Commentary
How on earth can an unwanted gate-crashing by ugly neo-Nazis of a rally so derail the message of the rally and have its participants so tainted to have someone expelled from a parliamentary party?
It seems surreal, but it is happening right here in Australia. Courtesy of the bulk of the mainstream media engaging in tribalism as opposed to professional reporting, aided and abetted by a leader unwilling to defend his own in the face of a media onslaught. Loyalty is a two-way street.
Tribalism allows members to justify the unjustifiable. If you are in the tribe, any indiscretion will be overlooked, whereas the exact same indiscretion by a member of an opposing tribe is attacked and relentlessly pursued, with the hypocrisy of the position taken completely ignored….