What a great steaming nit Malcolm Fraser is!

And that's being much more polite than I really feel inclined to be. For those who are not big on history, Fraser is a former Australian Prime Minister in the conservative cause, whose most notable post Prime-Ministerial activities have principally consisted of losing his trousers one night in Memphis Tennessee and sucking up to African dictators. He is much reviled among Australian conservatives for having done nothing for the conservative cause while he was in office.

His latest profundity is about the assassination of a HAMAS chief in Dubai:
"Mr Fraser said the Jewish state could no longer use the Holocaust as an excuse to justify state-sanctioned murder, and criticism of its policies should not be dismissed as anti-Semitism."

It has apparently escaped the notice of "Trousers" Fraser that Israel has not even acknowledged responsibility for the assassination and so has not blamed it on ANYTHING, let alone the holocaust. And the accusation that Israelis (who are of course predominantly Jews) have committed "state-sanctioned murder" is interesting. He fails to recognize that HAMAS is by its own assertions at war with Israel and that the assassination might reasonably be regarded as legitimate self-defence in that case. Fraser's one-sided slur on Israel DOES then sound like precisely that antisemitism which he denies.

But the man is a proven liar anyway so the only sadness is that his bigoted and probably senile comments were reported at all.

There is an amusing comment here which argues that Fraser's comments are probably in breach of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act of the State in which he resides (Victoria).

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9 comments:

  1. Sounds like the ex-PM is more of a liberal than conservative. In some round-a-bout way siding with Hamas over the Jewish state. We have those over here who wrap themselves in patriotic values, but when the chips are down they fold and walk away from traditional values.

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  2. My opinion of Fraser is as low as that which I have for any lefty, but mentioning the trousers episode is unfair. Imagine if some other country's ex-leader received similar treatment as a guest in our country. The horror! The racism! Anyway, he was in a hotel enjoying some conviviality, it's not a though he was biting the pillow or disgracing himself in some other manner.

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  3. Shoot! If I were FDR, I'd be sending assassins after Hitler and Tojo.

    And, if some willfully ignorant twit started shrieking about "state-sanctioned murder," ... well, I'd not lose a moment's sleep concerning myself with his twittishness -- those who choose to be fools are not worthy of consideration.

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  4. Of course, if I were FDR, I'd rather not be ...

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  5. "Sounds like the ex-PM is more of a liberal than conservative."

    The easiest way to tell if the person is a leftist gasbag or a conservative is it's almost always the leftist gasbag who's still prattling on from the sidelines after he's gone from office. The real conservative ones don't say much once they're out of office, they just move on with dignity and grace.

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  6. "...bigoted and probably senile..."

    Coming from you, John, that's fucking hilarious. Thanks for the laughs.

    - Dave

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  7. So Dave approves of Big Mal's comments?

    THAT'S certainly laughable

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  8. Yes I do, la-la-la-la...

    Big Mal is my hero, ha-ha-ha-ha...

    - Dave

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  9. I've always wanted to have sexual relations with Big Mal.

    - Dave

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