Gina Rinehart…
We’re often asked to believe that she’s an intelligent woman, but I do have to ask has she not heard of the Streisand effect…
Which is – to quote Wikipedia – “The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information.” When Barb tried to suppress a photo of her clifftop mansion it only led to more exposure than if she’d simply ignored the photo… significantly more exposure… so much exposure that the wikipedia entry I quoted actually has the photo.
So, while I haven’t been to the gallery where this portrait is hung, I have seen about thirty memes reproducing the portrait in themes such as Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” and Munch’s “The Scream”… And if it weren’t for the complaints from Gina and the swimming team she sponsors who I assume all did it voluntarily and not because they thought that she’d remove sponsorship because Gina ain’t the sort of person who behaves in a vindictive way… she has politicians and newspaper editors who do that for her.
Given that Ms. Rinehart has managed to accumulate wealth due to her canny knack of investing well and having a rich parent who gave her the wealth to invest… two things her children seem to lack, we must assume that she knows what she’s doing…
Therefore I must conclude that she’s heard of the Streisand effect and that her complaints about the painting are just her way of ensuring that it’s shared far and wide.
Of course, we shouldn’t be mocking Gina because of her appearance… We should be mocking Peter Dutton because of his. Not what he looks like. Because of his appearance at her party even though he spent more time travelling than actually being there!
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