![]() Rintoul pretty much takes that line, admittedly omitting the invective: O r, rather, in their mind at least, allows the righteous Left a fig-leaf to refuse to engage with ou r a rguments. ![]() ![]() Indeed, where the very existence of our work has been grudgingly acknowledged, we have been dismissed as hateful, right-wing racists, which therefor e automatically discredits us. Our efforts have been met with nothing from academia or mainstream media but a st ony silence. Andrew Bolt, Quadrant and Dark Emu Exposed have been trying to engender some sort of debate for a number of years. ‘ The Dark Emu Debate ’? Really? What debate, I ask. B ut I must also say I take issue with the subtitle of their book. Last Saturday’s Age and Sydney Morning Herald contained an article by Stuart Rintoul, ‘ Has Dark Emu been debunked?’ that examines a new book Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate by two Melbourne University academics, anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist, Keryn Walshe. Finally, the spurious claims of Bruce Pascoe are coming under serious scrutiny from a source more credible than those alleged hotbeds of racism, Quadrant or the Dark Emu Exposed website. ![]()
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