A third generation Pilbara pastoralist has found himself in hot water this morning, after his grandkids convinced him to bin his Nokia 5210, buy a smart phone and download Facebook.
After uploading a profile picture of an old HK Monaro, it didn’t take long for Clint McArthur, 61, to get caught in an outrage loop, and his tally of 10+ comment wars started to stack up, mostly over gender pronouns and other hot button social issues.
“Dogs arse. A man is a man is a man,” He commented.
“Sorry love, but that’s just how it is. If I see a woman with a beard, I ain’t calling him a sheila.”
“All these purple haired heffers from a well-fed paddock banging on about him/her and zim/zer. Sounds like Harry Potter to me.”
“Not sure why everyones getting their nickers in an uproar over what you call em.”
One particular issue though, sent Clint into a violent thumb-tapping rage, as someone online posted that the ‘Wild Dogs’ moniker given to Dingos, is in fact a bullshit attempt by the Government and farmers to muddy the waters on public opinion and justify poisoning, shooting and the eradication of an iconic Australian animal.
Clint sat on his porch staring at the screen of his new iPhone 15 in a silent, seething fury. unfamiliar with the concept himself, he would have been the first to admit that he was in fact triggered.
He uncorked a barrage of insults and farmer jargon in an attempt to shut down the anonymous online user.
“You got no fucken idea clown.” He snapped.
“You know how many sheep and cattle those wild dog vermin murder in cold blood each year? I am well within my rights to drop a Hiroshima level amount of 1080 on them because simply put, they aren’t dingos ya numpty!”
Clint hurled the phone against the wall and opened a stubby, hyperventilating with rage. Without a degree in Animal Science or Zoology, Clint thought it might be better to have a cold one and try forget about the whole thing, rather than contend with the idea that he and his family may have been eradicating a loved, iconic Australian animal for over 70 years.
