A fighting liberal

Written By: - Date published: 8:48 pm, June 14th, 2013 - 42 comments
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Lieutenant General David Morrison schools the misogynists and shows how you can be tough and liberal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaqpoeVgr8U

Best quote:

“You may find another employer where your attitude and behaviour is acceptable but I doubt it. The same goes for those that think toughness is built on humiliating others.”

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  1. Pete 1
    14 June 2013 at 9:06 pm

    The man knows how to lead. Let’s hope be succeeds.

  2. RedLogix 2
    14 June 2013 at 9:17 pm

    Words. Not. Minced.

  3. TheContrarian 3
    14 June 2013 at 9:31 pm

    If that guy gave me a dressing down like that I would feel very small indeed.

  4. karol 4
    14 June 2013 at 9:38 pm

    Hmmmm. He read it well, but seems a bit robotic for all that. Dead eyes.

    Why is a guy talking tough about sexism not being tough so news worthy?

  5. Jim Nald 5
    14 June 2013 at 9:38 pm

    Would love to see him, in another role, campaign against Tony Abbott.

    • LynWiper 6.1
      15 June 2013 at 8:20 am

      Thanks for that Pete. Well worth reading. David Morrison appears very genuine indeed. The speech Eddie has highlighted certainly tackles the issues head on. I wish David Morrison and his supporters well in tackling these issues.

  7. NickS 7
    14 June 2013 at 9:42 pm

    Anvil fired for effect (from a rail gun).

  8. Tim 8
    14 June 2013 at 9:58 pm

    Apparently the Aussies want him for PM!
    I’d rather see him as Commissioner of the NZ Police

  9. Colonial Viper 9
    14 June 2013 at 10:14 pm

    Lieutenant General Davis Morrison schools the misogynists and shows how you can be tough and liberal.

    Everyone bear in mind that in this case “liberal” means “better foreign war fighting machine”.

    • karol 9.1
      15 June 2013 at 8:13 am

      Yes, CV. It is this that gives me pause.

    • Populuxe1 9.2
      16 June 2013 at 2:58 am

      Given that we’ve established climate change, peak oil, and god knows what else are going to make our part of the world very desirable, vulnerable territory in a few decades, I’m not sure why you’re implying that’s a *bad* thing.

  10. georgecom 10
    14 June 2013 at 11:18 pm

    Imagine if Don Brash had made that sort of speech whilst leader of the National Party.

    There would have been howls of protest along with an exodus of Nat supporters.

    • Matthew Hooton 10.1
      15 June 2013 at 8:31 am

      I assume you are being ironic. Had brash made such a speech he would still be prime minister

      • Pascal's bookie 10.1.1
        15 June 2013 at 10:26 am

        If Brash wasn’t Brash and was advised by people who weren’t his advisors then mebbe anything could happen.

        But in the real world he made dissing Clark’s marriage and talking about ‘mainstream’ part of his message, didn’t see any problem with it.

      • georgecom 10.1.2
        15 June 2013 at 1:28 pm

        No Mathew, not ironic except in maybe the sense that Brash (you know, Family Don, my wifes from Singapore Don etc) would never have made such a speech. Had (family) Brash done so, the howls of protest amongst sectors of the Nat Party would’ve been loud and some people would’ve packed their bags and left.

        • georgecom 10.1.2.1
          15 June 2013 at 1:38 pm

          And I’ll suggest several reasons why Brash would not have been Prime Minister.

          1. “Honest Don” was exposed, he got caught out making a deal with the EBs and then trying to cover it up. That exposure really sunk him.

          2. “Mainstream Don” was exposed, as he made secret deals with the EBs (you know, when they met to ‘pray’)

          3. “Family Don” didn’t actually come out until after the election, my wifes from Signapore and my girlfriend from Auckland.

          Thankfully we didn’t have to suffer “Economic Don” and his dated economic policies.

  11. millsy 11
    14 June 2013 at 11:23 pm

    Us liberal wooly namby-pamby lefties need more bloke like Morrison. If Slater and his boyfriend carried on like they do in front of him, they would be doubling round the parade ground.

  12. Matthew Hooton 12
    15 June 2013 at 8:17 am

    This guy should be sent to have a “chat” with Eden Park management.

    • Paul 12.1
      15 June 2013 at 8:23 am

      And a lot of New Zealnd’s sports culture.

      • Rhinocrates 12.1.1
        15 June 2013 at 9:22 am

        And he should have a chat with some spin doctors.

        Here’s Hoots channelling Alastair Thompson on “stupid maori” Nanaia Mahuta on 92N: “When you get pregnant, you leave your job”.

        Kathryn Ryan replies, “Keep digging, Matthew…”

        Hypocrite, much?

        Weasel excuse in 10… 9… 8…

  13. RedBaronCV 13
    15 June 2013 at 1:07 pm

    This is the sort of talk we need so long as he walks the walk as well and yes I think he’s angry as well because he may feel he has a slightly wider problem of who is actually in charge.

    Did you notice in the opening minute that he mentioned a “network” of people swopping tasteless material on the various defence force emails & network. Now if you are an army commander, presumably the last thing you need is networks inside your force who do not subscribe to a “common purpose or value” because one day that network may be supporting or promoting some value that is not that of the democracy that gives the force it’s legitimacy. The last thing any state needs is it’s defence force captured by any special interest groupt

    Now this is a long winded way of saying “what if a network formed in your force that was say anti dope smoking – nothing wrong with this. Then parliament passed a law saying no criminalising
    dope smokers and they held to their values and started taking out the local tinnie house with the weapons we give them.”

    I’m picking that he will get a flood of tip off’s followed by a wave of departures.

    • Colonial Viper 13.1
      15 June 2013 at 1:23 pm

      The anti-dope smoking network may not be such a problem, but there are law enforcement and military forces out there where the racist and homophobic internal networks are real problems.

      • RedBaronCV 13.1.1
        15 June 2013 at 2:00 pm

        Yes I agree – but was using dope smoking as a “soft” example. As well as racist and homophobic networks there could be ultra religious networks (of all varies christian included) or based on a particular econ theory (neoliberal?) or that support a particular parliamentary group -which is the stuff coups are made of.

  14. Green machine UpandComer 14
    16 June 2013 at 5:20 pm

    I just find it very telling that liberals think any kind of speech or action that promotes respect for women is intrinsically ‘liberal’. How do you know this man is ‘liberal’ just because he has a laudable attitude towards respect for women in the Oz armed forces? Respect for woman is not something ‘owned’ by liberals, in the same way that the sanctimonious Greens do not ‘own’ any issue that is obliquely related to the Environment.

  15. Grumpy 15
    16 June 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Seems like a top bloke and he seems suitably pissed off.
    However……. strange that this suddenly surfaces this week when the Aussie Army have been investigating this for for over 3 years.
    Coincidence – much?

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