Why is our idiot PM on his knees apologising for a joke? Moreover, how do the most toxic few dozen people in Australia get to take the high moral ground?
Mocking a disability is no laughing matter.
This is absolutely despicable behaviour from @AlboMP.
The Prime Minister must immediately apologise to the entire Tourette’s community.
Australians living with Tourette’s deserve the PM’s respect, not his ridicule. pic.twitter.com/vkJn6m6u6E
— Anne Ruston (@Anne_Ruston) October 8, 2024
What I saw yesterday was a prime minister under pressure, lashing out with a remark that he never should have made. Using disabilities as an insult in the House against another parliamentarian?
Yes, definitely, the Prime Minister is under pressure, and he did come in and apologise, but it was at the end of the day, and it should have happened earlier, and it should have happened with more grace.
God, I miss the good old days when you could make a hilarious movie or TV show by mocking the disabled. Little Britain and Derek are classic examples.
It’s not like they were picked on exclusively. Men were mocked. Women were mocked. Action heroes were mocked. Romances were mocked. Humans were mocked. Aliens were mocked.
We were able to laugh at ourselves. This comes with a serious side. Satire tells us what is wrong with normatives.
In Australia’s case, self-effacing mockery is central to an identity that enabled us to embrace so much difference.
This woke stuff isn’t a breakthrough, in fairness. It is a step backward in human understanding. And a dangerous leap backward in Australian identity that enables difference to become division.
