They condemn tweets instead of terror

…Senator Hanson’s tweet on Sunday came in quick order after US President Donald Trump tweeted similar sentiments using the attacks to demand courts in his country reinstate his failed travel ban aimed at predominantly Muslim countries.

…Trump says the travel ban, a centrepiece of his 2016 campaign, is needed to protect Americans from terrorist attacks. Critics say his reasoning is flawed and assail the ban as discriminatory.

On Thursday, his legal team asked the high court to allow the March 6 executive order to take effect immediately despite being blocked by lower courts. The Supreme Court rarely grants emergency requests.

-au.news.yahoo.com

What those criticising Trump and Hanson fail to understand is that they are not using tragedy for political advantage. If they were, they would be using the tragedy to try to promote new policies. What they are doing is reiterating policies and viewpoints that they have consistently held all along. If you were elected on a platform of preventing dog attacks, of course, you will comment every time there is a dog attack. The motivation is to protect the voters not to spread hate of dogs!

Both Hanson and Trump are trying to prevent and reduce tragic events like yesterday’s terror attacks in London. Those who criticise them, on the other hand, are only concerned with virtue signalling how politically correct they are. Lighting a candle and sharing hashtags will not protect the next little girl to be stabbed through the heart while walking across London Bridge. The truth may be politically incorrect and may be offensive to some but hugs won’t protect Britains’ children.