Sparking outrage after she called for the closure of Australian borders to Muslim people in the wake of the Nice terror attacks, Sonia Kruger has responded to her critics.
Posting on Twitter, the TV host says she should be “able to discuss these issues without automatically being labelled a racist”.
— Sonia Kruger (@SoniaKruger) July 18, 2016
She says discussion of such issues is “vital in a democratic society”. Sonia’s co-host, David Campbell, also posted on Twitter after the incident, declaring that “words were not his friends”.
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Thank you Sonia for an honest opinion...freedom of speech!
Considering Lisa Wilkinson always has to have the last say on everything, I was absolutely disgusted, but not surprised, at the way she ducked for cover.
Ugh this is such a hard topic that it's too easy to get caught up on a few words and everything gets blown up.
I wish the solution for safety was as simple as shutting all the Muslims out. If we could say for certain that they are all a problem and all extremists and that's that. But that's not the case. Not all Muslims are extremists and not all extremists are Muslim. Yes, there are a portion of that community who have taken bits and pieces and radicalised the teachings of their religion, but they in no way represent the masses. It's not the whole. It's the few. To say that the way to stop the attacks is to close the gates To people of this religion and race is like saying that all red heads are angry people and they can't live here. Or all Capricorns are stubborn so they aren't welcome. Or all middle children are screwed up so they aren't allowed either. It doesn't work. These blanket statements are untrue for a vast majority. Yes there are people who are willing to run the risk and exclude the guilty along with the innocent, but to do that would not only Cause us to miss out on some truly great people and experiences, but cause us to compromise the very fabric of our nation. We are a multicultural society here and base our lives on the premise that no one is lesser than anyone else, be they A different age, color, gender, race or religion. We are all equal. To think any other way is to let the hate win.
If shutting the Muslims out were a sound solution and solved the problem then I'd be all for it. If they were all truly evil and extremist terrorists then absolutely we should lock them out. But they aren't. And we can't punish the masses who are good people, for the truly awful few. It isn't fair, or right and it doesn't fix the problem.