ABC host forced to delete 'absolutely disrespectful' Anzac Day post
Controversial ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been forced into deleting a Facebook post where she told Australians to spare a thought for those on Manus Island and Syria, rather than the Anzacs.
The 26-year-old received immediate backlash when she wrote “Lest We Forget (Manus. Nauru. Syria. Palestine)".
“Your previous post has completely discredited you. I’m ashamed that you are Australian because you clearly don’t share Australian values,” one Facebook user wrote.
“Absolutely disrespectful. This day isn’t for those people it’s for the brave service men and woman who have served/serving our great country so we can try and live a normal, safe life,” another added.
The TV personality was quick to amend the post to a more conservative “Lest. We. Forget”, before issuing an apology.
“It was brought to my attention that my last post was disrespectful, and for that I unreservedly apologise,” she wrote.
Earlier this year Ms Abdel-Magied made headlines when she and outspoken senator Jacqui Lambie went head-to-head in a screaming match over the practice of sharia law.
Abdel-Magied, an advocate for women’s empowerment, did not hold back when she insisted “People talk about Islam without knowing anything about it.”
“Islam to me is the most feminist religion. We got equal rights well before the Europeans. We don’t take our husband’s last names because we ain’t their property. We were given the right to own land,” she went on to say.
In response, Lambie acknowledged she was pushing for Australia to follow Donald Trump’s example by deporting all Muslims who followed Sharia Law.
“Anybody that supports Sharia Law in this country should be deported,” the independent senator affirmed.
