I am unashameadly left in my view of politics, if you hadn’t worked that out already. I am not, however, unintelligent and narrow in my thinking. Last weekend’s 2020 Summit, held in Canberra, Australia, was a meeting of some of the best minds in their field, and it offends me – no – disgusts me, to have small minded conservatives treat anyone who does not think like them, as naughty children with way too much to say.
Alexander Downer, former Australian Foreign Affairs Minister in the now defunct Howard Conservative government, has gone on the warpath today in support of Australia remaining a Constitutional Monarchy. He has labelled the 2020 Summit, and I quote “…a left gabfest”. Why? Because there were no conservatives there. Little Alexander didn’t get an invite, and neither did any of his colleagues because this summit was about what everyone can do for the future of Australia. The conservatives don’t like everyone having a say. They stick to the tried and true method of keeping the masses quiet, in their place, and lower than them.
Well, the masses spoke this weekend, and the conservatives didn’t like it. Mr. Downer was speaking at a Monarchist event and maybe spoilt little Alexander felt the other kids in the playground got to play too much, and now it was his turn. So the ’scoffing’ began. My friend and fellow blogger has recently written a great post on this very topic, and I will add to it by saying that when people ’scoff’, ‘look down their nose’, ‘ridicule’ and ‘patronise’, it is a definite sign of ego being deflated, and a loss of anything worthwhile to say. They think they can ‘put you back in your box’.
Well, I would like to see him put Sir William Deane, highly respected former Governor-General, back in his box. Or high profile businessman Lindsay Fox. Both of these men attended the summit. Bitter little Alexander has fallen from grace, and he needs his time to stand in the middle of the living room and have a tantrum. Of course he chose to have that tantrum at a Monarchist’s dinner, where everyone patted him on the head, gave him a lollipop and said ‘It’s alright, Alexander dear, we still love you.”
When the mighty fall, they usually sit there for a while, crying. Little Alexander needs to be told to get up off the floor, return to his privileged wealthy life in Adelaide, and give back to Australia in a postive way; by closing his mouth, and promising never to open it again.
I can’t embed his speech here, but go to http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/and search the word ‘downer’.
Or if you just want to watch my favourite satirists have a field day with Mr.Downer when he was Minister for Foreign Affairs, take a look.
Enjoy your day.
