@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
Right wing? Left wing? Who can tell
In which camp it ought to dwell?
Winged and fanged and somewhat hairy;
What a shame it's not more scary.
Excellent.... and I have actually even given you KUDOS for that post
I do hope you have voted
But the left does seem to be rather upset
FRIGHTBATTERY FURY
When you describe hysterical crazy people as crazy and hysterical, it creates hysterical craziness. Tuesday’s poll generated masses of delicious Twitter outrage and some of the finest hate messages I’ve ever received:
• So Tim Blair the rapist who can’t get it up without violence wants to blame the women of Australia for his problems.
• Hi Tim. You will be excited to know that this survey has successfully moved you to the top of the list of people I’d like to see floating in a river, wrapped in plastic. We can only wait and hope that people like yourself will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
• Timmy needs to stop being a coward, do the right thing and put a bullet in his temple.
You’d think those feelings might have become a little more robust during Price’s various protest campaigns, including sending a tampon every month to immigration minister Scott Morrison.
But that’s the way of the modern left. They dish out the most ridiculous abuse, but turn into delicate 19th century maidens when criticism or mockery is returned.
Don’t make fun of us; we’re just girls!
Speaking of history, here’s a lecturer in Ancient Greek from Melbourne University:
“Frightbat" is a metaphorical endocentric compound. It refers to a type of bat, but one which is metaphorically understood to be a female person. Blair is drawing here on a venerable tradition of associating dangerous females with witchcraft and creatures of the night.
MORE HERE
Because it's an easy target for a third-rate journalist/blogger (or whatever he is) working for a third-rate newspaper (I am being kind here) and not requiring any sort of journalistic integrity or critical thinking. It's easy to write this sort of **bleep** and then wallow in his few minutes of fame when the inevitable happens. The whole premise of the "poll" was pathetic and not at all funny, but sadly all too commonplace.
