Alan Jones Retires

[Northalives]

Alan Jones is a vile and reprehensible man. The measure of what of pig of a man he is, is the fact that he has concealed his sexuality not because of any privacy concerns, but because he wants to preserve his status as a champion of the anti-homosexual, anti-muslim, anti anything that doesn't suit the EPA agenda or the right wing rabid capitalists or the extremist Christians.

He will go down in history as an abominable and repugnant person who incited violence, racism and bigotry. He has been Australia's misfortune.

 

[sherb]

Back in my right wing loony days I used to be a rusted on Jones listener.

That changed in 2003 with my conversion to a far better human being.

In hindsight, I can see how he fed my political beliefs and in fact often helped determine them. I wouldn't disagree with him too often.

So I can kinda relate to his listening audience in that regard (having been there).

The big difference is that so many of his listeners don't have the capacity to change, or question what they are being told, as I was lucky enough to be able to do.

I still to this day respect his work ethic, despite how little I think of him as a person and of his opinions.

Sydney in particular will be a better place for his departure from the airwaves.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Back in my right wing loony days I used to be a rusted on Jones listener.

That changed in 2003 with my conversion to a far better human being.

In hindsight, I can see how he fed my political beliefs and in fact often helped determine them. I wouldn't disagree with him too often.

So I can kinda relate to his listening audience in that regard (having been there).

The big difference is that so many of his listeners don't have the capacity to change, or question what they are being told, as I was lucky enough to be able to do.

I still to this day respect his work ethic, despite how little I think of him as a person and of his opinions.

Sydney in particular will be a better place for his departure from the airwaves.

Didn't know this about you Sherb. What caused the penny to drop, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[sherb]

Didn't know this about you Sherb. What caused the penny to drop, if you don't mind me asking?

Iraq War.

It made me completely revisit my views.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Iraq War.

It made me completely revisit my views.

You wouldn't be the first. Howard/Blair/Bush worked very hard on making people turn left.

For me, I grew up in an ABC-loving, Lib-voting household. I had a pretty conservative (old-style conservative, not rapacious-vulture-capitalism-style "conservative") outlook. Then in my early twenties, met some formidable leftist types who showed me what a lala land world I'd been living in.

Contrary to the BS cliche, the older I get, the less conservative I get.

 

[Kram]

Anyone that pom pom waves is an imbecile, doesn't matter what 'side' they happened to have picked.

 

[Gough]

You wouldn't be the first. Howard/Blair/Bush worked very hard on making people turn left.

For me, I grew up in an ABC-loving, Lib-voting household. I had a pretty conservative (old-style conservative, not rapacious-vulture-capitalism-style "conservative") outlook. Then in my early twenties, met some formidable leftist types who showed me what a lala land world I'd been living in.

Contrary to the BS cliche, the older I get, the less conservative I get.

I'd got pretty complacent about politics in my 20s and the Gulf War got me engaged again.

 

[sherb]

Contrary to the BS cliche, the older I get, the less conservative I get.

Same here.

 

[Chief]

I'd got pretty complacent about politics in my 20s and the Gulf War got me engaged again.

You'll be in the streets shouting "no consent!" in no time.

 

[kranky al]

You need to be more like your fearless leader, Anthony Albanese. He had the dignity and class to praise and thank Alan Jones for his untold charity work and his contributions to Australia. You should always respect your greatest adversaries. It shows humility and a willingness to learn from your weaknesses and mistakes.

Im guessing your parents are the most humble people on the face of this and any other planet.

 

[Lebbo73]

Back in my right wing loony days I used to be a rusted on Jones listener.

That changed in 2003 with my conversion to a far better human being.

In hindsight, I can see how he fed my political beliefs and in fact often helped determine them. I wouldn't disagree with him too often.

So I can kinda relate to his listening audience in that regard (having been there).

The big difference is that so many of his listeners don't have the capacity to change, or question what they are being told, as I was lucky enough to be able to do.

I still to this day respect his work ethic, despite how little I think of him as a person and of his opinions.

Sydney in particular will be a better place for his departure from the airwaves.

Now I understand where everything went wrong. Happiness is a given on the right of center.

 

[Nikita Blue]

The Age running Tom Switzer's hagiographic rubbish today made breakfast hard to swallow.

 

[sherb]

Now I understand where everything went wrong. Happiness is a given on the right of center.

Thank you for your kindness Lebs, always appreciated mate.

 

[NSWCROW]

Now I understand where everything went wrong. Happiness is a given on the right of center.

Happiest when they're bitching about whatever the " outrage of the week " is

 

[sherb]

Happiest when they're bitching about whatever the " outrage of the week " is

Hatred is happiness to our right wing friends.

 

[NSWCROW]

Hatred is happiness to our right wing friends.

Outrage Boners are the best kind

 

[sherb]

Outrage Boners are the best kind

Don't you miss the good old days when it was only us lefties who got outraged?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

David Squires nails it, of course. Jones as COVID. Genius.

David Squires on ... bidding farewell to a stubborn virus

Our cartoonist looks Australia’s reaction to the retirement of broadcaster Alan Jones

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kram]

David Squires nails it, of course. Jones as COVID. Genius.

David Squires on ... bidding farewell to a stubborn virus

Our cartoonist looks Australia’s reaction to the retirement of broadcaster Alan Jones

www.theguardian.com

If you aren't getting kickbacks from The Guardian for spamming BigFooty with their stuff every day you should be!

 

[Lebbo73]

Happiest when they're bitching about whatever the " outrage of the week " is

You of all people didn’t really go there?

 

[Lebbo73]

Don't you miss the good old days when it was only us lefties who got outraged?

Nothing has changed judging by the form displayed in the TDS thread.

 

[NSWCROW]

You of all people didn’t really go there?

We're gonna do this again are we ?

How many times will that make it ?

 

[Lebbo73]

We're gonna do this again are we ?

How many times will that make it ?

Accusing me of whinging regularly. You need to show us how your posts aren’t one big LNP hate fest.

 

[NSWCROW]

Accusing me of whinging regularly. You need to show us how your posts aren’t one big LNP hate fest.

I meant righties as a whole.

They wrote the book , we've had this exact argument 100 times already

 

[AM]

Back in my right wing loony days I used to be a rusted on Jones listener.

That changed in 2003 with my conversion to a far better human being.

In hindsight, I can see how he fed my political beliefs and in fact often helped determine them. I wouldn't disagree with him too often.

So I can kinda relate to his listening audience in that regard (having been there).

The big difference is that so many of his listeners don't have the capacity to change, or question what they are being told, as I was lucky enough to be able to do.

I still to this day respect his work ethic, despite how little I think of him as a person and of his opinions.

Sydney in particular will be a better place for his departure from the airwaves.

I think your first sentence speaks volumes. His appeal was largely to rusted on raving rightists and almost exclusively in the Sydney market. He undoubtedly had influence in the political sphere but I'm not convinced he changed too many votes.

He's still going to parrot on with his bigotry, racism and divisiveness late at night on Sky to the paltry audience they get.