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OK. I still don't see why you responded with this: not at all. I didn't call for anyone to be banned

Can you explain?

John Smith wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 7:48pm:


Who do you think I am talking about?

I'm wary of banning any books.

happy no, but I'd rather they kill each other than come here and try to kill me

what about it?

What I know is that getting involved hasn't worked. I'm willing to try something different.

yes .... I'd rather watch them get slaughtered than watch my neighbors, family and friends get slaughtered

depends on why ... if they're trying to convince someone to behead an infidel, they should be charged with conspiracy to commit murder ... if they're just reading scriptures as part of their bible study, then I don't have a problem with it

they're all dead

they don't seem as intent to go out and enforce their beliefs on others

I'd expect them to follow Australian law

I've yet to see you suggest a third

I said it depends on the motives of the person reading, not how the person listening interprets it.

if they got their poo together they won't be coming after anyone

probably not in every country

I'm sure you think that sounds great, but you are avoiding offering any semblance of a solution

Australia is a free, tolerant and open democracy where we respect all points of view even if we don’t agree – or so we tell ourselves. If someone dares to say something that doesn’t happen to fit with the current thinking of the politically correct, that commitment to free speech, tolerance and respect is viciously jettisoned.

That’s exactly what has happened again this week with Sonia Kruger’s comments around Muslim immigration immediately being labelled as “racist” by the lefty-lynch mob. Indeed, some were so incensed that there were calls for her to be removed from her television presenting roles. It’s a sorry state of affairs where those who constantly profess to be the most tolerant are the first to demonstrate absolute intolerance.

As a gay man, I am deeply concerned about what an open-border approach to Muslim immigration would mean for me in circumstances where every single day in the Middle East people suspected of being gay are publicly hung or stoned to death.

Similarly, I couldn’t bemoan any woman who may be similarly concerned about the consequences of having an open-border approach from countries where it is a crime for a woman to dare to receive an education or to choose her own clothing.

Indeed, the left would be well advised to take a look at elements in the Middle East to see what genuine homophobia and misogyny actually looks like.

We only have to look at the societal consequences abroad especially for women, in places like Germany of throwing their borders open to one million immigrants to see the issues that can arise.

I am very supportive of Australia being open and accepting of immigrants to our nation, if it is done in an orderly way that ensures that immigrants understand our way of life and, importantly, our values – including in relation to the treatment of both gay people and women.

Raising these concerns is and should be unremarkable in a democracy and we should be able to engage in an adult conversation about the risks and ways to mitigate against them. But when you have the lefty-lynch mob always overeager to shut down discussion and label people as “racists”, “bigots” and “homophobes”, it begins to become fairly clear why people might want to use the privacy of the ballot box to send messages on issues, as evidenced by the election of the likes of Pauline Hanson, instead of having open and frank conversations.

All credit to Sonia Kruger for speaking her mind and not backing down. It’s high time for the lynch-mob to take a long, hard look in the mirror.