tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10509509.post905567343679881345..comments2023-07-03T00:12:18.846+10:30Comments on Richard Chirgwin's Blog: What if it's the citizens that are right?Richard Chirgwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16526072768607449952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10509509.post-9579784168493976392012-10-14T01:07:33.253+11:002012-10-14T01:07:33.253+11:00Laura Tingle wrote the best article I've come ...Laura Tingle wrote the best article I've come across from a member of the press gallery on the "context" of the Gillard speech: http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/complicated_canberra_drama_compels_Ur4YjFhuRIJOd7Mk5e9F7K<br /><br />I think most of the media missed the fact that Slipper's text messages were not actually sexist. Describing female genitals as looking like unshelled Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179691507887634088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10509509.post-84429684665807002352012-10-13T13:19:40.427+11:002012-10-13T13:19:40.427+11:00The media seems unable to grasp that Julia Gillard...The media seems unable to grasp that Julia Gillard was not defending Peter Slipper. She was defending parliament against it becoming a Kangaroo Court and she was defending herself and her family against the snide, vicious, sexist attacks from Tony Abbott. Not one media outlet even mentioned the speech made by Mark Dreyfus QC who outlined the reasons the SSO should failMarian Rumensnoreply@blogger.com