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Tag: culture wars

christianmingle
Happiness / Politics

Looking for love in all the wrong places

July 4, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Chalk up another great victory for equality. As a result of a settlement flowing from a class action brought by two gay plaintiffs, a number of Christian internet dating sites …

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Polishvermin
Politics

Dear England, Love, Polish Vermin

June 28, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Dear England Forgive me for taking some of your valuable time as you agonise over your destiny and your future. Existential crises are tough; I know, I have them all …

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mateen
Politics

Identity politics jihadi-style: you killed the wrong people, Omar

June 27, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Al Qaeda has posthumously chastised ISIS allegiant Omar Mateen for muddling the message by shooting gay Latinos instead of non-sexuality specific Anglos. In their online magazine “Inspire”, Al Qaeda in …

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gosford
Politics

The moral idiocy of moral equivalence, or why I loathe self-loathing

June 19, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I love the Gosford Anglican Church. It’s the church I would be attending if I wasn’t interested in the actual religion but my favourite pieties were political. Which is why …

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shorten
Politics

And the award for the Most Disgusting Quote of the election goes to…

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I have been around politics for some 22 years and in my time I’ve heard some pretty disgusting sentiments being expressed by our elected representatives, but this observation from our …

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jesuispulse
Politics

9 more stupid reactions to Orlando

June 16, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Days on, the Orlando tragedy continues to be the Rorschach test of stupid (for the first installment click here). 1.Former (unrepentant) Weather Underground terrorist and Barack Obama’s mentor, Bill Ayers: …

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10commandmentssmall
Politics

Ten Commandments of Social Justice Warriors

June 15, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

That pretty much sums it all up, I think. Missed anything? Tell me in the comments.

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beachbody
Culture / Politics

The Wrath of Khan Bikini Ban

June 14, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

(Damn it, tabloids; beat that headline!) Every day I miss Boris Johnson more and more. The new Mayor of London, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, having managed to solve all the other …

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mateen
Culture / Politics

Orlando (updated)

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Two (Update: three) quick thoughts about Orlando: 1) Can we please stop branding anyone who might have some issues with same-sex marriage or transgender bathroom use a homophobe? It detracts …

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rageboy
Politics

Religion of peace vs. religion of sensitivity

June 9, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

File it under “Colour me completely astonished”: The vast majority of Australian Defence Force personnel believes the Muslim religion promotes ­violence and terrorism, despite “cultural sensitivity training” by the ADF …

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Trump
Politics

Trump and the leftification of the right politics

June 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

There is one thing I don’t like about Trump. Actually, there are a few; his policies, such as they are, which for most part don’t resemble the conservative and classical …

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coffee-communism_0
Culture / Life / Politics

On first dates and communist restaurants

June 3, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A first date tonight. She likes Vietnamese. Not too many options in Brisbane inner north. Her: “What’s that Vietnamese place that was named after some dictator that attracted all the …

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Taraneh
Culture / Politics

The Girl With A Feminist Tattoo

June 2, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Take a look around the world and it puts everything in perspective; suddenly, all the huge “controversies” at home turn from mountains into molehills and all the activists seem less …

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morrison
Life / Politics

Don’t call me Shirley – or a guy

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Guy of the Year, er, sorry, the Australian of the Year, wants you to stop using words like “guys” in your workplace. “I have now removed that from my …

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bomb
Life / Politics

Dear Japan, sorry, not sorry

May 30, 2016May 30, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

President Obama visited Hiroshima the other day, and to his credit he didn’t apologise for dropping the bomb. He didn’t drop the bomb himself, of course. That was President Truman, …

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Culture / Politics

The Daily Outrage

May 26, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Today’s Daily Outrage courtesy of students at Oberlin College, Ohio, the institution renowned as the first in the nation (in 1835) to open admission to women and all races: “A …

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Tennieldumdee
Politics

Austria, America, Australia

May 23, 2016May 23, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe, Tom Wolfe observed a long time ago. Or at least that used …

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innovators
Culture / Politics

Silicon is a left-wing element

May 21, 2016May 21, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff - 15 Comments.

Sometime later today I will finish reading Walter Isaacson’s “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution”, his bigger picture follow up to the …

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inclusive
Politics

Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff - 15 Comments.

Possibly in time to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17: A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organisations from attending …

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