They hate and call it love

More evidence that the Left is the natural home of the modern barbarian, whose prideful "compassion" is no more than the thinnest disguise of a savage and violent hatred. Here's what some of the Left's notables told the ABC's Unleashed they wished for 2010:

Sophie Cunningham, Meanjin editor and author:

I WANT less government-sanctioned homophobia. I don't want to hear the phrase "Australian families" one more time. Ever. I want the people I love to be well and the people I don't love to be well also. Except for Tony Abbott.

Catherine Deveny, comedian, columnist, author:

MY dreams for 2010? The reintroduction of stoning for Channel 9 executives, religious fundamentalists, people who ask you to bring your own meat to their barbecues, parents with gifted children and climate change sceptics… If I could hope for something that could feasibly happen by this time next year, it would be the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia. Or, in the case of my racist, bigoted, homophobic, judgmental, passive aggressive, narcissistic, wealthy grandmother, involuntary euthanasia.

Bertrand Russell actually said if first:

Much of what passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

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