Muppet Brigade tries to get in the Anzac parade
If Catherine Deveny is anything of these things ... The leftie Melbourne writer’s own website:
Deveny is widely considered one of the most gifted, versatile and prolific writers in Australia.
How can she come up with absolute rubbish like this? Deveny writes on Twitter, Tuesday:
Why do people in the armed forces use the word ‘serve’ to describe their work despite it being no more dangerous or prone to upheaval than many other jobs? It’s just a job and work. Throw the term ‘serve’ in the bin.
Why do people in the armed forces use the word 'serve' to describe their work despite it being no more dangerous or prone to upheaval than many other jobs? It's just a job and work. Throw the term 'serve' in the bin. It's part of the fetishisation of war and violence.
— Catherine Deveny (@CatherineDeveny) April 23, 2018
Work, huh? Caroline Overington reports in The Australian, yesterday:
A NATO Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Afghanistan in the early hours of June 21, 2010, killing three Australian commandos and one US soldier. Eleven men were wounded.
Deveny is not someone to hold to high standards. News.com.au, May 5, 2010:
Deveny has been sacked by The Age following a fierce public backlash over her vicious attacks on stars on Logies night ... Deveny drew the most criticism for writing that she hoped 11-year-old TV star Bindi Irwin “gets laid’’ ...
Though she was really sacked by The Age because she was too good. Deveny speaks at the Melbourne’s Writers Festival, September 2, 2010:
(The Age) are furious that a dyslexic from Reservoir High who uses the language I use can get a purchase and get a voice in this environment where they had been told they were the masters of the universe, the gatekeepers of the information ... I can’t walk out into the street without being accosted by people saying “I miss you” ... it’s half of Melbourne.
Do they miss her, though? Deveny on Twitter, yesterday:
Anzac Day is Bogan Halloween.
ANZAC Day. It's Bogan Halloween.
— Catherine Deveny (@CatherineDeveny) April 24, 2018
Probs not ... The Australian’s Chip Le Grand on Twitter, Tuesday night:
Again we are reminded of the futility of war and reading @CatherineDeveny. Oh for a world where neither was necessary.
Again we are reminded of the futility of war and reading @CatherineDeveny. Oh for a world where neither was necessary. https://t.co/plRUlmE7tJ
— Chip Le Grand (@Melbchief) April 24, 2018
Deveny’s old newspaper hasn’t got much better. Michael Leunig’s cartoon in The Age, yesterday:
War Decorations — Fear, Hate, Anger, Violence, Homicide, Grief, Guilt, Depression.
Neil Mitchell speaks for all of Melbourne on 3AW, yesterday:
War is not nice and many of those emotions (written on Leunig’s medals) can spring from armed conflict ... (but) Leunig and The Age have again, in spectacular fashion, totally misjudged the mood of the people. It is why this newspaper continues to struggle for relevance and audience.
This latest firestorm reminds people what Anzac Day is really about. A Current Affair reporter Taylor Auerbach replies to Deveny ’s tweet, Tuesday:
Because they (the Diggers) sacrifice their lives so vacuous halfwits like you can enjoy the freedom to sprout unintelligent nonsense like this.
Because they sacrifice their lives so vacuous halfwits like you can enjoy the freedom to sprout unintelligent nonsense like this. https://t.co/m32zhbE8DP
— Taylor Auerbach (@tauerbach) April 24, 2018
It seems Twitter has no clue at all. The social media website’s “Trends for You” section, yesterday:
#AnzacDay — celebrating the great Anzac biscuit.
Don’t get us wrong. We love Anzac biscuits as much as the next anonymous politics and media column. The recipe on Taste.com.au:
1 cup rolled oats / 1 cup plain flour / 2/3 cup brown sugar / 2/3 cup desiccated coconut / 125g butter, chopped / 2 tablespoons golden syrup / 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda.