestine protest at the Sydney Opera House have been labelled “tone deaf” by one of the survivors of the horrific mass shooting.
The Liberal leader has copped a series of left hooks for his insensitivity after he used an address at the Sydney Opera House to draw links between the social significance of Australia’s deadliest shooting massacre in recent history and pro-Palestine demonstrations last October.
He has laid out his campaign strategy for the next election in full. The merits of any particular argument seem oblivious to him. His only interest is how much damage his negativity can impact on his opponent. Remind you of Tony Abbott; it does me – even Trump. In short, a disgrace.
Can he overcome his acute unlikability? If he is to have any chance of winning the next election, he must undertake a personality makeover. The only state that shows any endorsement of him is Queensland. That’s understandable, given his petulance of the authoritarian leader. It’s a Trump style that Australian conservatives seem to be adopting en-mass.
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My thought for the day
We live in a time where horrible things are being perpetrated on us. The shame is that we have normalised them and adjusted accordingly.
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