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Hating Tony Abbott: #AusPol Facebook Style

Hating Tony Abbott: #AusPol Facebook Style

by / January 29, 2013/

In the interests of a fair political debate, and out of sheer curiosity, I’ve compiled a list of Tony Abbott Facebook Hate Pages. Unlike my previous blog ‘When Facebook becomes Un-Friendly: Julia Gillard targeted in #AusPol Hate Pages‘ the tone of anti-Abbotteers is significantly different. For a start they aren’t nearly as handy with Photoshop.

The most outrageous Facebook Cover photo?dontletfriendsvotefortony

And they get milder and more satirical from here in:

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And for the Photoshop artists, the cut-paste-word-mash-up:

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BUT perhaps most concerning is the buy-your very own ‘Friends, don’t let friends vote for Tony Abbot’ classic thong … that’s taking campaigning to a whole new …ur, um, level. (Yes, that’s a real hyperlink – you can purchase a classic thong, along with your t-shirt). Sorry, I don’t have that level of dedication for any political candidate! (But I’m starting to wonder who does?)

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A quick scan of Google Images however, results in a treasure trove of political, satirical artistry:

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nope boatsandgays

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And not forgetting the obligatory ‘Tony the Abbott’father_abbott

and those ol’ budgie smugglers …

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The Verdict?

Abbott haters aren’t nearly as malicious in their attacks. Tony Abbott isn’t denigrated for his sex, he can parade about in budgie smugglers without being labelled a jock and the instances where personal attacks are launched: it’s because of what he’s said, his policy on certain topics or his views. I mean people must REALLY hate you if they go to the trouble of designing a classic thong for you.

Why is it OK to call the Prime Minister of Australia a Slut; but no one batters an eyelid when Tony trumpets about in his budgie smugglers?

Why is OK to compare Julia Gillard to Adolf Hitler; but no one draws the same correlation between Abbotts’ views on Gays and that of Hitler?

Why is OK to spam social streams with Photoshop Propaganda that is tasteless and mostly, offensive?

In what can be summed up as political satire (except perhaps the classic thong) the social war being waged against Tony Abbott is significantly different to the spam-bot infested, offensive social content produced by anti-Gillardites.

Tony Abbott’s hate brigade on Facebook:

About The Author

Nicole Matejic

Nicole is an internationally recognised and trusted authority on navigating national security, crisis and emergency management challenges in environments of converged threat and risk. A regular instructor and guest speaker for NATO, Nicole is highly regarded for her work in distilling how terrorist organisations use influence operations in violent extremism, radicalisation and influence vectors within information disorder. A Non-Resident Fellow at The Krulak Center at the United States Marine Corps University, Nicole also holds the appointment of Adjunct Lecturer at Charles Sturt University in the School of National Security and Terrorism. Nicole is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Southern Queensland, where she is researching the path to jihad. Her thesis ‘The Jihadi Nudge’ is a multidisciplinary body of work that investigates how terrorist organisations use behavioural economics models of choice architecture (or decision science) to influence individuals toward radicalisation and recruitment. An early adopter of using social media for OSINT in the law enforcement, intelligence and later military environments; Nicole's time serving with Australia’s Customs and Border Protection Service (now Australian Border Force) saw her work extensively in passenger air operations and intelligence fields. Nicole’s first book ‘Social Media Rules of Engagement’ was published by Wiley in 2015.

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