Has Scott Morrison no sense of irony? I know he has no sense of decency but does he realise he has left his party open to accusations of hypocrisy? Apparently not.
What a low act it is to direct his department to call asylum seekers ‘illegals’ and to call refugees ‘detainees’. It is not illegal to seek asylum, it is not against international nor Australian law. This is a clear case of negative labelling which has been used for generations to build up a fear and hatred of our enemies. We called the Germans ‘the Boche, the ‘Huns’ and the ‘Nazis’. The Japanese were the ‘Yellow Peril’, the Vietnamese were ‘the Gooks’ and so it goes. It dehumanises them and our leaders do this so that it easier for us to accept that our soldiers are killing them.
The refugees who come to Australia are not the enemy. In most cases, they are genuinely desperate people looking for safety but labelling them ‘illegals’ and reminding us they are thrown into detention like common criminals sets them apart from the comfortable, white anglo-saxon community so we don’t have to concern ourselves about them.
Here’s the hypocrisy - Mr Morrison, it’s not illegal to seek asylum but it is illegal to rort your expenses. Maybe you could have a word with your corrupt, criminal mates who rip off the Australian people on a regular basis and tell them to get their own house in order before slandering other people.
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