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Jeff Sparrow
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Jeff_Sparrow
Melbourne, Australia
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Guardian columnist; 3RRR Breakfaster; writer; nogoodnik.
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Jeff Sparrow
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Depraved coffee?
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Jeff Sparrow
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Thank you!
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Jeff Sparrow
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I guess any fascist who doesn’t have a swastika tattoo on his neck gets described as a ‘hipster’
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Jeff Sparrow
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Column for @GuardianAus on Australia’s vote against an investigation into the Gaza shootings theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Tim Barnes
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From the director of GET OUT... pic.twitter.com/XqVXm5EhlB
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Jeff Sparrow
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That’s what you get from this? You can’t understand why people writing about anti-Chinese racism might be upset about a piece that insinuates they’re engaged in information war, presumably on behalf of the CCP? Seriously?
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Jeff Sparrow
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Thank you @scribepub for this
goodreads.com/review/show/18…
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Jeff Sparrow
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Which makes the generalised insinuations of your piece even more irresponsible. You accuse people discussing anti-Chinese racism — as I did for a major outlet — of
‘weaponising narratives’ as part of an ‘information war’ conducted by a foreign power. That’s no small charge.
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Jeff Sparrow
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So you’ve written an article saying pieces such as mine were part of a ‘strategy’ (a ‘type of information attack’, no less) but now you say that you weren’t implying that anyone was behind the strategy. How does that make any sense?
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Jeff Sparrow
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You can’t lead with a claim like that and then defend yourself by saying, oh, 'later on I say you’re not necessarily all foreign agents’. Well, you can but it’s an extraordinary way to conduct an argument.
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Jeff Sparrow
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'But what if the talk about anti-China bias is itself part of a strategy to muddy the discussion in Australia and undercut Australia’s ability to defend its sovereignty? What if the accusation of Australian racism is itself a weaponised narrative?'
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Jeff Sparrow
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If you have evidence that writers are somehow in league with the CCP you should publish it. But it’s extraordinary to suggest those taking a political position with which you disagree might be foreign agents — and then trust your readers to sort out whether they are or not.
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Jeff Sparrow
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If you have evidence that I (or anyone else) is receiving orders from Chinese state media you should print it. But it’s pretty extraordinary to publish a blanket implication and then walk it back later in the article with ‘well, not all of them are’.
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Jeff Sparrow
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. @chrizap I wrote a piece on anti-Chinese racism for the Guardian a few weeks back. Are you implying that it was part of a campaign by the Chinese Communist Party? If so, that’s outrageous. If not, how were Fairfax readers supposed to make the distinction?
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Jeff Sparrow
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Thank you for proving my point. As I suspected, you’d quite like sexual freedom to be treated as akin to pedophilia: that is, as a serious crime deserving of punishment and ostracism. Handmaid’s Tale indeed.
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Jeff Sparrow
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Here’s a Weaponised Narrative I prepared earlier
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Jeff Sparrow
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What if the accusation of a weaponised narrative is itself a weaponised narrative? 🤔 #howdeepdoestherabbitholego
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Jeff Sparrow
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I mean, ffs pic.twitter.com/cPmwxLpT5J
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Jeff Sparrow
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A few weeks back, I wrote about the long history of anti-Chinese racism. This SMH piece comes very close of accusing people like me of being in the service of the Chinese government. smh.com.au/world/asia/is-…
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Jeff Sparrow
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Yes, I support sexual freedom, so obviously I oppose those who campaign against it, especially when they say they want to ‘enforce’ their prejudices. And the idea that there is — or could be -- empirical data on what ‘is best for society’ is risible.
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