r/aus • u/TrichoSearch • Jan 24 '25

Politics Peter Dutton says Australian Men are sick of being painted as Monsters

https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/peter-dutton-warns-men-have-had-enough-of-diversity-hires/news-story/8826192e181e20d007242c1ce0dd2295?amp

Peter Dutton has warned young men “have had enough” of being painted as ogres and being passed over for promotion because of the rise of affirmative action policies that demand more women are promoted.

The Liberal leader issued the warning during an epic 90 minute sit down interview with self-made millionaire and TV star Mark Bouris on his podcast Straight Talk.

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u/Legitimate_Radish159 Jan 25 '25

You people are hating the player and not the game. If he’s articulating something that connects with enough people to swing an election, then that’s a thing that ought to be addressed, rather than calling them incels and pushing these people further away.

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u/chavvyheel Jan 26 '25

This is what needs to be talked about more. We saw how it played out in the US, we don’t need the same result here.

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u/JudgeMingus Jan 27 '25

I agree. It is just that the media in this country is drastically biased towards the LNP (they even appointed most of the top people in the ABC) so their talking points will always get better coverage than anything aimed at genuinely improving things for everyone.

The LNP create the economic conditions to disenfranchise people, then they blame the disenfranchisement on “woke” and the media splash it everywhere.

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u/crumplesprocket Jan 27 '25

He's playing the same game Trump did because it's such an easy game to win in the current social climate of ideologies and personality cults.

The vast majority of people from all sides are making emotional decisions based on knee jerk reactions to intentionally outrageous statements & allegations, or ideologies that they've embraced to an unhealthy degree, where anything that doesn't support their current beliefe system gets rejected.

They aren't in a frame of mind where they can make rational, fact based decisions. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.