Alan Jones’ Jacinda Ardern comment sparks mass exodus of advertisers
At least 10 brands have committed to pulling advertising from Alan Jones’ 2GB breakfast show, or confirmed their stance to continue to not advertise, in the wake of last week’s comment that Prime Minister Scott Morrison should shove a sock down New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s throat.
Anytime Fitness, ME Bank, Bing Lee, RSL Art Union, Amart, Mercedes Benz, Snooze, Bunnings, Total Tools and Big W have all issued statements after pressure mounted against advertisers, largely in response to a campaign by activist groups Mad Fucking Witches and Sleeping Giants.
“I just wonder whether Scott Morrison is going to be fully briefed to shove a sock down her throat,” Jones said after Ardern suggested Australia needs to “answer to the Pacific” on climate change. He then released a statement to say the resulting outrage was “wilful misrepresentation” because he meant to say that Ardern should “put a sock in it”.
Following backlash from the public and advertisers, chairperson of 2GB-owner Macquarie Media, Russell Tate, issued a statement warning that Jones’ contract will be terminated if he missteps again.
“Notwithstanding his apologies, I have today discussed the matter with Alan and advised him that any recurrence of commentary of this nature will result in the termination of his contract,” Tate said in a statement issued on Saturday.
Sleeping Giants responded to Jones’ comment by asking people on Twitter to “let his advertisers know how you feel”, and told Mumbrella it wants media agencies to start “playing the blame game”.
“We don’t want to talk about Jones, Macquarie Media or Nine Entertainment taking responsibility for what Jones said last week, what he has said before or what he will inevitably say in the future,” Sleeping Giants said.
“We would rather talk about companies, advertising agencies and media buyers. … We are told over and over by companies ‘We were unaware our ads were appearing on that program’. How does that happen?
“We want companies and the industry to start playing the blame game.”
ME Bank was the first advertiser to pull out, confirming on Friday that it has pulled advertising from 2GB because Jones’ comments “don’t reflect our values”.
Hi all, just an update from ME. Thanks for your feedback – we take this very seriously and these types of comments don't reflect our values. We've expressed our concerns to 2GB and have pulled advertising. Thanks – Annabelle
— ME (@mebank) August 16, 2019
Then came the RSL Art Union, which said it has instructed its agency to pull ongoing spots from Jones’ show.
**WITCHES – YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN** Here’s our SECOND SCALP FOR TODAY. YOWZAH!
Thanks so much to @rslartunion for your support for women! We so appreciate it! #FuckAlanJones pic.twitter.com/DIxOlDD3im
— ? Mad Fucking Witches (@MadFckingWitch) August 16, 2019
Over the weekend, Mercedes Benz confirmed it does not advertise on Jones’ breakfast show, a decision the luxury brand has “stood by for many years”. An advertisement that did appear during the slot was from a dealer associated with the company, the statement said, but it will work with that dealer network to re-evaluate advertisements associated with Jones.
Bing Lee stated that, as a “an Australian family-owned business”, Jones’ comments do not reflect its values and also pulled advertising.
MERCEDES-BENZ RESPONSE ALAN JONES
We are accepting @MercedesBenz does not/will not advertise on the Alan Jones show and will take steps to ensure dealers remove any future advertising.#Auspol pic.twitter.com/Gww552ZwkN
— ? Sleeping Giants Oz ? (@slpng_giants_oz) August 17, 2019
Snooze has also pulled all advertising from the show, while Bunnings said it does not advertise on Jones’ slot, but does place ads on 2GB during relevant gardening programs. It said two ads were aired “incorrectly”, “without authorisation from Bunnings”, which it is following up.
Big W, meanwhile, reassured customers that it will no longer be running ads with 2GB, stating that ads bought with the Australian Traffic Network will exclude the station moving forward.
Total Tools said in private messages to a customer that “the reported comments are not appropriate in any context, and at Total Tools we pride ourselves on promoting equality in all facets of our community”. It added that it aligns closely with the NRL broadcast on the station, but noted that the brand’s advertising manager is in discussions with 2GB.
“I would say we will be pulling our ads from their station,” the final message read.
Brilliant work PJ – Thank you so much for taking the initiative to contact Total Tools directly??#Auspol https://t.co/OPNnJiavts
— ? Sleeping Giants Oz ? (@slpng_giants_oz) August 16, 2019
And Anytime Fitness announced this morning it pulled advertising on Friday following customer feedback.
Founder of Mad Fucking Witches Jennie Hill says the pages’ followers are thrilled with how the campaign is going so far, and newly energised to keep up the pressure.
“Women have had enough of being talked about as if we are punching bags for men who disagree with them,” Hill told Mumbrella.
In addition to its campaign encouraging people to contact advertisers directly, Sleeping Giants has launched parallel campaigns to #SendASock to Nine chairperson Peter Costello (Nine is a majority shareholder of Macquarie Media and last week launched a complete takeover bid). And the group is similarly asking taxi drivers to #ChangeTheStation and stop listening to 2GB.
Jones has previously spoken about putting former Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a chaff bag and taking her out to sea. He added that Gillard’s father “died of shame”, claimed that female leaders are “destroying the joint”, and said that New South Wales’ Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s head is “in a noose”.
Last year alone, Jones used the ‘n-word’ on air again, demanded Opera House CEO Louise Herron resign over the Everest advertising debate, lost a $3.4m defamation case, said on ABC’s Q&A that female MPs who have alleged male colleagues have bullied them should “take a teaspoon of cement and toughen up“, and launched an attack on female sports journalist Beth Newman.
He signed on for a further two years with 2GB in May.
Sleeping Giants believes Jones is a risk to brand safety, and agencies must take responsibility, adding: “[We] don’t profess to know the inner workings of the industry but what we do know is that Alan Jones, Andrew Bolt, Sunrise, A Current Affair or the array of other repeat offenders have widely-known form and when the inevitable incendiary article, comment or segment creates a public outrage, no one is putting their hand up to take responsibility for a company’s brand being exposed.”
UPDATE 20 August: Koala, Lowe’s, and Aveo Retirement Villages have also pulled advertising, bringing the total count to 14. Newly-discovered audio reveals that Jones also said of Ardern: “Now I hope Scott Morrison gets tough here with a few backhanders. Hasn’t got a clue, this woman”.
Koala has cut ties with Alan Jones. We’re a significant buyer in the medium, and it’s something we should have done earlier. Climate change is real, violence against women starts with words and the bloke has had too many chances. @2GB873 time to wake up.
— Koala (@KoalaMattress) August 19, 2019
Witches, now it’s FOURTEEN companies. We’ve just heard that @LowesAustralia has removed all advertising from Alan Jones’ show. THANK YOU SO MUCH LOWES.
??♀️??♀️ MISOGYNY BEGONE ??♀️??♀️
WOW! @slpng_giants_oz #SackAlanJones pic.twitter.com/CWuHICXeEK
— ? Mad Fucking Witches (@MadFckingWitch) August 19, 2019
This is good and all, but it’s not new behaviour from Alan Jones. If these brands (and their media agencies who are supposed to be protecting them from such negative associations) don’t agree with his statements, they should have dropped out years ago, or never gotten involved in his program in the first place. Placing ads in his show is incredibly simple to avoid.
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Correct, it’s not new behaviour from Alan.
*collects popcorn and waits for the mouth to render himself extinct
(overjoyed)
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How many of those protesting against advertisers were ever listeners?
My guess, zero.
And while advertisers will pause, his ratings will remain strong, Liberals will continue appear on his show as guests, and the advertising dollars will once again return in a few weeks.
I’m also not sure firing Jones would be in shareholders best interests. Perhaps it’s the shareholders than need lobbying and not the advertisers…
See you back here in a few months.
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Alan Jones and his misogynistic ego should take a hike – he is a dinosaur
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I feel like ‘Total Tools” should be sponsoring Alan Jones not pulling out!
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Sleeping Giants OZ is openly attacking one of the [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy]
Is Mumbrella going to call that out for [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy]
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How pathetic.If you don’t like the bloke don’t listen to him.Grow up.
The perpetually offended need to get a life.Or better still,have a sock shoved down their throats.
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I presume telling a male ‘ to put a sock in it ‘ is OK? When it is against a female it is war but to a male it is ‘ wipe your hands ‘ and we move on ??. Stop this gender inequalities because it is ruining this world of sheepish comments. ‘If it is good for the Goose, it is good for the Gander’ ???
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I listen to Alan Jones regularly. Oddly, I can’t recall hearing any messages from those advertisers now claiming to be pulling their advertising from his program. Perhaps it’s the old routine of the few jumping at the opportunity for some free publicity – PC driven and a waste of time. It leaves me feeling most of those companies have an executive structure full of wankers.
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Well that comment is discriminatory and derogatory as well. What does his age matter? That makes him more knowledgeable if anything.
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Alan Jones cares more about Australia than all you lefties that want to get on your high horse over every comment made however you should stick to the ABC if you can’t handle the truth.
Long live AJ.
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The share of total advertising held by AJs breakfast show is minimal – how many of these same advertisers will pull all their spend from Nine Ent?
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You just won the internet.
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Well said..l agree
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Lefties cant on…they stuck in reverse
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To the morons, pulling their advertising from Alan’s Show, what bloody petty small minded people you are.. stupid nitwits!
It is not a matter that your product wont be supported if you advertise on the highest rating radio show in history… We are all circulating your poor brand names o AVOID BUYING YOUR PRODUCTS !
Alan speaks his mind, he has the guts and intelligence to represent by far the majority of true Australians !
So.. BAN THOSE, WHO BAN ALAN.
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????Well said.
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And.. WHO on earth is ME BANK ?
Must indeed be a light weight in the banking industry !
Funny, we all heard, and appreciated a number of quality commercials this morning on Alan’s show for COMMBANK… Australia’s biggest makor Bank. They are not silly, prudent people. We know who to support.. ” Which Bank ” !
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Haha…yr [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy]
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Lol. Nicely put by the big flea on the dogs back. [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy]
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I guarantee there’s one person commenting on this post using several different names.
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Alan Jones unreservedly apologised for his comment.
I agree his perceived misogyny is a problem.
His producer/s should have hit the silence button as he tends to fixate and becomes animated if the theme of his comment requires explanation.
Furthermore the 2GB management have to take ownership. Alan’s popularity and widespread coverage has made them and their station Billions.
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Perhaps a coincidence… ?
The price of NINE shares continues to fall., self destructing at top level.
I will be selling my shares.
Alan does not need these incompetents. When Alan choses to depart..2GB will become another 2UE.
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You are spot on ! Stay with the ABC, and drool and drible when that dreadul tv show comes on, Monday nights, while we vomit !
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You ever heard of the Royal Commission into the Banking Industry?
Just a little thing that pointed the finger at Comm Bank as being one of the main offenders in fraudulently gouging money from more that likely people who listen to Jones’ programme. And you’re defending them.What will it take for you lemmings to stop jumping off the cliff?
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Only in Sydney
Not in Melbourne
Ok
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Well one of those advertisers sums up the lot of them: Total Tools.
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Yeah don’t put dinosaurs down like that
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Your world is all inclusive until it comes to “dinosaurs”? Old, white guys? Hypocrite
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You know intellect is limited when a person cant communicate a point of view without common decency
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The left will fall if the public ever wake up to their nefarious reactions oganising the useful idiots who hate themselves and everyone else.
Jacinda Adern is the worst type of Marxist playing on the crowds emotions with swift reactions before logical decisions are able to be considered.
Sleeping giants expertly play the Australian sleeping public and commercial community.
Leftist online outrage campaigns are just that.
Only the leftist dominated media hacks take notice then create the media beat up.
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Freedom of speach, it’s alright for.NZ PM to.make comments about Australia and what we do in the Pacific, but God forbid if we ask the PM to stop and.look after there own backyard and make her point of view in private to Mr Morrison, This was a calculated comment from.her to get a reaction and good for.Mr Jones to get her to.mind her own business , it’s All advertising wether it’s good bad and when you want the.number radio show to.advertise your product and boost your sales you have the choice to stay or go , if you go don’t big note because someone else.will take.your place .
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I like lamp.
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You lefties are all wankers, stop ruining this society with you infintile whinging,
I’m sick of people being offended by every little thing. GET A LIFE LISTEN TO MUSIC.!!!
I wish sometimes I would have the guts to speak my mind like alan does, just because he said it to a woman all the bra burners and PC brigade come out in force,
Its time society stood up to these minorities and extinguished these clowns
Lets go back to the old days when you could have a joke with your mate and not be crucified for doing so….
Go back to your PC suburbs and sip your lattes and eat your smashed avocados and leave us alone…..
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Yes!!!! TOTALLY TOOLS
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Agreed. Can we have an IP address check and confirmation on multiple-posters pls eds?
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One day someone will start a protest organisation that will hit back at sleeping giant and the fools who follow this crap. A Jones is a decent man who loves this country shame to all you scum who hate this great country
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DOWN WITH OGANISING!
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One day someone will start a protest organisation that will hit back at sleeping giant and the fools who follow this crap. A Jones is a decent man who loves this country shame to all you scum who hate this great country
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I can’t believe how ignorent and Precious our society has become .
We are destroying the ability to express veiws .
Words only word’s there is nothing wrong with robust debate !
Most sensible free thinking people would understand that he was simply meaning that Mr Morrison should think twice about taking advice from Jasinda.!
most probably because Alan is not a huge fan of climate change and the scientific proof used to prove it.
I doubt greatly that the way the sock comments were in anyway meant as derogatory or violent.
Please Australia don’t go down the track of adding all comments made by Allen as some orchestrated pattern.
Considering Alan’s age and the fact that he speaks on a myriad of topics over decades .
Are we ready so ignorent and unfair as to link those comments into some kind of singular event or a surmation of his character .
If you express views and question things in order to make people think ,your bound to offend and if you a leftest idiopathic well your permanently in a state of offence.and yes they are enemies of the truth because it sometimes isn’t nice .
We need more Alan’s in this world .
Or there won’t be a voice
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I’m sorry but who the hell do u think u are… Allan Jones can say what he wants.. Toughen up.. It was only a comment… Put a sock in it has been around for years… Get over it. Jacinda Aden is no saint…. She is only famous for one thing
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I strongly agree with you he is like a voice in the cowardly week social engineering society we are becoming.
Alan is one of the few brave journalists left.
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Alan can be a dick but I think he is correct on this one, we give all the Pacific Island money loads of money and they carry on and as for New Zealand maybe they should kick the can a lot harder. Our globle warming is a joke or a blip on the radar and all the politicle correct lefties won’t to carry on Go Alan don’t go changing now .
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Seriously you ever offended bunch of goons need to get a life. Bloody grow up and PUT A SOCK IN IT!!
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Totally agree Chris Thomas. I won’t use their brands now. Totally gutless fools!
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This isn’t me – I couldn’t disagree more with these comments. What a horrible man and well done advertisers pulling their money.
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I agree Stephen babs! BUT LEAVE AVOCADO ALONE, I LOVE IT.
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Go Alan Jones. Adern is an Australian hating [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy].
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Ardern is a [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy], deserves the disdain of all Australians. More kiwis livng here than in NZ anyway, so who does she represent anyway.
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Great that they have given us a list of companies not to spend our money with. Go Jonesy.
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Wouldn’t have been such a fuss if a man was told to put a sock in it. Violence against anyone weaker is reprehensible not just women.
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I find it an ironic twist of fate that Alan who has defended free speach and a recent example in defence of Israel Falou .
again a case of the leftest in conjunction with leftest corporates influence in threatening an outspoken persons job it’s happening all to often .
Alan Jones has defended Australian’s for decades ,who is defending him.
I stand beside he this day as a fellow Australian.
I don’t agree with all, his view’s but I do
,agree we should be allowed to express them.
He is Dangerous to those who want to control us more power to Alan .
Thank you for your guts.
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Most gain wisdom with age, some don’t. That’s Jones!
Big feet in big mouth.
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Of all the Total Tools I’ve come across, Jones is the big daddy of them all.
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She represents thise who stayed home to help build their country, you know, New Zealanders.
As an Australian I wish we had leadership to take pride in instead we have liars, thieves and cowardly grovellers who speak in tongues.
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The NZ PM is a complete nitwit, only got to be PM because Winston Peters sided with Labor or we would have never heard from her, Winston is now regretting his decision and has voted against her on occasion as she and her party are halfwits. As for Alan Jones, keep up the good work at pointing out the loonie stuff that is coming from the left on both sides of the Tasman Sea, I am a former Kiwi now living in Australia and an Australia Citizen and say ” Put a sock down this woman’s throat because all that comes out is the stuff from the back of the bull”
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Jones at least speaks the truth, if roughly. Ardern is a trouble making novice and climate hypocrite stirring trouble for Australia with the Pacific island nations, who wouldnt have a bloody clue. Nor would she. And if MacQuarie media let Jones go theyd be in deep shit. They sre posturing. They wouldnt have the balls. Jones is a warrior for Australia against the troubled “luvvies” who have no idea. He keeps the dickheads straight. There is no other properly factual voice on Australian radio.
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My recommendation to advertisers is to ask yourself if you trust your media agency, or Sleeping Giants Oz to advise you on your media placement? One of them has your commercial interests and brand reputation at heart, and has access to all brand safely tools, audience analysis, attribution, usually PR advisors etc. I’m not entirely sure what the other one even is.
I’m not excusing Alan Jones, and I’m not saying that brands should or shouldn’t continue advertising on his morning show, but I do take issue with this type of lobbying from Sleeping Giants Oz, which seems associated with GetUp. This is political, and should be labeled as such.
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He is correct the NZ prime minister is not fit for the position the quicker they get rid of her the better.
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Well done sponsers. The NZ Prime Minister is a household name around the world and very well respected. More than I can say for our P M. Maybe some of the comments above reflect sour grapes. She is one of Time magazines 100 most influential people and was the victim of a raging lunatic. I am Australian and proud of it but acknowledge how respected the NZ PM is. We will wait for his next rant. Time to retire old fellow.
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It’s the advertisers loss. The pearl clutchers who are bombarding them with pleas to withdraw sponsorship are not 2GB listeners. He’s not the most successful broadcaster in the country for nothing. Only those who don’t listen to him hate him.
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You pathetic people,you don’t like him but you listen to him,
You are all clowns,allegedly
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Jones has done more to fan the dying embers of climate denial then anyone in this country.
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The right wing feel threatened by Adern—and for good reason. Have a look what Peta Credlin is saying about her on Sky
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If you’re listening to 2GB you’re probably in the lower IQ bracket. 2GB make their money by bullshitting the battlers with right-wing ideology. Climate change is always a hoax on 2GB and you will never hear a bad word about Donald Trump., no matter how appalling his behaviour or policies are. 2GBullshitting the battlers
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Russian bots alert.. lol, yeh, he’s a ripper bloke.
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Who are Mad Fucking Witches and why are they taking credit for Sleeping Giants’ work?
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I thought woman wanted equality, not special privileges, where you can’t criticize them, it’s fine to criticize male leaders like Trump and say the most disgusting things and advertising doesn’t boycott those media companies but if you dare criticise a woman leader it’s’ no free speech for you’ boycott.
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1 in 6 women are physically or sexually abused by a PARTNER(1 in 16 men) 1 woman is killed every 9 days.
The reason people are up in arms about Alan’s comment is because this type of comment normalises aggressive behaviour towards women.
I support freedom of opinion, it just doesn’t need to be so brutal. It’s as easy as changing your words.
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/behaviours-risk-factors/domestic-violence/overview
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1 in 6 women are physically or sexually abused by a PARTNER(1 in 16 men) 1 woman is killed every 9 days.
The reason people are up in arms about Alan’s comment is because this type of comment normalises aggressive behaviour towards women.
I support freedom of opinion, it just doesn’t need to be so brutal. It’s as easy as changing your words.
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/behaviours-risk-factors/domestic-violence/overview
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Agree, IP adress’s should be on all posts
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He didn’t say “put a sock in it”… he said, and quite deliberately, “shove a sock down her throat”. If this was a one-off, we might believe it was just an unfortunate slip of the tongue, but he doubled down on his violence sexism with this comment: “Now I hope Scott Morrison gets tough here with a few backhanders … hasn’t got a clue this woman.” https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/fresh-audio-reveals-yet-another-alan-jones-tirade-against-jacinda-ardern/news-story/92d92a9871c80930dc7a26cf9c6989d4
This misogynistic racist (he effectively launched the Cronulla riots) has been doing this job for far too long, and with too much form to consider this anything but deliberate. That you support Jones and think we should “Stop this [sic] gender inequalities” – on the basis that women are somehow staging and winning an imaginary war against white males by complaining about violent hate speech – speaks volumes.
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As Creative Hack said, his exact phrase was “shove a sock down her throat”. It wouldn’t be okay to say this about a male either, but the reason it’s worse to say it about a woman is the much higher rate of violence against women by men.
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Are you serious? Who gives a $@***! what Peta Credlin says about her? In fact who cares what Peta Credlin says about anything?
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Again the comment is just a comment put a sock in it ,has absolutely nothing to do with domestic violence .
He is a radio announcer he is trying to be animated and Jacinda is a politician a strong successful women as you probably would discribe her !
Well I’m pretty sure she can verbally defend her self and we won’t have to worry about Alan Jones life being threatened .
Male or female word’s don’t kill certainly not in the context we are talking about here.
I bet if she was to say the same back to him people wouldn’t be asking her to resign.
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To whomever posted the nonsense of one in 6 women .. really?
Do you have to constantly paint men as murders .
I wonder how many men who have been financially raped andhad their characters assassinated so their children turn against them.!
How many men have ended it because of a woman who mascarades as a victim it’s the type who quote these figures repeatedly on any occasion.
Stick to the context it’s a comment .
Sticks and stones are what you need to worry about ,!and there aren’t any here.
Just words get over yourself.
Find some hobbies.
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Does he own a powerful remote control ha ha.
I didn’t know he hangs around Cronulla.
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ME Bank is owned by the unions, shock, horror
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They are proud to call themselves that?
If there is an association like that connected with those advertising ,well it would explain this madness ironic.!
It would also explain the comment’s and terms they use like masogoney .
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She lacks credibility lol.
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As I said previously you are in hiteria ,the comment’s are not meant to be taken literally!
Are we to believe that there is some huge distinction between Put a sock in it and put a sock down the throat .
Same results words ,and expression that came out a little different.
Can I now fear the next sock advertising campaign, closely followed by an increase domestic
violence.
Please it is simply a witch hunt .
The bow is so long now and it might actually be a Giant rainbow most likely.
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A side note! thanks ? to mumbrrella for allowing a decent discussion here in this forum ,we don’t all agree with each other but we can express our view’s.love you all.
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Firstly, read the comment above.
Secondly, AJ didn’t say “put a sock in it”…he suggested Scomo (male) should “shove a sock down the throat of JA” (a female).
Thirdly, WTF does this sentence mean “Stop this gender inequalities because it is ruining this world of sheepish comments”?
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He didnt say that..you realky need to listen up mate. There is a difference in what jobes said and what you think he said. Oh how embarrassing ! Another man who doesnt like women. Ha ha
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Aren’t we lucky that we can speak freely? Voice our opinions? The left are so invested in destroying our freedoms they completely forget why and how western democracy is the reason they have a voice at all. Of course the climate is changing, always has and always will, oceans have been rising for millennia, that’s why we’ve got ancient cities under water! We only have ourselves to blame, not the sun, not the volcanoes, us! Keep drinking the kool aid (was that how it is spelt? Dunno, never drank the stuff myself)
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He was figuratively telling her to shut up, that’s it! …If you actually think Alan Jones would physically take of his dirty socks and literally shove them down the throat of a NZ prime Minister, you are Delusional.
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So it’s fine for leftists to mock and criticize conservative women , but dare criticize a leftist women and it’s Protest, Ban , winge , harrass
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Glad i now what products not to buy i seen flyers at the plaza calling these companies left wing quislings ant they were left on all notice boards
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So true
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Only respected by far left wing fools and quislings
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Geez who woke up the Tele comments section…
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Alan Jones didn’t say ‘put a sock in it’. If he did no one would have complained. He said ‘shove a sock down her throat’ – which is far more violent and cannot be explained as common usage. It’s not. He also said that Scott Morrison should get tough with a few backhanders – which means a slap with the back of the hand. He has in the past talked about putting another woman Prime Minister in a chaff bag and throwing her out to sea. If he didn’t really mean it then he shouldn’t say it. It has an impact.
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Jacinta Ardhern is a [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy]
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Just because you don’t accept or don’t seem to care about violence towards women doesn’t mean the rest of us shouldn’t. Almost 100 organisations have now distanced themselves from Jones/2GB so this is having a big impact. You can’t argue the fact that one woman a week is killed by her male partner in Australia. This is why the MFW campaign has the support of at least 55,000 people.
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Where was the outrage when Kyle Sandilands was deeply offensive? Weak hypocrites who cannot see past their noses.
Above is a treasure trove or organisations I will now actively avoid.
Attempts to silence voices you don’t like is un-Australian and a sign of a fragile society.
When did we become so triggered? Our great ancestors would be truely embarrassed by what we’ve become. Incapable of rational discussion and rigorous public debate, the impotent armchair warriors cannot cope with dissenting views so rather than engage they spit their dummy and move to silence others. It’s not about justice, it’s about revenge.
So happy to see in this instance they cannot win. Jones, for all his bigotry should continue.
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