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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now. Not ever!"
Women should look good, and shut up, that's the impression male throwbacks like Tony Abbott give. (He might change his policies at the drop of an opinion poll but that's one thing he's fairly solid on.) He'd also do stuff, like campaign in front of posters bearing the slogan "Ditch the witch".
Something had irked Abbott, or - more likely - he saw an opportunity to score another cheap political point, something to do with the Speaker's demeanour. It doesn't really matter what now - but Abbott decided that the House needed a lecture on sexism.
Enough was enough. Gillard rose, and famously declaimed (with more passion then she'd exhibited in her previous three years in charge): "I will not be lectured on sexism and misogyny by this man; I will not". She then proceeded to tear him apart, every which way.
(continued... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017181771
with video and set to music... )
Something had irked Abbott, or - more likely - he saw an opportunity to score another cheap political point, something to do with the Speaker's demeanour. It doesn't really matter what now - but Abbott decided that the House needed a lecture on sexism.
Enough was enough. Gillard rose, and famously declaimed (with more passion then she'd exhibited in her previous three years in charge): "I will not be lectured on sexism and misogyny by this man; I will not". She then proceeded to tear him apart, every which way.
(continued... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017181771
with video and set to music... )
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"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now. Not ever!" (Original Post)
Electric Monk
Mar 2014
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sheshe2
(83,898 posts)1. Brava Gillard!
Excellent video!
Epic indeed Electric Monk.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)2. Kicking this back to page one for visibility :)
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)3. setting it to music made it unlistenable for me
Kinda hard to hear any substantive argument
just a repetition, repetition, repetition of variations on the title.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)4. eggplant posted the original un-edited footage in the other thread