While the hyper-partisans are alert to any perceived "bias", Uhlmann believes one side is way more offensive than the other.
"While one of the memes of the early 21st century is the rise of the aggressive right, the emergence of what I would call the "post-Christian left" is much more of a worry," he said.
"They are the moralisers-in-chief and can be absolutely vicious."Chris has a long standing problem with the Left: he has a history of sounding like a climate change denier. Climate change advocates were using it as a substitute religion, he claimed years ago, and with that "post-Christian left" comment, it's clear that he still brings some dubious (and conservative) analysis to modern politics.
As I used to complain, he was always a soft Abbott/coalition interviewer on 7.30 Report when he hosted it. I just don't think he is very good as a journalist.
I am skeptical of his take that the Left are much more "vicious" than those on the Right. I suspect there may be more Left leaning attack Tweets just because I think it's a forum more likely used by a younger demographic. The nasty older wingnut is more likely to use other outlets - Catallaxy, ringing Alan Jones, etc. Or they can write about their violent death fantasy about people on an ABC show in Quadrant.
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I think Uhlmann is about as accurate as people who call Morrison an evangelist.
The post christian left is actually not christian and thus do not care about morality. Talking about morality is not 'loving' people. you can see the same guff at Quiggins.
It is right wing Christians such as I who read the Bible he does not like.
Only problem is we do not use social media.
It is the secularists who hop up and down about morality as we see with Israel Folau on social media.
His wife would know all about that
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