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Woman Smashes Egg on Australian Politician's Head (Original Post) Demovictory9 Apr 2022 OP
She should get prison for that. OnDoutside Apr 2022 #1
Or a statue erected in her honor. ZZenith Apr 2022 #2
Where does it stop if it's ok to physically assault someone, under OnDoutside Apr 2022 #3
Proportional punishment. It was a egg, and no physical injury inflicted. Celerity Apr 2022 #5
He wasn't physically assaulted. He got egged... Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #6
She slammed it down on his head, so yes it was physical assault. OnDoutside Apr 2022 #7
That's like saying Jimmy Kimmel threatened MTG Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #11
Nonsense, he's a comedian telling a joke. It's not surprising you OnDoutside Apr 2022 #14
And it's nonsense that egging is physical assault... Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #15
Well you brought Kimmel up, so it was hard to know how low to OnDoutside Apr 2022 #19
Sorry for the delay in replying. Need to make my position on egging really clear... Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #20
+10000000000000000 Celerity Apr 2022 #8
You speak my language! Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #12
The intrinsic beauty of the label is that it enrages the target Celerity Apr 2022 #13
You dodged a bullet with St Kilda... Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #16
lol, you sound like my wife (she wanted Sydney, like Bondi/Centennial Park area), but the reason for Celerity Apr 2022 #18
Come to Canberra! Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #21
I vote zero prison. Fuck Nazis. Celerity Apr 2022 #4
I dunno treestar Apr 2022 #9
no escalation treestar Apr 2022 #10
Proof that bacon & egg belongs together n/t Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 #17

OnDoutside

(19,960 posts)
3. Where does it stop if it's ok to physically assault someone, under
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 03:52 AM
Apr 2022

the guise of freedom of expression ?

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
6. He wasn't physically assaulted. He got egged...
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 04:21 AM
Apr 2022

Plus he's a fuckwit who signed a Putin-loving anti-vax Cooker into Parliament House back in February. Fuck him. His Cooker army whine when he gets egged, but are quick with the misogynistic rantings and harassment of a victim when one of them assaulted a local woman outside the ABC studios here in Canberra last month.




Fuck Craig Kelly and Clive Palmer. May there be many rotten eggs in their future...

Just come back to add a bit more, because I'm so over Craig Kelly and the Cookers and their pro-Putin, neo-Nazi links. Violence, my arse. I'd buy that woman a drink. She did what most of us want to do. Where she crossed the line was running over the foot of a UAP supporting cyclist who decided to try to block her car until the police arrived. If I'd egged him, I'd be staying there coz I'd be proud of it.

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
11. That's like saying Jimmy Kimmel threatened MTG
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 07:03 AM
Apr 2022

It's very telling that you've got zero to say about the actual assault of a woman that I posted.

OnDoutside

(19,960 posts)
14. Nonsense, he's a comedian telling a joke. It's not surprising you
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 07:33 AM
Apr 2022

Can't tell the difference. Her right to oppose the views of the Nazi ends, in this case, at the end of her fingers. It does nothing positive to advance the fight against fascism, it's childish if anything.

I've got zero to say about it because I've no intention of engaging in whataboutery.

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
15. And it's nonsense that egging is physical assault...
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 08:00 AM
Apr 2022

But thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious about Jimmy Kimmel. I would never have guessed.

I'm sure Craig Kelly would thank you for your concern. And I think it says all that needs to be said about you that you take what I pointed out about the abuse of a woman by Cookers supported by Craig Kelly to be 'whataboutery'. Over here we call it sheer hypocrisy...

OnDoutside

(19,960 posts)
19. Well you brought Kimmel up, so it was hard to know how low to
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 01:31 PM
Apr 2022

Put the bar.

I don't give a shit about Kelly, but it's a puerile attack by someone who is supposed to be on the side of right, lowering herself to his level.

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
20. Sorry for the delay in replying. Need to make my position on egging really clear...
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 01:18 AM
Apr 2022

I don't give a fuck whether technically charges for egging someone would stick or not. Or whether you are outraged by eggings or not. I just don't care. Just for you, here's one of the greatest eggings of 2022. After putting up with Cookers disrupting my city for over two months and seeing the abuse they heap on our local police and any local who dares to stand up to them, I'd totally applaud an egging like this one:


&t=120s

Celerity

(43,400 posts)
8. +10000000000000000
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 05:32 AM
Apr 2022

Also, I do not think many on here who are strictly US-based (ie the vast majority) know what a Cooker (the RW protestors, and what a bloody brilliant tag, lolol) is.

Same as most would not know what bogan or blood nut or choccy biccy means.

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
12. You speak my language!
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 07:13 AM
Apr 2022

I dunno. Its not like the egg was hard boiled or anything that turned it into some sort of lethal weapon. Egging politicians is a tradition here, so maybe it doesn't translate well in countries where fascists having an egg cracked on them inspires OTT outrage...

The Cookers in Canberra have inspired someone to create a Wiki for them called Cookerpedia. It's pretty funny stuff and the Cookers are very angry at being made fun of...

https://cookerpedia.org/

Celerity

(43,400 posts)
13. The intrinsic beauty of the label is that it enrages the target
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 07:25 AM
Apr 2022

I grew up in London, loads of Aussie and Kiwi mates,(many online too) and am used to being called a pommy, lol. Plus we have been to both countries multiple times. We almost moved to St Kilda (Melbourne area, for those reading this who are unfamiliar) a few years back, and my parents own a house in Grey Lynn, Auckland (NZ of course).

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
16. You dodged a bullet with St Kilda...
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 08:06 AM
Apr 2022

I don't like Melbourne, not that I've ever lived there. Auckland on the other hand is on my wish list for retirement living...

Celerity

(43,400 posts)
18. lol, you sound like my wife (she wanted Sydney, like Bondi/Centennial Park area), but the reason for
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 08:29 AM
Apr 2022

Melbourne was an academic job at the University of Melbourne. I know the weather is bizarre there, but I always got a great vibe, and the houses we looked at in St Kilda were smashing (and loads cheaper than West London, lol, but then again most places are). End of the day, we just decided to go with another path (Sweden, which we love, save for the weather, snowing again and again lately all this week, arrff, a rotten spring for a change).

Still more than open to a move down under someday.


cheers

local for you!

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
21. Come to Canberra!
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 01:37 AM
Apr 2022

Speaking of Bentspoke, their main shop/bar/thingy is an easy walk from where I work. I've had a few work lunches there. I like them a lot because they didn't put up with any shit when the 'freedum' bunch were here in February and refused to wear masks even though there was a mask mandate at the time. The Cookers tried to googlebomb them and a few other local businesses, but many more locals gave legitimate good reviews which sorted things out...

I'd be keen on visiting Sweden one day, but don't think I could live there coz it's a bit coldish...


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