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I watched the raw footage of Tony Abbott's much criticised conversation with a US general where he said 'shit happens'.

Tone & demeanour is everything. It was obviously to me that Abbott was referring to the perils of war.

Yet, lefties everywhere are insinuating he was referring to the loss of Australian life. I think you'd have to be pretty cynical to draw that conclusion.

A common practice among lefties is to villainise their opponents to almost cartoon-like dimensions. I'm not saying the right doesn't do this, but the left really take the cake. Even political debates are villanised i.e. the 'evil' rich & the downtrodden poor. Climate change accepters vs deniers, supports of anti-smacking & child beaters.

The hard-left are quick to use the words like hate, racist, and greedy to describe opposition – as if their arguments aren't strong enough to stand on their own. A rather convenient way of dismissing an opponent's arguments is to reduce them to something akin to evil. It's also selfish and egotistical to cast yourself in the role of the heroic crusader.

I find it ironic the left go to such extremes given their PC proclivities.

I'm interested to see whether this characterisation of Tony Abbott backfires.

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