tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post1504217925144923370..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: National Civic Council supports MTRRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-23050869816437574702012-02-25T12:25:40.902+11:002012-02-25T12:25:40.902+11:00MTR finds herself between a rock and a hard place;...MTR finds herself between a rock and a hard place; does she alienate herself from her actual demographic, i.e. the theocratic conservatives who make up the membership of the NCC, by repudiating this article or does she continue to lose credibility as a "feminist thinker".<br /><br />Quite likely this is an unintended consequence of her legal threat to which she did not give due consideration.<br /><br />If she does not back down on her threatened legal action I would expect to see more of the same as the issue continues to polarize and various groups publicly weigh in on both sides, with MTR performing a delicate balancing act as she tries to appease both sides.steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-91626135461648577132012-02-24T19:47:27.287+11:002012-02-24T19:47:27.287+11:00It's the problems of a biased premise that peo...It's the problems of a biased premise that people have an emotional attachment to. <br /><br />However, a mix of policies do put these people a little to the left of Attila the Hun. Like being moderately pro-union. But which union? <br /><br />They are an artefact of a 40s fight with communism at a grass roots level. Dialectic has not followed the common moral moves of the majority of the society. (Then again, I don't actually have stats that say my morals reflect the majority of society.)JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794237317314818047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-19885143340438548102012-02-24T13:34:54.884+11:002012-02-24T13:34:54.884+11:00Just because you dislike so-called "economic ...Just because you dislike so-called "economic rationalism" (which often just means you are some kind of protectionist or economically illiterate populist) you don't get to be left wing. See Pauline Hanson as an example. <br /><br />If you want to say that they are not <i>economically</i> right wing, maybe you have a point. It's true that "left" and "right" are tricky because politics is actually multi-dimensional, not something that exists on a single dimension.<br /><br />However, the National Civic Council/Democratic Labor Party have always, historically, been seen as the extreme right of Australian politics.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-8336422573296822902012-02-24T12:57:49.138+11:002012-02-24T12:57:49.138+11:00sorry.
"attacked" right-wing economic r...sorry.<br /><br />"attacked" right-wing economic rationalismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-71011692572241111552012-02-24T12:47:01.329+11:002012-02-24T12:47:01.329+11:00Interesting article. Only have to disagree with y...Interesting article. Only have to disagree with you about the extreme-right wing description. You're right about right-wing social views but they have favoured medicare policy, backed the union movement, and consistently attached right-wing economic rationalism.<br /><br />So you will have to find another description that suits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-57436229449568202582012-02-23T18:53:36.736+11:002012-02-23T18:53:36.736+11:00:):)Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-76216010229031562152012-02-23T18:29:54.425+11:002012-02-23T18:29:54.425+11:00"Hopefully, Melinda Tankard Reist will distan..."Hopefully, Melinda Tankard Reist will distance herself from this mob"<br /><br />Don't hold your breath, Russell :)Bubblecarnoreply@blogger.com