1010 Israel Folau puts 'Hate' Laws to the Test; Why he's Right and they're Wrong

Israel Folau puts 'Hate' Laws to the Test; Why he's Right and they're Wrong

Newsletter published on April 17, 2019

(1) Class basis of the Gay/Trans Lobby, and the Opposition to it
(2) Israel Folau puts 'Hate' Laws to the Test; Why he's Right and
they're Wrong
(3) AFL football hero Gary Ablett ‘liked’ Folau's post
(4) Why Does Rugby Let Qantas Pick Our Team? - Andrew Bolt
(5) Comedy Festival removes Barry Humphries over Trans
(6) Melbourne comedy festival strips Barry Humphries's name from major award
(7) 'Shut up and retire': Barry Humphries slammed for transphobic comments
(8) Barry Humphries "the most significant comedian to emerge since
Charlie Chaplin"

(1) Class basis of the Gay/Trans Lobby, and the Opposition to it
- Peter Myers, April 17, 2019

From: Christopher Paul <christophermpaul@outlook.com>
Subject: RE: Qantas CEO is GAY (threatening to withdraw sponsorship of
  Wallabies, over Israel Folau)

I think that Samoa went to the Germans after the Franco Prussian war and
Conference thereafter. ... the East of Fiji is Polynesian rather than
Melanesian. ...

E. Michael Jones says that the Corporates are behind the LGBT Movement
and the Gay CEO is probably a factor, although my gay friend from Our
Lady of The Rosary primary school was a Gay Air Steward for Air NZ and
it may be an industry thing.

Comment (Peter M.):

When the Gay Movement began in the universities during the 1970s, it was
Far Left - run by Communists (mainly Trotskyist) and Anarchists. They
supported Feminism too; all of them opposed 'Patriarchy'.

The Sydney Gay Mardi Gras began as a Far-Left political protest. There
was not much Business support at first.

Only after decades of Feminist and Gay propaganda, did Business join in
a big way, and executives come out as 'Gay'.

Gays congregate in 'Green' suburbs in the inner cities and in rural
areas where 'Hippies' predominate. Many are wealthy, and constitute an
elite, but they do not have much support among the Working Class -
Hillary's Deplorables.

Working Class men used to call homosexuals "Poofters" - this was the pub
talk. To counter that Working Class culture, there has been a big effort
to get sporting heroes to dress in pink, come out against 'Homophobia',
etc. Israel Folau did so, four years ago.

Now that Folau has declared that he will live for God, publicly
following the traditional Christian teachings on personal morality,
instead of toeing the politically correct pro-Gay line, he faces the sack.

But he is refusing to go quietly: Rugby Australia faces a protracted
legal struggle as it attempts to sack him. This struggle is Prime-Time
news, meaning that it reaches deep into Working Class consciousness.

The fans who flock to the sport don't pay to see the officials,
bureaucrats, sponsors etc. They want to see the Stars, and when their #1
Star gets the sack from faceless bureaucrats, they will be none too happy.

Some may take a religious turn, following Folau. Others may boycott
their team, which could force coaches and managers out. Sponsors may
also be replaced.

Folowing on the Folau spat, actor and comedian Barry Humphries - famous
for mocking the Australian character in the guises of Dame Edna Everage,
Barry MacKenzie and  Sir Les Patterson - has come out against the Trans
movement, lampooning it with the comment "How many different kinds of
lavatory can you have? And it's pretty evil when it's preached to
children by crazy teachers".

For that, his name has been removed from a Comedy Festival (see items 5-8).

Folau is 30, of the Millenial generation; Humphries is 85, a Middle
Class icon of the Baby-Boomer generation.

His public falling-out with the Gay movement is a sign that it has
over-reached itself, and faces a backlash not only from the Working
Class but from the Middle Class too. We are finally over the crest.

Will the politicians get the message?

(2) Israel Folau puts 'Hate' Laws to the Test; Why he's Right and
they're Wrong
- Peter Myers, April 17, 2019

Folau's call for sinners to Repent or face Hell is just the traditional
Christian teaching most Baby-Boomers grew up with. Australia of the
1950s & 60s was a 'Christian Socialist' country.

Folau's sacking is a statement that the old-time Christian religion has
been banned from public discourse - deemed to contravene 'Hate' Laws.
This shows that the Culture War (against tradition) has in fact been a
Communist Revolution conducted in slow motion, led by the same
combination of forces as the Bolshevik Revolution.

Those forces are Trotskyist-Globalist.

Despite apparent opposition between those two wings, George Soros has
funded militant Trotskyist groups such as the International Socialist
Organisation: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/fund-a15.html

'Hate' Laws are in place to stop any return to the old ways; much as the
Czar's family was murdered to show that there's no going back.

Once Russians realized that their new Bolshevik masters were Despots,
they rose up in the Kronstadt Mutiny. Trotsky ordered a massacre, which
eventally rebounded on his head as Stalin took power.

Today, Trotsky's place is taken by George Soros. His foundations and
NGOs are excluded from Russia and Hungary.

Putin's Russia has restored its traditions, including Christianity, and
provides a model for us. There, homosexuality is legal, the Gays still
have their Gay Bars, but they are prevented from proselytising to young
people. Barry Humphries endorsed this with his comment "it's pretty evil
when it's preached to children by crazy teachers".

In Russia, traditional religious are legal - including Christianity,
Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Paganism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Russia

Religion in Russia (2012)[1]

   Orthodox Christianity (42.5%)
   Unaffiliated Christians (4.1%)
   Other Christians[a] (0.5%)
   Spiritual but not religious (25%)
   Atheists (13%)
   Muslims[b] (6.5%)
   Pagans[c] (1.3%)
   Buddhists (0.5%)
   Other religions[d] (1.1%)
   Undeclared (5.5%)

"Religion in Russia is diverse with Christianity, especially Orthodoxy,
being the most widely professed faith, but with significant minorities
of Irreligious people, Muslims and Pagans. A 1997 law on religion
recognises the right to freedom of conscience and creed to all the
citizenry, the spiritual contribution of Orthodox Christianity to the
history of Russia, and respect to "Christianity, Islam, Buddhism,
Judaism and other religions and creeds which constitute an inseparable
part of the historical heritage of Russia's peoples",[3] including
ethnic religions or Paganism, either preserved or revived.[4]"

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In the West, we must also accept Islam as one of the legal religions.
That does not mean accepting Islamic fundamentalism, any more than it is
accepted in Russia. Judaism must also be accepted, but not on an "Israel
First" basis. That is, Jews must be Jewish Americans not American Jews.

(3) AFL football hero Gary Ablett ‘liked’ Folau's post

https://thewest.com.au/sport/rugby-union/gary-ablett-caught-up-in-israel-folau-instagram-post-fall-out-ng-b881168812z

Gary Ablett caught up in Israel Folau Instagram post fall-out

The West Australian

Monday, 15 April 2019 10:08AM

Wallabies star Israel Folau has spoken out for the first time after
making controversial comments online.

AFL legend Gary Ablett Jr has been caught up in the drama which is set
to end Israel Folau’s Wallabies career.

The Herald Sun is reporting the Geelong superstar and Carlton’s Matthew
Kennedy were two AFL footballers who ‘liked’ the controversial Instagram
post which could bring down the cross-code superstar.

The post was of an image titled ‘WARNING’ and suggested that
homosexuals, drunks, liars and fornicators would go to hell if they
didn’t repent.

Ablett was one of the 37,000 who reportedly liked the post, before
removing his like on Sunday.

The dual Brownlow medallist is deeply religious, and used to hold prayer
sessions on the Gold Coast with teammates Zac Smith and Aaron Hall.

Kennedy is also on record as a practicing Catholic.

It is understood Geelong were not aware of Ablett’ interaction with the
post.

Folau is expected to be handed an official code of conduct breach notice
by Rugby Australia today.

Once he receives that notice he will have 48 hours to respond before the
start of a code of conduct hearing.

RA have twice gone public with their intention to tear up his $4 million
contract over the issue.

(4) Why Does Rugby Let Qantas Pick Our Team? - Andrew Bolt

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/why-does-rugby-let-qantas-pick-our-team/news-story/dfb9688f89548be0b27f74e136de3e4c

Why Does Rugby Let Qantas Pick Our Team?

Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun

April 14, 2019 7:50pm

It seems Rugby Australia has sold out fans — and Israel Folau’s free
speech — for a sponsor’s cash.

Sure, RA can sack the Wallaby fullback for posting on his Instagram
account that hell awaits gays as well as "drunks, adulterers, liars,
fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters".

If sacking Folau is what it takes to keep sweet Qantas, the Wallabies’
main sponsor, that’s what an accountant would say must be done — and RA
says it will do it.

(5) Comedy Festival removes Barry Humphries over Trans
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/barry-s-comments-didn-t-help-why-comedy-festival-removed-barry-humphries-s-name-20190416-p51emj.html

'Barry's comments didn't help': Why Comedy Festival removed Barry
Humphries's name

By Broede Carmody

April 16, 2019 — 5.03pm

The director of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has
explained the decision to rename their prestigious Barry Award, saying
controversial comments made by namesake Barry Humphries hadn't helped
their relationship, but were not the sole reason for the shift.

The Barry, the festival's top gong, will now be called the Melbourne
International Comedy Festival Award and is given yearly to the comedian
with the most outstanding show during the festival. Entertainment news
highlights

Festival director Susan Provan said the name-change was not directly
related to Humphries's heavily criticised comments about transgender
people, but rather about reflecting the growth of the festival in recent
years.

"We've been talking about changing the name for some time," Provan said.
"Barry's comments didn't help our relationship, honestly. But, overall,
we just feel that the festival has grown so much that it's time our
award name reflected something broader than just one man. More than a
third of our winners have been women. We'd rather it say Melbourne
comedy award."

The move comes less than a year after Humphries described transgender
people as a "fashion", and over three years since he described Caitlyn
Jenner as a "mutilated man", sparking criticism from previous Barry
winners including the likes of Hannah Gadsby and Zoe Coombs Marr.

"What's important to us is the performers who make up our festival,"
Provan said. "We feel it's extremely important we have an award all of
those people can be excited about. We listen to what they say.

"Barry Humphries has been a trailblazer and nothing will take that away
from him. But it's time for our awards to be bigger now and represent that."

Barry Humphries will no longer have a Melbourne International Comedy
Festival award named after him. Credit:Simon Schluter

It's not the only change the festival has seen recently: it's also cut
ties with cartoonist Michael Leunig. The artist, who has a contract with
this masthead, has in the past come under fire over his cartoons
relating to vaccination. In 2015, one of his works suggested the
Victorian government's decision to ban un-vaccinated children from
kindergarten and childcare facilities was a "fascist epiphany".

Earlier that same year, he drew a picture of a mother with a baby
running away from a hail of needles. The Melbourne Comedy Festival this
year replaced Leunig with fellow The Age cartoonist Judy Horacek.

Humphries, 85, is best known for his alter ego Dame Edna Everage but has
made more headlines in recent years for his inflammatory remarks.

Gadsby has described Humphries's views as "irrelevant" and separated her
Barry Award from the man it was named after when she won in 2017.

"I don't agree with a lot of the things Barry Humphries has said
recently," Gadsby said. "It is not something I will walk past. With full
respect, I would like to accept this award just for me."

Last year, she tweeted, "Barry Humphries loves those who hold power,
hates vulnerable minorities and has completely lost the ability to read
the room.

"That's not a comedian, that's an irrelevant, inhumane d--- biscuit of
the highest order."

A spokeswoman for Victorian arts and equality minister Martin Foley
declined to say whether or not the government supported the renaming of
the Barry Award. "This is a decision for the comedy festival," the
spokeswoman said. ==

(6) Melbourne comedy festival strips Barry Humphries's name from major award

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-16/barry-humphries-name-dropped-from-prestigious-micf-award/11018726

Barry Humphries's name stripped from Melbourne comedy festival award
after transgender controversy

By Yara Murray-Atfield

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has stripped Barry
Humphries's name from the festival's biggest award, following furore
over the performer's comments about transgender people last year.

Key points: - Instead of the Barry Award, nominees announced today are
up for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award - Humphries
sparked calls for the award to be renamed after describing being
transgender as a "fashion" - Festival Director Susan Provan said the
comments "definitely played a part" in the name change

Since 2000, the most outstanding show at the festival has won the Barry
Award, named after Humphries — but this year the title has been renamed
the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award.

The nominees include transgender comedian Cassie Workman.

Humphries is a household name for his iconic characters Dame Edna
Everage and Sir Les Patterson, but last year came under fire for saying
that being transgender is "a fashion".

"How many different kinds of lavatory can you have? And it's pretty evil
when it's preached to children by crazy teachers," Humphries said in an
interview with The Spectator magazine.

Previous winners of the Barry, including Hannah Gadsby and Zoe Coombs
Marr, called for the award to be renamed after he made the comments.

Gadsby, who won the 2017 award for her worldwide success Nanette,
tweeted that Humphries "loves those who hold power, hates vulnerable
minorities and has completely lost the ability to read the room".

In 2016, Humphries called gender re-assignment surgery "self mutilation".

Festival director Susan Provan said Humphries's comments were "not
helpful" and "definitely played a part" in the name change, but the
festival had been considering the move for "a while".

Humphries is a founding patron of MICF and has been recognised as an
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and Commander of the British
Empire (CBE).

He has worked as an actor, satirist and artist for six decades, and been
awarded several honorary doctorates from Australian universities.

Trans comedian among nominees 'couldn't be more excited' Anne Edmonds,
Cassie Workman, Geraldine Hickey, James Acaster, Nath Valvo and Tom
Allen were announced this morning as the nominees for the renamed award.

Humphries is a founding patron of MICF and has been recognised as an
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and Commander of the British
Empire (CBE).

He has worked as an actor, satirist and artist for six decades, and been
awarded several honorary doctorates from Australian universities.

Workman is a transgender woman and was nominated for her show Giantess,
which deals with her transitioning process.

She did not comment on the name change, but told the ABC in a statement
she was "very honoured" to be nominated.

"In so many ways, it is symbolic, of a society that sincerely wants to
support and uphold trans people and their stories. This is truly
wonderful, and I couldn't be more excited."

Ms Provan said conversations about the name change had been going on for
a long time before the judges decided on the nominees, but wanted the
new award "to celebrate the breadth of the artists that participate in
the festival".

A representative for Humphries has been contacted for comment.

(7) 'Shut up and retire': Barry Humphries slammed for transphobic comments

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/shut-up-and-retire-barry-humphries-slammed-for-transphobic-comments-20180723-p4zt0h.html

By Robert Moran

July 23, 2018 — 9.34am

Barry Humphries is facing heavy criticism after making hostile comments
about the transgender community.

In an interview published in the UK's Spectator, where he was asked if
his famous character Dame Edna Everage had sparked backlash among
transgender activists, Humphries, 84, called "transgenderism" a "fashion".

"How many different kinds of lavatory can you have? And it's pretty evil
when it's preached to children by crazy teachers," he told the Spectator.

Responding to a statistic that "more than 40 per cent of trans men and
women have attempted or considered suicide", Humphries described
activists' calls to have transphobia "treated in law as a form of
assault" as "terrible ratbaggery".

He also brushed off the outrage he caused in January 2016, when he had
described gender-reassignment surgery as "self-mutilation" in comments
about Caitlyn Jenner.

"They had their genitalia chopped off and tucked in and whatever they
had to do," he told the Spectator, recalling his previous comments. "And
that aroused a lot of indignation – probably among the people who'd
spent a lot of money having it done. But I don't think I'm right to
pontificate. I'm really an actor."

The comments drew an immediate rebuke online, with activists calling
Humphries an "ignorant bigot" and urging him to "shut up and retire".

In a viral tweet, comedian Hannah Gadsby called Humphries an
"irrelevant, inhumane dick biscuit of the highest order."

In the interview, Humphries – who was promoting a series of gigs at
London's Barbican with Australian cabaret singer Meow Meow – also said
he was "grateful to Trump for stirring up politics", and that he was
planning a new show based on his gross character Sir Les Patterson, as
an "opportunity to cause maximum offence".

(8) Barry Humphries "the most significant comedian to emerge since
Charlie Chaplin"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries

Barry Humphries

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian
comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. He is best known for
writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna
Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script
writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning
writer, and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of
dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender
described Humphries in 2010 as not only "the most significant theatrical
figure of our time … [but] the most significant comedian to emerge since
Charlie Chaplin".[1]

Humphries' characters have brought him international renown, and he has
appeared in numerous films, stage productions, and television shows.
Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured
Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Dame Edna Everage has
evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom – a gaudily
dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally fêted Housewife
"Gigastar"; Humphries' other major satirical character creation is the
archetypal Australian bloke Barry McKenzie, who originated as the hero
of a comic strip about Australians in London (with drawings by Nicholas
Garland) which was first published in Private Eye magazine. The stories
about "Bazza" (Humphries' nickname, an Australian term of endearment for
the name Barry) gave wide circulation to Australian slang, particularly
jokes about drinking and its consequences (much of which was invented by
Humphries), and the character went on to feature in two Australian
films, in which he was portrayed by Barry Crocker.

Humphries' other satirical characters include the "priapic and
inebriated cultural attaché" Sir Les Patterson, who has "continued to
bring worldwide discredit upon Australian arts and culture, while
contributing as much to the Australian vernacular as he has borrowed
from it"; gentle, grandfatherly "returned gentleman" Sandy Stone;
iconoclastic 1960s underground film-maker Martin Agrippa, Paddington
socialist academic Neil Singleton; sleazy trade union official Lance
Boyle; high-pressure art salesman Morrie O'Connor; and failed tycoon
Owen Steele.

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