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Brian Ross wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 8:35pm:

Nor is there reason to doubt his insight.  Do you have any evidence to dispel his claims?
Brain? You know so much about Muslims. Tell us where he goes wrong.

ian wrote on Dec 28^th, 2014 at 11:47pm:


"The vast majority of Australians" don’t even know what a Muslim is.

Are they Christian Lebs? Armenians? Coptic Christians? Swarthy Arabs?

A certain poster here argues Kurds aren’t Muslims because they support Uncle. Another thinks Armenian terror groups are Muslims because they blow things up. Others say Malays are more Muslim because of certain fundamentalist beliefs, Indonesians don’t count because they don’t have the same beliefs, etc, etc, etc.

Jaquie Lambie was doing alright on her anti-Sharia crusade until they asked her what Sharia law really is.

Pause.

"...Well, it obviously involves terrorism".

Pause.

Australians may or may not like Muslims, but I doubt most could name any they personally know or have even rubbed shoulders with.

And how can you even tell people are Muslims?

When Mr.Pickering posts actual public opinion poll data to support his supposition, he'll be able to prove that his claim was correct.  What?  He hasn't?  How surprising!  Pickering, like Herbie, relies on people like Soren and Co., our usual gang of Islamophobes to shore up his position for him.

There is no proof at the present moment that Mr.Pickering claim that "Most Australians Now Anti-Muslim" is true.  Indeed, earlier this year, Newspoll reported on July 16, 2014 that:
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Only approximately a third want a cut in Muslim immigration.

While only an indirect measure, it can be considered reasonably representative of Australian attitudes towards Muslims in general.

Roy Morgan OTOH, hasn't even asked a question which mentions Muslims since 2011.   

Essential Research asked a question in their poll of Sep 2, 2014:

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Again, only an indirect indicator but one which positively shows that Australians think far more deeply about this issue than they are often given credit for.  Note also there has been no dramatic increase in three years since the question was last asked.

The Scanlon Foundation Poll, July 2014 reported:
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While 25% is relatively high, it still does not match what Mr.Pickering claimed!

So, where is Mr.Pickering pulling his claim from?  Why, of course from his own intolerant viewpoint.   

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 29^th, 2014 at 1:25am:


True, Brain, but it’s not ignorance, it’s insight.

You know, like Jaquie.

A journalist is supposed to be just that -- not a muck-raking bigot, liar and racist trying to unnecessarily  stir up hatred.

Here's what the business commentator for the SMH, Michael Pascoe said about Pickering in 2012.

"Pickering is commonly known as a cartoonist, but he's also an inveterate liar, a bankrupt conman with a seedy history of fleecing the gullible of millions of dollars while not paying his own bills.

"With various failed business ventures and numerous personal relationships of equal standard, for decades he has plied a grubby trade behind sundry stooges and partners, assisted by the odd sharp lawyer and hapless corporate and consumer regulators. He is not a nice man."

http://www.smh.com.au/business/larry-pickering--the-conman-stalking-gillard-2012...

Nearly half of Australians are anti-Muslim: study
Updated 23 Feb 2011, 12:28pm

A decade-long national study has found that nearly 50 per cent of Australians identify themselves as having anti-Muslim attitudes.

Researchers from universities across the country polled thousands of people about their attitudes to different cultures and whether they had experienced racism.

The research found around one in 10 Australians identified themselves as prejudiced against other cultures.

About one-quarter of those surveyed said they had anti-Semitic or anti-Asian attitudes, while a slightly larger number were prejudiced against Aborigines.

Anti-Muslim sentiment was even higher, at 48.6 per cent.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-23/nearly-half-of-australians-are-anti-muslim...


WIth the Arab Spring, Syria, ISIL, London beheading, Canadian attacks, Sydney seige - do you think that people have been  warming to Islam since that survey was concluded?

Soren wrote on Dec 29^th, 2014 at 10:11am:

Thanks Soren, your link works. That survey was done in 2011, the number would be much higher now.