Hooton’s beliefs

Matthew Hooton did a good post on Friday about his political perspective and beliefs. The full post is worth a read as he includes a recent speech he did. He comments that sometimes the different political tribes can never understand each other, quoting something Chris Trotter said:

“There live among us a reckless and very dangerous minority who use their triennial vote not as a tool – with which to construct a better future – but as a weapon. For these sociopathic individuals, the ballot is valuable only for the pain and suffering it is able to inflict upon the individuals and groups they despise. They seek to punish these people, by facilitating the election of political parties whose policies are most likely to fulfill their twisted fantasies of violence and revenge.”

Like Matthew I doubt such people really exist in politics – these sociopathic individuals with twisted fantasies of violence and revenge. But Chris Trotter semes to genuinely believe they do. Presumably so do some others in the “left tribe”. How very sad for them.