Contraversial, Hypocritical Speech

In this post the Jamaican Tory feels the need to comment on rather controversial comments made by the Governor-General, the person of whom I speak is not our own Sir Patrick Allen but rather his Australian counterpart, Quentin Bryce, who made a shocking speech last week coming out in support of both gay "marriage" and an Australian Republic. Since she made the speech it has been one of the hottest topics of discussion both in social media and the press. As with everything else there are always differing views on the matter, some applaud her comments as being long forthcoming, others are outraged that she would dare use her office and her position in such a manner, while others are rather indifferent saying that they expected no better from the likes of hers and it was only a matter of time before she showed her truly colours.

               

First of all, let me categorically state that the Jamaican Tory stands by his fellow monarchist (particularly Australian Monarchist) in strongly rebuking Madam Bryce for her ill-advised comments concerning the monarchy,  it makes her look like a gross hypocrite, after all she has served as Governor-General of Australia for five years and prior to that she was State Governor of Queensland for a similar number of years,  that makes ten years in total as representative of the Crown and now all of a sudden she’s  implicitly renouncing the very monarchy she has sworn to serve. There are some who have said that she was always a republican even before she took the job,  that then begs the Question  why did she even take two vice regal posts if she didn't even believe in the very office in which she served?. It is already bad enough when politicians like former Prime Minister Julia Gillard go about spewing their republican views all over the place but at least they are elected politicians, but when the Queen’s direct representative go about saying stuff like that in public, it is a grave insult to see that the very person who is appointed to represent the monarchy is now turning her back on it, it’s almost as if she had slapped the Queen in her face. I’m sure the Australian republicans must be in a frenzy right now saying that she did the right thing and her remarks were long overdue, they couldn't be more wrong as her remarks were far from appropriate give her position. Some say she was only expressing her heartfelt views on the subject, be that as it may, the Governor-General of Australia, like Governors-General from every other commonwealth realm has one main job only and that is to represent the sovereign, all other roles of the Office of the Governor-General be they constitutional, ceremonial, community or otherwise are all symbolic roles to denote the presence of the monarch via her direct viceroy,  and to that fact Bryce has certainly put herself in a precarious position.

              

Then of course there is the whole matter of gay "marriage", while many others focused only on the GG’s treasonous comments, being a traditionalist the Jamaican Tory finds her view on Gay "marriage" just as alarming as he found her views on republicanism.  Regular readers of the Jamaican Tory will know by now that the so called phenomon of “marriage equality”  is something that I have always been fiercly opposed to from day one and that will not change now.   One thing that  was found to be quite interesting though is that she mentioned support both a republic and  gay "marriage" in the same speech, causing  her to gain massive  popularity among both LGBT people and republicans, while raising the fury of both devout monarchist and anti-LGBT persons, am I the only one seeing the connection here? . It's not the first time that LGBT advocacy and anti-monarchism have been seen to go hand in hand as part of an ultra-liberalism agenda, take for instance our own Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, is it not ironic that she the first Jamaican PM to support LGBT rights also wants to see the Queen gone?, what about the leftist human rights groups in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean? The same thing can also be said of their kind. Many of those who support both LGBT "marriage" and republicanism claim that their advocacy is one of equality. equality of marriage and equality of opportunity what rubbish, funny thing is about that is it looks all rather Marxist to me, let’s face the facts, Karl Marx in his writings had several  goals, two of those goals was the destruction of the family structure and also the destruction of traditional authority,  no wonder most LGBT advocates are also monarchy haters, they have a great deal in common and both are nothing more that two sides of the multifaceted yet diabolical philosophy known as cultural Marxism. 

              

To further demonstrate my point take a look at the flipside of the coin, where many of those who oppose a republic also oppose gay rights (that’s not to say that all republicans are LGBT loving or all royalist are anti-LGBT), a prime example would be Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, a man who is well known for his forthright views, a true loyalist and an honourable man, the kind of leader many other countries would benefit from. It is a well known fact that the Prime Minister is a supporter of the monarchy and an opponent of marriage equality, this knowledge which I’m sure the Governor-General has only goes to further underscore the seriousness of her transgressions, what could she as the Queen’s representative hope to gain by openly standing in direct opposition to her own prime minister? One cannot help but wonder if this was a political ploy on her part and if so, then why? .  Walter Bagehot in his book the English Constitution states that a constitutional monarch has three functions, The right to be consulted; The right to encourage; and The right to warn, hence the reason why a monarch can remain above the whole political fray and serve as a symbol of unity for the entire nation. The Governor-General is expected to do the same and therefore must at no time must ever be seen to be publicly in favour of one political position or political party, at least not in public anyway. This is why Bryce’s offence is so grave and why the Jamaican Tory unequivocally supports the call for her immediate resignation, clearly be her own actions she has proven that she is representing her own interest rather than the interest of the Crown. Hopefully her successor whoever he may be will be a true monarchist, since it has been supposed by many republicans that appointing a republican to the nation’s highest office will make the transition to a presidency even smoother.

                     

The Republican Movement in Australia really don’t know when to give up even after knowing they have fought and lost time and time again, now unfortunately they along with the LGBT rights groups have been given significantly fresh ammunition with which to fight against the conservative Tony Abbot Government and they have been given such means from no lesser person than the GG herself, one can only hope the conservative movement will be able to find the means to force a resignation or dismissal sooner than later and to Her Excellency, I will repeat the words of former Prime Minister Gought Whitlam, “Well may we say, God Save the Queen, because NOTHING will save the Governor-General” .