Mind numbingly stupid. Almost as stupid as making Prince Philip a knight FFS. WTF is Prince Philip going to do with an Australian knighthood, knighthoods only reintroduced to Australia under Abbott. Even his own ministers are openly critical of it. Anachronistic and stupid on so many levels. WTF does that say to Aboriginals then? And what average Aussie gives a slightest fuck these days about the monarchy?
Anyway, so Abbott is defending himself against the entire social media online world in Australia, who is having a field day with him knighting Prince Philip. He comes out with this:
"I'll leave social media to its own devices. Social media is kind of like electronic graffiti and I think that in the media, you make a big mistake to pay too much attention to social media," Mr Abbott said on Australia Day. "You wouldn't report what's sprayed up on the walls of buildings." moreI wonder what the Sydney Morning Herald thinks of it being described as "graffiti"? Talk about a fossil. What's the real media then? Rupert's paper edition of the Daily Terrorgraph? Fox News corporate brainwashing? The Australian; another of the Lieberals cheer squad? Does he think those are the proper media? No wonder he's out of touch.
I've said before there's a whole new area of study that's developed. Virtual consciousness, or the online consciousness of the masses all connected together, sharing information, and seeing things as they really are in the world. Not through the eyes of corporations or gov propaganda. Abbott has really missed the boat on this.
So much for the new start to the new year :s
BTW, what then of the $4.3 million he's spending on monitoring social media?
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