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Tony Abbott’s virtuous masculinity

6 September 2020

7:01 PM

6 September 2020

7:01 PM

The attacks on Tony Abbott both here and in the United Kingdom for being appointed as a trade envoy for the old dart illustrates how hypocritical and two-faced cultural-left activists are and how reality and facts quickly give way to mindless hysteria and cancel culture groupthink. 

Examples include UK’s Labour MP Emily Thornberry and the Guardian Australia’s Van Badham who both condemn Abbott for allegedly being misogynist, homophobic and racist.   

To prove Abbott is a misogynist critics often refer to the incident where the then opposition leader looked at his watch while Julia Gillard as prime minister was giving a tedious, long-winded and tiresome parliamentary speech about misogyny.  It was obviously a cue to wind up. 

Never mentioned is the incident where Julia Gillard described a Liberal MP...

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