Comments on: The politics of Muslim bashing; part 2

By: The fake Sheikh “Haron”

The fake Sheikh “Haron” — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:26:18 +0000

[...] Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew “Aaron“. It resembles the comical fraud perpetrated by Liberal Party goon squad in the seat of Lindsay. How could one forget the “ALA AKBA” which resembled Alo Alo, [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:52:21 +0000

Malcolm Turnbull, future leader?

By: Baybers

Baybers — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:46:19 +0000

Andrew,

Thanks, thats a tragedy for the candidate.

Somewhere between cronulla and “kellygate” it became uncool to be a public racist. There is now even conservative commentators who are discovering their “moorish” side.

But the blame for the scandal was correctly laid at the feet of the PM. I’m not sure how he had the gumption to manufacture outrage for this, especially after children overboard and his dog whistle during Cronulla.

Playing to peoples base emotions was never going to be an effective long term political strategy, just as passing the ball out wide to Jonah Lomu was never going to be enough win a william web ellis trophy.

By: Andrew Reynolds

Andrew Reynolds — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:12:01 +0000

Baybers,
Kelly may have tried to defend it, but it looks like Chijoff genuinely did not know – she has kicked her husband out of home.
link

By: Chui Tey

Chui Tey — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:29:14 +0000

Antish would be better off fighting tobacco or cancer. The Bali bombings, despicable as they are, are only the work of a handful of malcontents. Don’t tar the rest of the ordinary Muslim community.

By: Eudaemonion

Eudaemonion — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:51:58 +0000

Could have at least Googled it! I’m sure that the search engine would correct them.

By: Sam Ward

Sam Ward — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:01:09 +0000

Phonetic guess I assume.

By: Yusuf Smith

Yusuf Smith — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:08:31 +0000

As-Salaamu ‘alaikum,

“Ala akba” … how on earth did they come up with that?

By: Alphonse

Alphonse — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:40:03 +0000

When you’ve studiously wooed every selfish idiot and every racist idiot, you’re hard to beat – especially when your opponents won’t stoop to it – and stunts like this won’t lose you any of them. The reaction will be in the wealthier and better educated electorates, where buffers will accommodate most swings. It’s what Howard fans call ‘political genius’, but there are other ways to describe it.

By: Baybers

Baybers — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:12:33 +0000

Ken,

you are quite correct, there is a sizeable group of the electorate who will be swayed by anti-Muslim bigotry.

However it is a much smaller minority who will reward a political party for attempting a calculated deception, even if they agree with the underlying bigotry.

In the words of the french statesman Charles de Talleyrand

“worse than a crime…a blunder”