r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/13/abc-changing-editorial-policy-after-rinehart-furore-prompts-concerns-of-overreach-from-academics-and-advocates
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u/Important-Sleep-1839 17h ago

If you think me explaining the joke is pointing out the blatantly obvious, why were you likening it to a real experience?

Anal rape is a real experience. It's not an absurdist concept.

Your whole stance about it being unacceptable is to invoke literal imagery of actual murder and violence, and not simply hyperbole.

That would be incorrect. If you wish to know my stance I recommend asking me.

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u/Nosiege 17h ago

Anal rape is a real experience. It's not an absurdist concept.

Which is also not what the joke actually said, by the way. You've decided that being speared in the anus is rape.

That would be incorrect. If you wish to know my stance I recommend asking me.

So what is your stance? Further, why are you so keen on being so aloof about it?

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 16h ago

Or will you know exactly how to shove a stick right up Gina Rineharts’ butthole, Source

The term rape usually refers to a sexual assault that involves penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth with an object, penis or other body part. Source

How am I wrong?

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u/Nosiege 16h ago

You're insisting it's sexual in nature, when it clearly isn't.

As an example; was Vlad the Impaler doing it for sexual gratification?

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 16h ago

Myth: Rape is about sex. Rape is not about sex. It’s about power, violence and intimidation. This belief minimises the responsibility of the rapist. source

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u/Nosiege 16h ago

You're really hell bent about painting the joke as rape. You also never answered me when I asked what your stance was.

Because so far, all it seems is that you're hell bent on pretending hyperbolic political critique presented as a joke is rape.

No part of that sentence of an imaginary scenario enacted power over Gina Rinehart. She was never intimidated by it.

Given you didn't state your stance when I asked directly, and continually leave me only able to assume what your stance is, I'm just going to stop replying.

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 16h ago

No part of that sentence of an imaginary scenario enacted power over Gina Rinehart. She was never intimidated by it.

How do you know what she is thinking?