The demonizing of Tony Abbott

lakeedge
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Since the election win by Mr Abbott the hate threads on here have multiplied expendentially as the penny drops that Labor has lost.

 

Saying that the right leaning people started it is not the same, C&P articles that exposed just how bad Labor was in govt is not name calling. The name calling the left has indulged in since Tony Abbott became leader of the opposition has been prolific and histrionic.

 

The myopic posts saying the loss is not as bad as they thought is ludicrous, please people read something anything about the history of elections before you drift off into la la land.

 

No matter what the coalition do from here on in it will be vilified by the left & it will be on here so the left can assuage it's deep feelings of loss.

 


a piece by Rita Panashi:

 

THE full blown unhinging, when it came, was as predictable as it was pathetic. Last week, as the election drew closer and certain defeat loomed large, the lunatic left gave up any pretence of intelligent discourse and resorted to scaremongering and deranged slandering.

 

The tone was set by Julia Gillard and then Kevin Rudd with personal attacks on Abbott's character. Both Labor and the Greens sought to demonise Abbott as a one-dimensional bogeyman to be feared and despised.

 

Paradoxically the fervour with which Abbott was attacked ended up endearing him to the masses. Reasonable folk were left wondering why he was so harshly criticised for benign comments such as telling a reporter to "calm down" or remarking light-heartedly that a candidate had a certain "sex appeal". The words didn't match the indignation.

 

Trying to paint a Rhodes Scholar as an unthinking buffoon was a stupid line of attack. The so-called gaffes were dismissed by the electorate and in the end Abbott went into Saturday's election as preferred PM, something that even his most optimistic supporters had not anticipated.

 

But the election result will do nothing to dampen the zealous enthusiasm of the Abbott-loathing fringe dwellers. If anything their deranged disdain will only be energised by Abbott's prime ministership.

 

One wonders whether the multitude of socialist luvvies who pledged to flee Australia if Abbott ever became PM are currently packing their bags - although their departure won't be much of a loss to the nation. We have no shortage of moral posturers and out-of-touch agenda pushers.

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There has been at least 6 "kill/assassinate/shoot Tony Abbot" facebook pages

 

So far all have been removed... 

 

There are a few that are focused on his daughters and what the left would like to do to them. Really sad and I can't believe that people think it is ok to suggest the rape of any woman or man. 

 

There are a few with Tony Abbott in cross hairs that can't be removed... when that happened in America there was an assassination attempt. 

 

I am yet to find any that were "kill Gillard" type pages... yes lots of negative ones... maybe even derogatory but never ones to murder a sitting PM. 


You just didn't have a problem with them when they targetted Gillard. There were dozens of hate Gillard and kill Gillard pages during her term as PM. 

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@cherples wrote:


I am yet to find any that were "kill Gillard" type pages... yes lots of negative ones... maybe even derogatory but never ones to murder a sitting PM. 


You just didn't have a problem with them when they targetted Gillard. There were dozens of hate Gillard and kill Gillard pages during her term as PM. 


Alan Jones repeatedly suggested that she should be drowned, somebody else called for her to be kicked to death; these were public people not just some nutter who thinks it is acceptable to issue such remarks on the FB.  There certainly were all sorts of threats on FB, against people on both sides, but all those that were on the Labor pages were swiftly removed; most of them I  found out about only because of the critical comments by others.

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Sh....happens.
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"expendentially" ?  Is that even a word ??

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@cherples wrote:

@catmad*2013 wrote:

There has been at least 6 "kill/assassinate/shoot Tony Abbot" facebook pages

 

So far all have been removed... 

 

There are a few that are focused on his daughters and what the left would like to do to them. Really sad and I can't believe that people think it is ok to suggest the rape of any woman or man. 

 

There are a few with Tony Abbott in cross hairs that can't be removed... when that happened in America there was an assassination attempt. 

 

I am yet to find any that were "kill Gillard" type pages... yes lots of negative ones... maybe even derogatory but never ones to murder a sitting PM. 


You just didn't have a problem with them when they targetted Gillard. There were dozens of hate Gillard and kill Gillard pages during her term as PM. 


I actually had a huge problem with hate pages... I never joined them... I never promoted them and I always spoke out against them.. 

 

but I never saw one that promoted the assasination of the PM...ever... or the murder... or the rape. 

 

Please show me where I didn't have a problem with that sort of behaviour? 

 

 

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I think that demonizing Tony Abbott is both unnecessary and cruel.

 

 

 

Unnecessary because the fact he's a demon is so obvious.

Cruel because there's nothing he can do about it; it's in his very nature. ๐Ÿ˜‰

 

 

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@micasheen wrote:

Since the election win by Mr Abbott the hate threads on here have multiplied expendentially as the penny drops that 


Have they?

 

Shall we take a count of the topics on the front page of the forum?

 

PRO LABOR THREADS - 0

PRO LIBERALTHREADS - 1

 

ANTI LABOR THREADS - 7

ANTI LIBERAL THREADS - 2

 

And I am not counting the neutral threads on both sides - Icys thread on Gillards job or the Mirabella thread.

 

You think the hate threads have multiplied "expendentially"?

 

 

 

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I think the Op is a bit of a Nigel....and should be getting down to work rather than spending time her trying to garner sympathy and further support for the PM.

 

i dont u derstand why this is even beng discussed?, the election has been had, as a rssult the nation will be had....game on now

 

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I just think that those who are here and continuously scanning and perusing the newspapers and interent for signs of failure must have a very dull life.  This government is here for the next 3 years so you may as well get on with life and hope the are elected out if they turn out that bad.

 

Get out of the house and off the computer and go for a walk, make a vegie garden or visit a friend.  Life is wonderful if you live it and believe me, it goes quick so enjoy it.

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Just proves that the lunatic lef scroungers with their hands constantly held out should not be allowed a vote as dictated by their lack of grey matter.

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