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Masculinity is not toxic

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Masculinity is not toxic

Those who use biological strength against women and children are not masculine. They are cowards. 

Masculinity is never inherently toxic. It’s protective, capable of great violence against evil, yet selfless and strong when practised appropriately.

The phrase is toxic. Masculinity is not.

Alexandra Marshall had this to say in the Unfiltered newsletter:

Let me begin by wishing all the fathers a Happy Father’s Day for the weekend. If you were on the East Coast, you were also lucky enough to have perfect BBQ weather and I have to say it was lovely to see so many families outside enjoying Australia. On this topic, Michael de Percy has taken issue with Bill Shorten’s ramblings, in particular, his discussion around ‘toxic masculinity’. Masculinity is not toxic, insists Michael in reply. 

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Masculinity is not toxic.

Albo’s secrets are supposed to protect us, not erode our security

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National security secrets are meant to protect us.

The conservative position on national security is typically to trust our military and national security agencies to do their job and to do it well. After all, we expect that these people prioritise our national security, often at the expense of their families and their personal interests. And keeping secrets is part of the job.

But keeping secrets about tourist visas for refugees fleeing a war zone created by Hamas, the proscribed terrorist organisation that attacked Israeli civilians enjoying a music festival (and took scores as hostages, including children), we have to wonder who is being protected.

My latest in The Spectator Australia with Sascha Dov Bachmann, Albo’s secrets are supposed to protect us, not erode our security.

Beware the infiltration of ‘pocket socialism’

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Pockets of socialism are our individual responsibility and our liberal democratic heritage 

Have you ever noticed pockets of socialism appearing in our society? I refer to identity politics practices that infiltrate our liberal democracy in unremarkable yet profoundly disturbing ways as what I call ‘pocket socialism’. It is time to notice and act before these practices become embedded in our society forever.

Writing in Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

And finally, I couldn’t believe it when I read Michael de Percy’s piece about ‘pocket socialism’ but more particularly, about the plan of two women to run on a single ticket to make Parliament ‘more inclusive’. FFS, if you can’t do the job and won’t commit to the hours, don’t put your hand up. It’s time people started telling these individuals ‘no’ instead of indulging their whims.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:

Germany had pocket battleships. According to Michael de Percy, Australia has pocket socialism: those many but disjointed points in our society and economy where identity politics and left-wing claptrap hold sway. It’s up to conservatives to sink pocket socialism just as the Royal Navy sank the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in 1939: ships of inferior firepower outwitting their bigger-gunned enemy by smart thinking, teamwork, and strong leadership.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Beware the infiltration of ‘pocket socialism’.

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