NinjaFletch
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Abbott is a pretty high profile member of the shadow cabinet. She's regularly talking in the press, it's not a case of her merely being singled out. How many other top labour mps are regularly going on talk shows, radio etc? Labour have used her as a mouthpiece on a number of occasions and it's backfired.
I mean, the Mao quote was just the worst thing she's said that I can think of. And it's pretty terrible. As far as I'm aware she never apologised for the comment either, so there's the issue of that as well.
The mojito shit was obviously stupid, and she's obviously become more and more of a target as she's become a bit of a caricature. But she played a large part in forming that caricature by saying despicable/incredibly stupid shit related to race baiting or excusing dictators. Do Tory MP's escape the same criticism? Possibly, but most of the major newspapers are pro-tory so it's something you'd expect, especially during election time the gutter press are far more likely to focus on a labour MP slipping up than a Tory MP.
I just have very little sympathy for somebody who has expressed the kind of views Abbott has. I don't think she deserves any of the abuse and anybody racially abusing or threatening people should be facing the consequences of that, but as an individual if you attempt to argue in favour of arguably the worst human being ever, responsible for the deaths of tens of millions, or race bait to the level Abbott has ... do I really feel that sorry for you?
Err, literally all of them virtually every single day. It's their fecking job!
I think you've proven my point with that one sentence actually, so we'll leave this discussion here.