19-07-2016 05:23 PM - edited 19-07-2016 05:24 PM
Sonia Kruger has defended the controversial comments she made about Muslim immigration, with the Nine Network backing her "freedom of speech" in expressing the opinion.
The Today Extra host on Monday called for the Australian borders to be closed to Muslim migrants, and says she's entitled to discuss these issues.
"Following the atrocities of last week in Nice where 10 children lost their lives, as a mother, I believe it's vital in a democratic society to be able to discuss these issues without automatically being labelled racist," she posted on Twitter.
Her comments came during a discussion relating to an article written by News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt, who said there was a link between France's terror attacks with the country's intake of Muslim migrants.
While Kruger said she had a lot of "peace-loving" Muslim friends she said there are also fanatics.
"Personally I would like to see it stopped now for Australia because I would like to feel safe as all of our citizens do when they go out to celebrate Australia Day and I'd like to see freedom of speech."
I have a new-found respect for Sonia Kruger.
on 19-07-2016 06:25 PM
on 19-07-2016 06:29 PM
@davidc4430 wrote:being a tv glamour puss does not make you intelligent.
She was intelligent long before becoming a TV glamour puss as you so elegantly put it. It takes a few brains to get a university degree.
on 19-07-2016 06:39 PM
Perhaps the bashing Moslems may be an easy explanation for this atrocity, but there may be a deeper problem here than most people ignore. The “moron” is a Tunisian, who like Algerians and Moroccans are former French colonist subjects who were and still are treated worse in France than 711 employees are here in Australia. Instead of automatically crying out Moslems again, (France has "stated" that they have found no ISIS connection) , ISIS will claim responsibility for anything that may enhance their "reputation" including Climate Change. It may be better to dig a bit deeper both Germany and Russia have more Muslems per head of populations as do many other European countries but do not seem to have the Muslem problems that France has.
Immigrants from the former colonies had as much right to enter France as did Australians used to have to enter the UK
( NO I’m not a Muslim)
on 19-07-2016 06:40 PM
If she believes in freedom of speech then it has to be for every one and I believe that includes Muslims, not just white Australia
on 19-07-2016 06:43 PM
@lyndal1838 wrote:
@davidc4430 wrote:being a tv glamour puss does not make you intelligent.
She was intelligent long before becoming a TV glamour puss as you so elegantly put it. It takes a few brains to get a university degree.
But quite often with these Intellectuals how to reason logically and use said brain can be a problem.
on 19-07-2016 06:45 PM
on 19-07-2016 06:49 PM
Oh my goodness you are blondehairist is that PC 🙂
on 19-07-2016 06:57 PM
so she wants to stop muslim refugees for why? to reduce the likely hood of being involved in a (wait for it) TERRORIST ATTACK!!!
does she with her university degree not know the odds on being involved in a TERRORIST ATTACK in australia are tiny?
much higher likely hood of being involved in a motor accident and killed, do we stop driving all motor vehicles? i think not but we do put up with the knowledge tomorrow we you or i might die in a motor accident. as a driver, a passenger or a pedestrian just crossing a street.
its just that we are getting TERRIFIEING news storys almost daily about TERRORIST ATTACKS some of us are wetting ourselves.
and why are we having terrorist attacks....?
lets go back (dream sequence here) back to 9/11, remember that, when a small group of very clever extremists plotted an attack on the USA that made the whole world go "OH MY LORDY!"
left one gung ho president looking like a 1st class mug. so when he gets told, well sir all the terrorist died in the planes so we cant toture them. he says well i need to do something, something really big with my really big army and navy and airforce so i look powerful.
who can i beat up who wont fight back much? oh and lets tell my mate john howard and that british twerp they're comming too! and anyone else i can bully into it. whats the point of being president of the USA if i cant bully people?
so the USA, Britain and Australia with some other nations all run over to IRAQU and absolutly kick the living daylights out that really bad sadam husain who has wepons of mass destruction. how do we know he has weapons of mass destruction we say? cos good old trustworthy president george dubbla bush says so. well thats good enough for us we all say.
now all these years later after killing how many innocent muslims we are reapling what we sowed.
gee thanks george, john and that british twerp.
on 19-07-2016 07:07 PM
on 19-07-2016 07:23 PM
@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@davidc4430 wrote:being a tv glamour puss does not make you intelligent.
With all due respect David - nor does your comment - reak of intelligence.
does my last post make me look any more intelligent?