conix, A more right-wing Australian journalist you couldn't find. A mini Rush Limbaugh you could say. She defends disgraced child abuser Catholic Cardinal George Pell; she supports coal-fired power stations and conspiracy theory around global warming; she supports the racist white genocide "replacement" theory. Devine has it all. The Murdoch press believers love her.
"Rise of Sanders and AOC has some NY Democrats feeling ‘left’ out [...] In a night of heavy sighs on MSNBC, Chris Matthews likened the Vermont socialist’s... [...] “Lifelong Democrats are really concerned that the party has moved so far to the left, they’re never going to win an election,” says Ashman."
That article has one aim, to promote division within the Democrat party.
As for division within the Democrat Party, so what. How about the "never Trumpers" of the GOP?
Miranda Devine i know very well.
Commentary
Devine is noted for her conservative stance on a range of social and political issues, including Catholicism, and this approach has proved controversial at times. But also she has been critical of some conservative politicians, such as former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and in April 2016 she coined the term "delcon" (delusional conservative) to describe some of his uncritical diehard supporters.[5][6]
In 2009, Devine suggested that green ideologies like biodiversity conservation were to blame for the poor management of forested areas and national parks, and consequently for the deaths during the Black Saturday bushfires event [7]. This rhetoric was revived during the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season[8], but promptly rejected by the scientific and firefighting community [9][10]
In 2011, Devine used the news of Australian federal government minister Penny Wong's decision to parent a child with her female partner as the basis of a column in which she argued that the 2011 riots in England were the result of a "fatherless society".[11][12]
In 2015, Devine sparked considerable controversy after claiming that "women abusing welfare" were the main cause of domestic violence. According to Devine, "If you want to break the cycle of violence, end the welfare incentive for unsuitable women to keep having children to a string of feckless men".[13]
In 2017, she wrote that share bicycle schemes were a terror threat.[14]
In 2018, Devine advocated for the continuation of coal-fired electricity options; she has repeatedly suggested that climate change is a political conspiracy.[15]
Devine has been accused by media of promoting the white genocide conspiracy theory and described as pivotal in popularising the concept within Australian politics.[16] Referring to white South African refugees as "oppressed white, Christian, industrious, rugby and cricket-playing Commonwealth cousins", she has claimed they would "integrate seamlessly" with European Australians.[17]
In 2019, Devine defended convicted child sex abuser George Pell, claiming that the victim’s “accusations are implausible” and that “Victoria police chief Graham Ashton desperate for a distraction from the crime epidemic he’s incapable of stopping”.[18]
Lastly, You questioned my bona-fides as an Australian to be a moderator of this board. You questioned my right to contribute to political debate here. What is your position on her?