tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post5884509427262380529..comments2024-03-29T18:17:34.956+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: A climate change election, just not in the intended way ...Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-52216642705040885212019-05-25T11:09:56.170+10:002019-05-25T11:09:56.170+10:00Headline grabs do not count. In policy matters, we...Headline grabs do not count. In policy matters, we are largely invisible. Australia has not had a technical recession since 1991, a striking fact that policy makers and commentators in the Northern Hemisphere pay remarkably little attention to. We successfully manage much higher levels of immigration than most Western countries, and that also attracts remarkably little attention. And so on.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-54902428683869743592019-05-25T11:07:53.771+10:002019-05-25T11:07:53.771+10:00Well, as I am gay and not Jewish, hope so. But lik...Well, as I am gay and not Jewish, hope so. But likely he wouldn't have been sacked, as that would have been "culturally insensitive". Possibly, it would not even have been commented on, especially if he had done it in Arabic.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-42799107515430166082019-05-24T18:39:42.149+10:002019-05-24T18:39:42.149+10:00If the sporting hero had been a Muslim who had bee...If the sporting hero had been a Muslim who had been sacked for quoting the Quran saying that Jews are pigs and queers are abominations and infidels better watch it because God's judgment is coming, I wonder if folks like you would care to come to his defense, too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-1308017493763745432019-05-24T12:45:41.388+10:002019-05-24T12:45:41.388+10:00"at about 1% of world GDP, we are not a big e..."at about 1% of world GDP, we are not a big enough economy and no one pays attention to what we do"<br /><br />Pretty sure the world's right-wing authoritarians do.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election#International_reactionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com