For a while now there's been a bit of a hoo haa about Greens Watch but for some reason I haven't bothered to venture over until today. 'HarrangueMan' and 'An Onymous Lefty' have both posted jibes at this new site, and Iain Hall (unsurprisingly) made it his blog of the month! But I found it unremarkable, in fact, boring, so I thought I'd find something funny in the 'Creepy Greens' section but alas, most were just dumb. Take their attack on Greens member Leanne Daharja Veitch for being the leader of 'a sinister cult based on the Occult and Witchcraft.' Nowhere in the piece do they provide evidence of this 'cult' as being 'sinister', in fact when I followed the links (when they worked) I discovered something quite different. Greens Watch states:
' Leanne founded a secretive coven she calls "Akasha"'
'Her sect has over a hundred followers who perform rituals involving swords and knives as part of the sect's occult ceremonies.One can only assume these Witches are under Leanne's orders and are ready to muster in support of the Victorian Greens when commanded.'
But all the link provided was an explanation about 'Akasha' which was all quite above board and very typically pagan. Greens Watch, it seems, had merely decided to embellish when it added words like 'sinister' to it's description. Greens Watch doesn't stop there in it's attempts to slime her:
'Leanne has an Amazon reading list of Pagan Reading for Kids. Greenswatch fears her children will be raised subjected to this sinister occult brainwashing.
Her children are named "Dragon" and "Dawn Star".'
Firstly, who gives a shit what she calls her kids. Secondly, if you follow the link to her list you'll see this beat-up for what it is. Leanne states at the beginning:
'These books contain real truths - love, friendship, family. They show characters overcoming adversity, questioning what they see around them, and struggling to overcome what sometimes seem to be insurmountable odds. All throughout, the natural world is cherished, valued and respected. These are Pagan values in the deepest, most real sense.'
Wow!! She sounds scary!!!!!! And just look at the list itself, let's hope her children won't be subjected to:
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book by Eric Carle
- Petunia's Christmas by Roger Duvoisin
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
You get the picture. What a terrible parent, and what poor children they are!!!!! But it doesn't get any better for Greens Watch, over and over they distort the truth to sustain the unwarranted attack:
'When not worshipping satan, Leanne runs a Green Group/Witch Recruitment Front called "Greenripples" '
WITCHES DON'T WORSHIP SATAN DICKHEADS SATANISTS DO!!!!!!!!!
Maybe they already knew this, maybe not, but I'm sure they didn't really care how truthful they were being. And after all this rubbish printed in their pleas to the ignorance of others they finish with this:
'This person is a dangerous influence inside the Victorian Greens and should be expelled immediately. The greens have called national inquiries for other organisations and cults yet fail to hold their own members to the same level of scrutiny.'
What cheek! To assert that someone is 'dangerous' surely you must provide something to prove the accusation but Greens Watch failed to provide any evidence for their claims. How can they be taken seriously?
I've got a tip for Greens Watch. There's another bizarre 'sinister' cult whose members are well represented in Australian politics, especially the Coalition and the ALP. It's followers believe the world is 6,000 years old and that a guy died 2,000 years ago and was miraculously resurrected!!!!!! They believe that when you die, if you're good, you'll go to a place called Heaven but if if you're bad you'll go to a place called Hell and burn for eternity. This 'cult' has presided over wars, slavery and all sorts of crimes against humanity and is still used to discriminate against minorities!!! Does this sound any less creepy?
To tell you the truth I do think Leanne's kooky, but no more kooky than any other religious believer. For Greens Watch to even bother with this is a serious black mark on their whole 'mission'. It seems that Greens Watch has now bullied Leanne sufficiently enough for her to have blocked her web site, which is interesting considering the treatment they give the Greens for 'silencing dissent' within another section of the site.
Kudos wankers, Kudos.
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