Age of entitlement parties on as Left banks on bullies to be Right and Jews to be white
Right bullies? David Crowe, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 30 last year:
(Julia) Banks did not identify the bullies in her statement. Stories abound of MPs who heavied their colleagues to support Peter Dutton, but the numbers men … reject the accusations … What is beyond doubt is that those who worked in the Dutton camp included Michael Sukkar … (who) rejects any claim he bullied anyone … (and) did not speak to Banks … (or) send an email or a text. Even so, the friction between Sukkar and Banks is known to many.
Or moderate bullies? Juliet Rieden, The Australian Women’s Weekly, December 27 last year:
“Everyone was getting calls,” says Julia (Banks). And (a WhatsApp chat group for moderates) which Julia was part of … was being used to spread misinformation … “We got the direction to move our votes from Julie (Bishop) to Scott (Morrison) … I said no … and then I had people sent to me and phone calls, trying to move my vote.” The intimidation for Julia … was relentless. “The thing that happens with bullying is people were afraid. They started becoming really concerned that Peter Dutton was seriously going to win. Men and women were being harassed and bullied.”
Too white? Daniella Silva, NBC News, January 1:
A California Women’s March was cancelled because of concerns that its participants have been “overwhelmingly white” … organisers said … The move comes after Women’s March Chicago said (it cancelled its) march.
Or Jewish? Farah Stockman, The New York Times, December 23 last year:
Vanessa Wruble … (said) her Jewish heritage inspired her to … (get involved with the Women’s March but) … Tamika Mallory, a black gun control activist … (said to her that) Jews needed to confront their own role in racism … Ms Mallory … co-president of the Women’s March group … (called) Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam who has been widely reviled for making anti-Semitic remarks … “the GOAT” or “greatest of all time” … Ms Mallory … (says when she) asked Ms Wruble to leave the group, it had nothing to do with her being Jewish (but acknowledged she said to Wruble that) “white Jews, as white people, uphold white supremacy” … Ms Wruble … (says they told her) that Jewish people played a large role in the slave trade and the prison industry … (The source for that claim is) The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and the Jews, a 1991 book by Mr Farrakhan … (that has been called) the “bible of the new anti-Semitism” … (Ms Wruble was told) the Nation of Islam would … (provide security for the march and when she expressed concern about this she was accused) of unfairly maligning the Nation of Islam.
Over. Joe Hockey, April 17, 2014:
Let me put it to you this way: the age of entitlement is over … The entitlements bestowed on tens of millions of people … (are) undermining our ability to ensure … economic sustainability for future generations … We need to redefine the responsibility of … citizens to provide for themselves.
Over? Annika Smethurst, The Daily Telegraph, December 30 last year:
Taxpayers were slugged more than $70,000 for … ambassador Joe Hockey to wine and dine US state governors … The former treasurer … (who is on) $360,000 a year … hosted the swanky event … More than half of the bill — $42,445 — was spent on entertainers … The latest revelation comes … after it was revealed Mr Hockey billed taxpayers almost $70,000 … (for) alcohol, breakfasts and babysitters (over six months last year).
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