#PrayForThoseWhoPrayInNormandy
With some sort of an attack or incident seemingly every day or two, terror has indeed become Europe’s “new normal”. At Church of the Gambetta in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, a priest …
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Is Islamophobia rational?
Islamophobia can be defined as dislike or hatred of, or prejudice against, Islam or Muslim. The phobia part of the word, however, originally refers to fear. Mayo Clinic defines phobia …
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Ten commandments of the media coverage of terrorism, crime and violence
From the people (and by people I mean me) who brought you Ten Commandments of Social Justice Warriors, behold… You might enjoy this. Slightly topical.
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Let’s make all Black Lives Matter
I guess it’s probably just my white privilege talking, but I was never very interested and never wrote a lot about racism and racial issues. As a honkey, born and …
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From Europe with love
A few vignettes from Europe, circa mid-2016: Germany: A young left-wing German politician has admitted she lied to police about the racial background of three men who raped her in …
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Please explain Islam
Sometime over the course of the election campaign a small flyer landed in my letterbox from a new party called the Australia Liberty Alliance (the ALA, pronounced Allah). I was …
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Dear England, Love, Polish Vermin
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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Will the real Sheikh Shady please stand up?
It has not been a good few days for Sheikhs in Australia. First the Shiite hit the fan, after a few individuals armed with all the investigative resources of Google …
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Ten Commandments of Social Justice Warriors
That pretty much sums it all up, I think. Missed anything? Tell me in the comments.
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Make America Poland Again
Now listen here; this is it.  I’ve had an absolute gutful of all this racism and prejudice. You might have gotten away with having a go at all the illegal …
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Religion of peace vs. religion of sensitivity
File it under “Colour me completely astonishedâ€: The vast majority of Australian Defence Force personnel believes the Muslim religion promotes Âviolence and terrorism, despite “cultural sensitivity training†by the ADF …
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Dalai Lama, that ugly right-winger
I love the sound of leftie heads exploding from dissonance. This is going to generate a few pops: The Dalai Lama, who has himself lived in exile for over half …
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Austria, America, Australia
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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On being a poster Aussie
“If you live in one of Australia’s capital cities, you’ve likely seen this poster. The artist says if you haven’t seen it yet, you will soon,†opens a News.com.au story …
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