‘Far-Right’ as an all-purpose term of abuse

The political world is full of baseless slurs uttered by historically and politically illiterate shock-jocks.

The current favourite is ‘far-right’.

Pretty much any crime against Woke will see you saddled with this slur. From querying Labor’s ‘Big Australia’ dream, to partaking in capitalism, to defending free speech… You’re ‘far-right’. You’re dangerous.

Dangerous to left-wing politics, maybe.

When it comes to the definition of ‘far-right’, the pillars of Western Civilisation serve as scaffolding while common sense and merit pad-out the walls.

There are so many Australians cosying up to ‘far-right’ ideas and political parties, that there’s a genuine concern this radical point of view will become the majority. Given how embarrassing it would be to the UniParty and its Green and Teal offshoots to have the Australian people leaning back into old-school values like prosperity and democracy, something has to be done.

Democracy isn’t working, so it has been decided to re-classify political dissent as ‘terrorism’.

What did the head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, have to say about extreme-right propaganda in 2021?

‘Extreme right-wing propaganda used Covid to portray governments as oppressors, and globalisation, multiculturalism, and democracy as flawed and failing.’

That seems a bit harsh. Is it really ‘far-right’ to oppose abusive governments and question their authoritarian methods? Is it ‘far-right’ to pick fault with globalism and multiculturalism? Well then… It must definitely be ‘far-right’ to see flaws in our democracy (unless you want to dismantle democracy entirely – then you’re a social justice warrior).

Mike Burgess continued:

‘So-called right-wing extremism has been in ASIO’s sights for many years … today’s ideological extremist is more likely to be motivated by a social or economic grievance than national socialism. More often than not, they are young, well-educated, articulate, and middle class – and not easily identified … ideological extremists are now more reactive to world events, such as Covid, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the recent American Presidential election.’

ASIO cannot define what they mean by ‘far-right’ because there is no ‘far-right’ movement, only a collection of citizens with different complaints about the government who feel as if they are not being listened to and so have aligned themselves with freedom-oriented political parties.

It’s not extremism or terror – unless you’re a member of the UniParty and you’re terrified about the next election.

Most of us would rather ASIO pay more attention to Islamic terror threats instead of chasing political shadows, especially in light of what’s been happening in Europe over the weekend.

Journalists are even more devoted to their fears of the ‘far-right’ – perhaps because they are tired of the masses using their free speech to criticise them on social media…

What – exactly – constitutes ‘extreme’ right-wing beliefs to those who toss the slur around?

One article said this:

‘These include an ideological commitment to: violent social revolution, a hatred of Islam and other forms of cultural diversity, homophobia, a deep suspicion of the democratic state, and a contorted exaltation of the principle ‘survival of the fittest’. There is also a deep hatred of nature and green-progressive politics.’

I beg your pardon?

Have you ever heard of your ‘far-right’ conservative friends plotting a violent social revolution? No. Neither have I. The people waving Australian flags, commemorating our sacred days, and demanding the government honour its heritage are hardly treading water in front of a revolution.

Parties such as One Nation want a restoration and a return to sanity.

The only people tossing statues aside and demanding ‘the colonies fall’ are on the left. They are the ones with red spray paint on their hands.

As for harbouring a hatred of green-progressive politics, yes, those who care about the environment tend to hate the idea of wind turbines clogging up our rainforests and corrupting our beach views. It takes a special kind of insanity to bulldoze nature at the behest of billion-dollar foreign companies and then claim you are the one who cares about green things.

We will not be gaslit by the left. They are not the caretakers of nature.

Also upsetting those on the left is the so-called far-right’s ‘nurturing of womanhood’. How the protection of womanhood has been repainted as a type of far-right evil is unclear. Should we not nurture womanhood? Or is womanhood still seen as a threat to the cold, impersonal order of a communist society…

The article further accuses parties, such as One Nation, of camouflaging their ‘far-right’ ideas under conventional or centrist policies. Sorry to disappoint, but One Nation says exactly what it means. If our polices or ideas are perceived to be ‘conventional’ or sensible – that is because they are.

And here is where the article’s argument against the ‘far-right’ becomes interesting, if not disturbing.

It takes particular offence at the protection of individual freedom and liberty.

‘Far-right politics exalt the individual as a “sovereign citizen” who should be permitted to determine his or her own life choices without interference by governments and their oppressive majorities,’ the authors complain.

Well, yes. Citizens are sovereign. They should be permitted to determine their own lives. The government should keep out of their way as much as possible.

‘Freedom is therefore conceived in terms of individual prosperity and power beyond any sense of social responsibility or justice.’

Yes, individual freedom to live, work, and succeed should be paramount otherwise citizens are merely slaves to the will of the State. One Nation believes that your life is your own, not the plaything of ideologues and activists.

‘Far-right ideology, specifically, creates a meaningful truth narrative which is deftly welded onto real or imagined grievances and social anxieties … the far-right narrative, therefore, is able to blame the government, the rule of law, outsiders, the state, and expert systems like medical science.’

Setting aside the political left being home to the largest and most costly grievance industry ever created, the idea that you cannot blame the government for policy mistakes is simply extraordinary.

Governments are both the curators and caretakers of society. Their errors, of which they have made many in recent history, filter down into catastrophes if left unchecked.

Mass migration from the third world, is absolutely a government policy error that has created very real and very difficult problems for citizens of which they very much should place blame directly on Albanese and the Labor Party.

I could go on, but the words of these authors condemn them sufficiently.

If ‘far-right’ means to put Australia first, to love Australia, to honour her history, to cherish her culture, and to stand up for the rights and liberties of every citizen – then alright. We are all ‘far-right’.

https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/08/far-right-or-just-right-about-everything/

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