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Leading article Australia

The intolerant Left

10 September 2016

9:00 AM

10 September 2016

9:00 AM

Three recent events have exposed the hypocrisy of the Left. While trumpeting civility and tolerance, and parading its hatred of hate speech, the Left will do anything to avoid debating contentious topics, or even hearing an opposing view. The lone tool in its rhetorical tool-box is the kind of virtue-signaling, Godwin’s Law-fulfilling, debate-chilling retort that Bill Shorten used so nonchalantly against Cory Bernardi on Safe Schools back in February: ‘No, mate.

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