tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post3192914165379167428..comments2024-03-29T18:49:49.469+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond marvels at the Murdochian admiration for former Chairman Rudd, so cruelly treated by the despot Malware ... relax, it's Friday arvo, it's already wrapping the digital fish and chips ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-18476909941276316072016-08-06T16:14:05.763+10:002016-08-06T16:14:05.763+10:00I'm always just a bit nonplussed by the likes ...I'm always just a bit nonplussed by the likes of Leak who, after all this time, is still too brain-challenged to understand that even if we do get what he thinks he's displayed - in this case three offensively rendered caricatures of aboriginals (one of whom might have been Anthony Dillon's father if it had been in Queensland) - it's seldom clear (especially given his wingnut mindset and limited talents) what he intends it to say.<br /><br />The best 'what I'm displaying is just what I'm saying' merchant was Tandberg - who can forget his wonderful cartoon that lost Fraser an election ? The one with a picture of a very aloof, nose-in-the-air Fraser with the caption 'The public image of Malcolm Fraser' in the left hand panel, then exactly the same picture, but with the caption 'The real Malcolm Fraser' in the right hand panel. A clear display, and an equally clear message. (Sorry, I can't seem to get Google to find me a copy of the cartoon. sigh).<br /><br />But a posse of media wingnuts are all so very sure that Leak's message is clear and unambiguous, and anybody who doesn't just "get it" is an evil Leftie Social Justice Warrior. Next time, we should see if we can insist that all the wingnut Social Injustice Defenders are cut off from the media and have to write out their interpretation of what Leak is "saying". Naturally, they'd all have independently arrived at the "one right view", wouldn't they.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-48101832807822221182016-08-06T07:42:50.163+10:002016-08-06T07:42:50.163+10:00The pond is amazed and gratified GB that you made ...The pond is amazed and gratified GB that you made it to the end, and still had the sense and strength to make a comment about the witless Leak. The pond awards you the stainless steel reader of the month trophy, and is immensely titillated at the thought of serialising War and Peace ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-72088895759270879652016-08-06T02:29:58.849+10:002016-08-06T02:29:58.849+10:00Despite it coming over like a Barbara Cartland pot...Despite it coming over like a Barbara Cartland pot-boiler (weren't they all ?), I did stay with Ned's Rudd saga right to the end. Maybe next Friday, DP, you could start serializing War And Peace ? It's the only way I'll ever get to read it.<br /><br />But I did take something from the epic tale: a reiteration of the old saw 'I know you think people understand what you thought you said but I'm not sure you realize that what they heard is not what you meant'.<br /><br />Leak says, via the Bolter amongst others, that he can't understand why people have to ask what he means. I can't understand why he's so determinedly stupid after all these years - but I guess the company he keeps helps keep him that way.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com