That is to say, it had a simple message about the foolishness (and dangerousness) of dishonouring, mocking and bullying Muslim Australians. Here's a snippet (that refers to the importance of cultural cooperation in the battle against violent extremism).
It's a radical proposal, I know, but let me say it out loud: maybe we should stop putting so much effort into marginalising people whose goodwill we so keenly need.
*I gave up once it's scope became clear: fluffy stereotype reinforcement featuring young well-adjusted mums and dads and their hilariously juxtaposed attitudes to white goods, sheds, sports days and who makes the salad / who sets up the tent on family holidays.
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i simply find the whole idea that we should be nice to muslims because we want their cooperation, because it's in our best interests to do so, because we don't want to marginalise them... ludicrous.
as soon as we think up reasons to be civil and respectful of others we've lost any semblance of humanity, humanness.
there is always going to be hatred, vilification, marginalisation because of - wait for it - human sinfulness.
giving logical reasons to stop this don't and won't work.
Interesting observation psychodougie. I didn't think Glover's point was that "we" should only be respectful to Muslim Australians for self-interested reasons. According to my reading, he was suggesting that bigotry is not only inhuman and therefore wrong but, when directed at a marginal subset of our population whose support and trust "we" need to secure "ourselves" against violent extremism, counterproductive also.
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