{"id":3866,"date":"2020-03-14T04:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2024-01-20T19:29:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T11:29:16","slug":"peter-duttons-friday-the-13th-coronavirus-infection-blue-ticks-and-twitter-crazies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/peter-duttons-friday-the-13th-coronavirus-infection-blue-ticks-and-twitter-crazies\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Dutton&#8217;s &#8216;Friday the 13th&#8217; Coronavirus infection &#8211; Blue ticks and &#8220;Twitter crazies&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #003300;\">Dutton: \u201cWe\u2019re not listening to the Twitter crazies.&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-sm.jpg?resize=117%2C127&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"127\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Dutton&#8217;s &#8220;spirit of preparation&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/mar\/13\/coronavirus-donald-trump-presidency-sick-joke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA&#8217;s (well Trump&#8217;s) shambolic response<\/a><\/span> to the Coronavirus, mirrored by the Australian and English portions of the Murdochracy\u00b9 has had predictable results.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Australia&#8217;s head honcho of biosecurity Peter Dutton, an ex-Queensland copper, whose <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thecelebscloset.com\/peter-dutton-married-divorce-wife-children-net-worth-wiki-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only talent seems to be enriching himself<\/a><\/span>, has become infected with the Coronavirus during a recent trip to the USA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is extremely embarrassing for the Morrison-led <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Liberal National Party <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">(LNP) government as it demonstrates Dutton&#8217;s complete lack of foresight and ignorance of basic measures regarding Coronavirus protection.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dutton has been fighting the virus on ideological grounds for the past month&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"rich-link-14\">\n<div class=\"css-16cuuq6\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\" data-component=\"rich-link\">\n<div class=\"css-wz7t6r\">\n<div class=\"css-ghyc83\" style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3870\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Christmas-Island.jpg?resize=874%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Christmas-Island.jpg?w=874&amp;ssl=1 874w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Christmas-Island.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Christmas-Island.jpg?resize=768%2C362&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8230; and was only spared the ignominy of his default response of sending coloured people to remote offshore detention camps, by &#8220;virtue&#8221; of his being white and privileged. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vanbadham\/status\/1238365372459274240?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Badham.jpg?resize=538%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Badham.jpg?w=538&amp;ssl=1 538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Badham.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"r-18u37iz\" style=\"color: #000080;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">#thereisagod<\/span><\/span> &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Trending on Twitter due to Dutton&#8217;s Coronavirus infection <\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It was as though a Twitter <span class=\"st\">gestalt intelligence<\/span> sprang to life at the news of Dutton&#8217;s affliction and it spoke thus, <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>&#8220;There is a God!&#8221; <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thereisagod?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#thereisagod<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericb1960\/status\/1238419336294891521?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3940\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mick-Echo-Bravo.jpg?resize=533%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mick-Echo-Bravo.jpg?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mick-Echo-Bravo.jpg?resize=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #003366;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Blueticks\u00b2 take the &#8216;moral high ground&#8217; and wish a racist and torturer well<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">News of Dutton&#8217;s infection by Coronavirus provoked predictable responses. Many were pleased by the universe&#8217;s karmic justice, while some took the holier than thou stance.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dutton&#8217;s arrogance, lies, cruelty and racism, as well as the deaths and suffering he has visited on thousands of helpless people (already victims of war, torture and mental anguish), took a backseat to people showing off their acutely evolved moral sensitivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/14luxor\/status\/1238408279098658818?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/David-Crowe.jpg?resize=539%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/David-Crowe.jpg?w=539&amp;ssl=1 539w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/David-Crowe.jpg?resize=300%2C257&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s hope David gets well and recovers his sense of proportion soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murpharoo\/status\/1238400030261661696?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3935\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katherine-murphy-1.jpg?resize=855%2C290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katherine-murphy-1.jpg?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katherine-murphy-1.jpg?resize=300%2C102&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/katherine-murphy-1.jpg?resize=768%2C260&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s not much sympathy for mass murderers and white supremacists outside of politics. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Perhaps Katharine is hoping that&nbsp; &#8220;being human&#8221; to a monster will spare her home being raided by Dutton&#8217;s pet attack dogs the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/2020\/03\/11\/angus-taylor-and-the-hopelessly-compromised-afp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Federal Police (AFP)?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Good luck with that Katharine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxblackhole\/status\/1238392114150404096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3942\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Max-Black.jpg?resize=529%2C610&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Max-Black.jpg?w=529&amp;ssl=1 529w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Max-Black.jpg?resize=260%2C300&amp;ssl=1 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8216;On yer Max.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While I am against the death penalty because I don&#8217;t trust any State to act responsibly or justly with the power of life and death over its citizens, t<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">hat doesn&#8217;t mean I am going to weep when someone I know to be innately evil and devoid of compassion and empathy for others, suffers hardship or even death.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Their victims are far more deserving of our compassion.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3874\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Compassion.jpg?resize=642%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Compassion.jpg?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-Compassion.jpg?resize=300%2C53&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/compassion-can-undo-efforts-against-people-smugglers-dutton?cid=news:socialshare:twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Source<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Refugees-at-sea-BS.jpg?resize=640%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Refugees-at-sea-BS.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Refugees-at-sea-BS.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">We&#8217;re not all in this together<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/honeyandabee\/status\/1238533396378222592\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3964\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Honey-Bee-Dutton.jpg?resize=631%2C1736&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"1736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Honey-Bee-Dutton.jpg?w=631&amp;ssl=1 631w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Honey-Bee-Dutton.jpg?resize=109%2C300&amp;ssl=1 109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Honey-Bee-Dutton.jpg?resize=372%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 372w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Honey-Bee-Dutton.jpg?resize=558%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 558w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This is <strong>Labor MP<\/strong> Tom Koutsantonis weeping for his comrade Dutton&#8217;s misfortune. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tom&#8217;s first thought wasn&#8217;t calling Dutton out (a dangerous incompetent charged with protecting our borders) over his bringing Coronavirus into Australia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Insert<br \/>\n(March, 20, &#8217;20)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-sm.jpg?resize=116%2C126&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"126\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sokra_tease\/status\/1240928185715286016?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sokra-tease.jpg?resize=580%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sokra-tease.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sokra-tease.jpg?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>End of Insert<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">No. It was protecting him from the meanies on Twitter.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">That&#8217;s &#8220;Appalling&#8221; Tom.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Same pathetic lack of response by Labor to Dutton&#8217;s racist tunnel-vision and <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/2020\/03\/15\/white-supremacist-nazi-sex-offender-granted-visa-by-peter-duttons-dha-on-anniversary-of-the-christchurch-terror-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">constant support of white supremacist hate<\/a><\/span> that contributed to innocent people being slaughtered in New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Everyone who spews vile, hateful rhetoric have their hands tainted<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">with the blood of the victims<\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em> from the mosque attacks in Christchurch.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">(<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fairobserver.com\/region\/asia_pacific\/christchurch-massacre-new-zealand-mosque-attack-world-news-today-32399\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Why side with Dutton, a man whose arrogance and lack of compassion for others has now endangered himself?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Maybe because like Dutton, Tom is a conservative with neoliberal values&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Keating-worship.jpg?resize=939%2C97&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Keating-worship.jpg?w=939&amp;ssl=1 939w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Keating-worship.jpg?resize=300%2C31&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Keating-worship.jpg?resize=768%2C79&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8230;so much so, that the deaths and suffering of refugees and the mental torture of their children are probably of little consequence to Tom, who has spent 23 years at the public trough <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.celebrityhow.com\/networth\/TomKoutsantonis-7816502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accumulating $2,000,000<\/a><\/span> and distancing himself from workers and a growing underclass. You&#8217;re certainly not about Socialism, Tom.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">What a privileged, protective (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200918145835\/https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/road-safety-minister-sorry-for-bad-driving\/news-story\/7f3b2d4c978924124cbbbb9b6e24f982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and protected<\/a><\/span>) class is our Duopoly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarionGroves\/status\/1240016739787657216?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Marion-Groves.jpg?resize=536%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Marion-Groves.jpg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Marion-Groves.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is a classic example of how out of touch our ruling class are with the society they are supposed to serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">Civility as supplication<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-x ose-uid-d1429cea567403ff2225df0d9139333b ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will give Dutton the same amount of empathy he gave Priya &amp; her Family! Full Stop!<\/p>&mdash; \ud83d\udca7\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udf0f\ud83d\udc60Deborah (@deblamb42) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/deblamb42\/status\/1238600993211699200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll let David answer Nyadol&#8217;s convoluted humanising bit&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-x ose-uid-4a88735a0fab5ab1306a73d62c9ad9d9 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re constantly extorted to show sympathy while he\u2019s required to show none.  <br><br>Civili discourse where only one side is required to be civil is actually just supplication.<\/p>&mdash; David Lo Pun-ch Nazis (@helpmeskeletor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/helpmeskeletor\/status\/1238664000100921344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planting-seeds-Dutton.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3895\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planting-seeds-Dutton-sm.jpg?resize=700%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planting-seeds-Dutton-sm.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planting-seeds-Dutton-sm.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/grottyscotty\/status\/1238734624307593217?s=20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3959\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dutton-sm.jpg?resize=107%2C116&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"116\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-x ose-uid-29160241a7d99c3397d245846220c853 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice that it&#39;s the same white people who want more &quot;civility&quot; when treating white people with respect but less &quot;political correctness&quot; when treating the rest of us with respect.<\/p>&mdash; Solo Monk (@JJKALE2) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JJKALE2\/status\/1238646856990601216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A-dogs-life.jpg?resize=765%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A-dogs-life.jpg?w=765&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A-dogs-life.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Will end this Twittery tale on a positive note. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">No. Not that. (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Apparently, Dutton is recovering).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nobhody\/status\/1238586797443002368?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3982\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Annabelle.jpg?resize=535%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Annabelle.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Annabelle.jpg?resize=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Mick Lawless | <\/strong>18 march 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Related<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/imatthewsblog.com\/2020\/03\/14\/on-responses-to-the-dutton-diagnosis-and-other-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3947 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Williams.jpg?resize=340%2C132&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Williams.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/I-Williams.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 160px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Dutton not only presides over monstrous cruelty and deliberately spreads racist hate, he churns through billions of our dollars with no accountability&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Footnotes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00b9<strong><em>Murdochracy<\/em><\/strong> is a hijacking of democracy by controlling, restricting and distorting the information on which people make decisions to vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00b2 <strong>Bluetick:<\/strong> Slang term for someone who is &#8220;verified&#8221; on Twitter, derived from the blue bubble with a tick in it that appears next to their name. Usually used in a derisive sense, particularly with reference to journalists, as &#8220;bluetick&#8221; journalists will often exist in the same small network and therefore become susceptible to groupthink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00b3 Keating&#8217;s personal fortune is $65M. Dutton&#8217;s is about $300M.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/dingo-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutton: \u201cWe\u2019re not listening to the Twitter crazies.&#8221; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dutton&#8217;s &#8220;spirit of preparation&#8221; The USA&#8217;s (well Trump&#8217;s) shambolic response to the Coronavirus, mirrored by the Australian and English portions of the Murdochracy\u00b9 has had predictable results.&nbsp; Australia&#8217;s head honcho of biosecurity Peter Dutton, an ex-Queensland copper, whose only talent seems to be enriching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[264,135,595,47,3,452],"tags":[272,271,141,274,252,226,270,276,160,275],"class_list":["post-3866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-by-mick-lawless","category-australias-move-to-the-right","category-covid-pandemic","category-health","category-political-issues","category-the-dutton-files","tag-afp","tag-au-pairs","tag-australia","tag-blueticks","tag-coronavirus","tag-corruption","tag-dutton","tag-racism","tag-scott-morrison","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}