05-26-2022, 12:56 AM
Wow, you're being a bit of a snowflake!
You've forgotten the other part of the "What if?". If such a comment had been made by a Liberal, the Liberals would have smirked at any call for disciplinary action and doubled down. I seem to recall that the Liberals laughed off calls for action after "Ditch the Witch!" signs were displayed when Tony Abbott was talking at rallies. Of course, that was just humorous, wasn't it? Although it was more of a single entendre than a double entendre. About the only linguistic dexterity displayed in those signs was using 'witch' rather than 'bitch', although perhaps the former was no more euphemistic. In the end, the voters were the ones who disciplined the LNP by first kicking Abbott out of Wentworth and recently backing the Teal bath.
On the other hand, Plibersek's comment was funny. As Homer would say, it's funny because it's true. And it's not as though she's the only one who has noticed the similarity. If it had just been a sledge about looks, then that would have been worthy of condemnation. But the unspoken part of the comment that his similarity in appearance would scare the children was that their parents should also be scared because he acts like Lord Voldemort. After all, this is the guy who decided for party political purposes to rattle the sabre about Australia needing to prepare for war against China. As the ASIO head said recently, that sort of rhetoric isn't helpful. At least when Howard seized on the Tampa scare campaign, he was picking on a group that couldn't nuke us.
You've forgotten the other part of the "What if?". If such a comment had been made by a Liberal, the Liberals would have smirked at any call for disciplinary action and doubled down. I seem to recall that the Liberals laughed off calls for action after "Ditch the Witch!" signs were displayed when Tony Abbott was talking at rallies. Of course, that was just humorous, wasn't it? Although it was more of a single entendre than a double entendre. About the only linguistic dexterity displayed in those signs was using 'witch' rather than 'bitch', although perhaps the former was no more euphemistic. In the end, the voters were the ones who disciplined the LNP by first kicking Abbott out of Wentworth and recently backing the Teal bath.
On the other hand, Plibersek's comment was funny. As Homer would say, it's funny because it's true. And it's not as though she's the only one who has noticed the similarity. If it had just been a sledge about looks, then that would have been worthy of condemnation. But the unspoken part of the comment that his similarity in appearance would scare the children was that their parents should also be scared because he acts like Lord Voldemort. After all, this is the guy who decided for party political purposes to rattle the sabre about Australia needing to prepare for war against China. As the ASIO head said recently, that sort of rhetoric isn't helpful. At least when Howard seized on the Tampa scare campaign, he was picking on a group that couldn't nuke us.