AAAAAUGH PAUL SHEEHAN. AAAAUGH. I read that today on the train and people looked at me funny because I was bulgy-eyed with anger.
He refutes himself! In the article!
Yes, there is ample evidence that Australians have become uneasy about Muslims in general and hostile in specific cases, but this is about cause and effect.
What the fuck do you call that if it's not racism, and, specifically, Islamophobia? He says it exists! And then just spends the rest of the article, as you say, building ridiculous strawmen. Normal white people never commit horrible crimes, dontcha know.
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Date: 2009-03-30 10:28 am (UTC)He refutes himself! In the article!
What the fuck do you call that if it's not racism, and, specifically, Islamophobia? He says it exists! And then just spends the rest of the article, as you say, building ridiculous strawmen. Normal white people never commit horrible crimes, dontcha know.
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Date: 2009-03-30 10:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 10:37 am (UTC)no subject
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