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what goes around...


So there's this Australian politician who yesterday told a press conference that he was molested by his scoutmaster.

 

(Link here)

Now usually, I would not go anywhere near the subject of child abuse. It's f**ked, it's wrong, and there's an especially fiery place in hell for those who do it. But this guy is the public face of political conservatism, and represents a party whose core political belief is that gay people are second-class citizens.

 

He's anti-LGBT adoption, he's anti-IVF treatment for lesbians, he's anti-Gay marriage. He's anti-you and I, basically. If he had his way, we'd probably live by the word of the bible and all the gays would be herded into Auschwitz.

 

But he's a child abuse victim.

 

Err... so?

 

How can I reconcile that with the fact that he's a conservative dirtbag?

 

 

...

 

 

Nope, I can't. I just can't.

 

I know he's an abuse victim, but...

 

 

Nope, it's just not there.

 

I get robbed of civil liberties, he gets robbed of his childhood.

 

It's like retro-active karma. and you know what? that sits just fine with me.

 

 

Karma's a bitch, Steve Fielding.

 

 

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Nephylim

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People have different experiences... some good some bad. I am sick and tired of people excusing their behaviour because of bad things that have happened to them. Bad things happed to lots of people who go on to be good, strong, powerful individuals.

 

This man is a scumbag. The fact that he was abused as a child has no relevance to that. Ok it was bad but it didn't make him... he did that.

JTRandall

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I completely agree with both of you. Alright, you were sexually abused... sucks. You are also a GROWN MAN now and you are imposing your beliefs on people, just the way that that scumbag did to you when you were 12.

 

My opinion? Give people the right to make a CHOICE, the way that youre creepy scoutmaster DIDNT give you.

 

OH and by the way... what the F*CK does getting sexually abused at 12 have to do with the Forgotten Australians? Honestly?

 

Ugh, sorry. I sound really mean but I dont give a crap what happened to you or who did what to you, you control your OWN HAPPINESS. Yes there will be things that will scar you, but it is up to you to either move on and accept it for what it is, a scar, or to pick at the scab and let whatever some d-bag did to you affect the rest of your life.

 

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Sorry guys LOL

Drewbie

Posted

You know although he got abused by his scout master doesn't give him an excuse for the way he acts, others has gone throught the same shit and hasn't turn out like him trying to block rights etc. It almost sounds like he's trying to get sympathy for his actions towards other groups.

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