theauspolchronicles:Scott Morrison says it’s a good thing no one is mass slaughtering people at the
theauspolchronicles:Scott Morrison says it’s a good thing no one is mass slaughtering people at the women’s march and therefore Australia is good.It is good and right, Mr Speaker, that so many are able to gather here in this way, whether in our capital or elsewhere, and to do so peacefully to express their concerns and their very genuine and real frustrations. This is a vibrant liberal democracy, Mr Speaker. Not far from here, such marches, even now, are being met with bullets, but not here in this country, Mr Speaker,” said Scott Morrison in a speech he clearly didn’t pass by Jenny first.Big pat on the back there, champ. Yes, thank you for putting it in such clear perspective that women aren’t at risk of being violently murdered by their own governmentfor calling for better workplace treatment and an end to sexual assault and gendered violenceJust sued for attempting to speak about the issue.Christian Porter has decided to sue the ABC for defamation because they published an article saying that a cabinet minister had been accused of a historic sexual assault case. The article didn’t mention anyone, but Porter says it was clear it was him. Nothing quite says “my reputation has been hurt by this article” like “even the mere hint that someone in government is a rapist CLEARLY means everyone knows it’s me. I can’t believe you’d hide behind these serious allegations by keeping me anonymous and letting me remain so until I personally chose to reveal myself.”Morrison must really be hoping that something else enters the spotlight soon to distract away from the fact that the past few weeks has just been him struggling to understand, relate to, or even talk to women without making some awful tone deaf faux pas.See, given the current situation, as a woman, I’m reading what Scotty from Marketing there is saying as more of a threat than anything else. A bit like an emotionally abusive spouse saying “you can’t complain; after all, I don’t hit you, do I?” You know he’s thinking about it, you know he’s looking for the right bit of “provocation” and you know one day, he’ll find it, and you’re gonna be (in the words of Paul Kelly) “facing the wall, waiting for the blow”.I’m starting to wonder how many of the first-time ALP voters in WA this weekend were women… -- source link