KimFeb 19

What staggers me most about the PM's cruel and flippant attitude to the Australian women and children stuck in Syrian camps, is the level of misogyny and complete lack of self reflection.

'They made their bed' is a disgraceful trope trotted out about single mums to blame the women for any range of misdemeanours. His own mother would have been subject to the same comments and judgements without any regard to her circumstances.

His callous attitude is near sociopathic and frankly I've never thought so lowly of him as a person.

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@Ex_spurt
Totally agree…
Absolute lack of empathy and full on judgemental (religious) attitude.
I may not agree with the life choices these women made, but that is no ground for ostracising them from their nationaliity and their rights as citizens

I’m unsure if those citizen rights are codified anywhere in the Constitution. They are more likely to be enacted in law and hence subject to legal interpretation by the Courts. Therefore, those women and their children ought to have access to Australian Courts with legal representation and not be trialed by political pressers. I have always been dubious of the way legal power is vested in Ministerial portfolios (a UK legacy I gather).

#ISISBrides #AustralianCitizenship #CitizenRights

Feb 20 at 1:19amWeb
Show threadKimFeb 20
@RaymondPierreL3 when you do the numbers many of these life choices were made when they were teenagers. And that choice was to give up their own agency and be subject to the will of their husband. There may be some among them without regret but holding them to those decisions now is heartless and wrong. Forcing their children to endure that burden is down right inhuman
Show threadRaymondPierreL3Feb 20

@Ex_spurt
I totally agree with you.
The best thing that can be done (from all perspectives) is to bring them home and give them the support they need to slot back into society whatever their beliefs because anything is better then leaving mothers and children exposed to further #radicalisation feeling #abandoned #helpless, and without hope.

#BringThemHome #AusPol #ISISBrides