Senator Dorinda Cox called One Nation leader Pauline Hanson a “f—ing retard” in a text message leaked after she defected to Labor, showing the depth of anger toward her in the Greens
That’s petty of the Greens.
Because of when I grew up, my mind simply doesn’t register this as an ableist slur, even though intellectually I know it is. It’s like the greens don’t know that trying to smear their defector doesn’t actually make them look good.
I tire of how bad at politics the greens are. Since they’re the furthest left party with any seats currently, it would be nice if they knew how to play the game better.
If they took her defection in stride, simply pointing out that she must not really have the same values, could have come across a lot better.
We wouldn’t be surprised by such behavior from the conservatives (they gave up on Christ-like behavior long ago) but we hold this mob to a higher standard - let’s hope they hear the disgust from their constituents and pull their heads in.
Bonus points if “conservative” voters for their part would start criticizing their politicians for actually being extremists.
Bloody amazing reporting SMH, censoring fucking and leaving the slur alone! 👏
But the word can and IS being used in other circumstances, so clearly context matters. I think quoting is fine context.
