tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post3921935537532725924..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Tweets published as Christopher Pyne’s retirement announced Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-77357688752350387162019-03-09T09:13:33.218+11:002019-03-09T09:13:33.218+11:00Not sure how using a commonly accepted term allows...Not sure how using a commonly accepted term allows you to judge the politics of the writer. And on the issue of which side is the worst, it's pretty clear to me that the left are. If you go to the post on 26 February and have a read of it, it is quite unambiguous.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-11204763904858684242019-03-08T20:34:09.222+11:002019-03-08T20:34:09.222+11:00Matthew, I meant your use of the term at all rathe...Matthew, I meant your use of the term at all rather than the sense in which you use it.<br /><br />marcelloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209648151753428540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-44618300978344885782019-03-08T18:33:39.750+11:002019-03-08T18:33:39.750+11:00I don't assign any particular meaning to the t...I don't assign any particular meaning to the term "SJW". It has a specific meaning and in that sense I use it. On most issues I an a classical progressive.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-67798644765209691232019-03-08T17:19:53.690+11:002019-03-08T17:19:53.690+11:00I doubt if you will ever establish which side make...I doubt if you will ever establish which side makes nastiest online comments.<br /><br />It will always seem to be the other side.<br /><br />Your use of "SJW" makes clear what side you are on for that purpose, though I know (like many people's) that your perspective is not so simplistic as (to take an opposite-slanted term) "RWNJ"s.<br /><br />So now you can probably marcelloushttp://www.marcellous.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-83374913027027825102019-03-05T13:27:25.414+11:002019-03-05T13:27:25.414+11:00This is the second post of its kind I have made. T...This is the second post of its kind I have made. The other one is titled 'How people in the public eye get treated online' and was published on 26 February. What both of these posts show is that it is the social justice warriors on the left who are the number one abusers on Twitter. I don't agree with Pyne's sales of arms to Saudi Arabia but in practice the left is more Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-77636272454288083242019-03-05T10:55:02.120+11:002019-03-05T10:55:02.120+11:00Thank you Matthew for keeping me in the loop again...Thank you Matthew for keeping me in the loop again with trending news. A simple observation that seems to have been neglected by the tweeters must be Pyne's role as a henchman for US political/militarist interests. While it may not have been Pyne's initiative, the recent brokering of a multi billion dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia is morally indefensible. If tweet culture focuses on roger of bangalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00528219054568777063noreply@blogger.com