Pete McCormick worked for the Australian Defence Force, and went to the ‘collage’ of hard knocks *snort*, so one would assume that he might have had some amount of integrity. But no. He posted this ridiculous hoax email to Facebook and so far there have been 24,128 braindead morons who would rather share propaganda on Facebook than do a quick spot of Google research.
This has been debunked a million and one times, even by us:
Refugees get more money than pensioners
Does this look like a man who really gives a shit
about how people other than himself are doing?
you said it... 
Pete McCormick receives a centrelink payment every 2 weeks. Also on the Disabled Pension. No Army would accept a Fake!
Getting a Centrelink Payment and also Disability Support Pension? Centrelink would considered this Fraud.
If he was in the Army surely he’d be on a veteran’s pension, which is administered by the DVA. Unless of course he was discharged before he became eligible.
Disability Support Payment, is a Centrelink administerd payment. Depending on circumstances he may also be entitled to support from DVA, they aren’t exclusive payments. Just sayin as an ex CL staff member, not saying he’s not a moron
So he is getting a Disability Support Pension from Centrelink (Used to Be Social Security) and a Disabled Pension from DVA? Is this allowed getting two Pensions from two Dept’s?
This is why education is so important. Pete has been let down by the system. Pete is lowest common denominator. Poor Pete does not have the wherewithall to link 2 brain cells together. Poor Pete lives in misery because of his stupidity. Poor Pete.
Hmmm this appeared on my feed the other day.
So this is “Robert Bretton”?
Hahaha what a Grade A loser!
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But Pete does give a shite, when his next Newstart Allowance is coming to help pay for his beer, smokes.and News Ltd gutter rags.
Oh I am sorry he also gets The DSP. Fraud case coming on.
He may be getting rent assistance. I cannot imagine he’d have the means to own his own home if his pension is going on grog, smokes – and Internet access.
It is amazing how many people on the government tit, that keep peddling this stuff. Along with that other bogan staple “changing the name of Australia Day”
His post: December 15, 2012. The hoax date: 2009/2010.
This article is written like Mr. McCormick originated the hoax himself or was even the first to share it on Facebook. You can see he was outraged by the concept as IF it were true – as I’m sure any reasonable person might be IF it were true. So maybe he doesn’t have the online savvy to search for it on Snopes.com or the patience to read through swathes of documents on DFAT’s website.
Is it not such a far-fetched concept that decent people might be duped into beleiving this shit when there are politicians (our potential leaders) still regurgitating this nonsense as public discourse? They should be the ones to have their photo’s on your website, not this guy.
I don’t see any evidence of racial hatred, I don’t see any prejudice at all except falling for somebody else’s hoax.
I do however see a LOT of prejudice by the (anonymous?) author of this article. This guy is the victim of a hoax but you’ve made him the perpetrator – why? Because he has tatts and a goatee? You’re not judging him by the colour(s) of his skin are you?
Don’t bother educating, just shame people into compliance. Shame on YOU, TAB.
He disseminated it without checking its provenance. The Snopes and Hoaxslayer info has been around for a few years – at least since 2007.
As he is a Centrelink client he could have checked it at its source for free.
And how do we know? Because we researched that daft shit that was being bellowed across the Internet ourselves and used our findings to refute it many times.
One moron I remember when presented with the facts replied that the hoax “felt” right. That’s the way the far right rolls.
No excuses for Mr Creosote.
Oh yeah and I remember something else. Someone tried to post something similar at Margot Kingston’s Webdiary. That was back around 2002-2003. It was promptly sat on by the regular contributors.
So your point is?
And we comprehensively tore it to pieces here
https://theantibogan.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/asylum-seekers-robert-bretton-liar-and-fraud/
This guy is a victim of a hoax, but still decided to put the hoax on his Facebook page?
I disagree, he asked the question “W.T.F.” and expressed concern that his pension, or validity thereof as a citizen may be in doubt. That is all… remember, “dissemination” is by default on Facebook.
For asking the question; perhaps his friends might have steered him on the right path… perhaps the general media (and not some obscure blog he’s you say he MUST be aware of) might run an article on it… But no.
You defame him because he fell for a hoax and you claim a moral high ground that does not exist, a standard to which every person must be educated and informed the same as yourselves – an impossible standard of omnipotent non-ignorance.
…now I understand it is frustrating – I am frustrated (can you tell?) – and, hey, If you want to hate on Bogans – go for it – i believe in free press/speech… but don’t pretend to have some moral high ground for defending asylum seekers if this article is just about hating on Bogans.
Your article would have been better served if you kept his identity out of it… after all it really isn’t the point is it. The point is the hoax, again and again the hoax.
Defamation for defamation’s sake erodes any good intentions this article (and website in general) might have had.
That is all. Thanks for the forum.
We mask the identities of our people, victims and innocent parties only. It is assumed that if someone we feature wants to disseminate rubbish via public forums on the Internet that they stand behind what they disseminate.
It is not defamation to republish what someone has chosen to publish online. You’d better get up to speed on the industry you work in.
And be careful whom you accuse of defamation. We have at least two lawyers at our disposal.
“And be careful whom you accuse of defamation. We have at least two lawyers at our disposal.”
Godd. You’ll be needing them.
We aren’t Godd. Close to it though…
Foreign ISP fake e mail address dodgy spelling…
I think we can safely ignore you sweetheart. Next post goes to spam.
Indeed, I work with Information Technology so the fact that you can uncover information about myself from my online footprint doesn’t concern me in the least. It is assumed. I stand by the intent of my remarks and do not hide in anonymity.
Perhaps you are correct and “defame” may be the incorrect word I was looking for to describe specifically, your statement that; “one would assume that he might have had some amount of integrity. But no.”. Thereby inferring that he has no amount of (i.e. Is a man of no) integrity.
My apologies. Disrepute, perhaps?
Incidentally, if you think a magistrate is going to listen to your lawyers waste the courts’ time concerning a single critique you received on a website that;
a) is open for public commentary and opinion
b) itself moderated and approved said critique for publication
c) is of a nature in which said criticism may reasonably be expected
Then it is my personal opinion that you might be surprised and relatively out of pocket.
Again, I could be wrong?
Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Passive aggressive threats. Wow – we’ve never encountered this before.
Breathlessly yours, Ed.
We only check to see if you are genuine and not a concern troll. You seem like a good guy but I think you are misguided on this one.
I don’t think he is.
Fantastic points raised, Paul. Well argued.
I have enjoyed this blog as it shames those that I believe – and the eds obviously do – are racist (or sexist) and stupid. With this guy, his racism is assumed and his stupidity is inferred because he didn’t have the savvy to educate himself – unfortunately not a very unique quality in our society. My mother heard this hoax and thought it to be true, until I pointed out it was not. If she had expressed her concerns on facebook, would you have put her on here?
But I agree: thank you for this blog and keep on keeping on. There are many attitudes and beliefs in our culture that need to be exposed and lanced. This blog, I believe, is a vital tool in doing so. Just please don’t let the power go to your head…
A real life person from the neanderthal evolution chart. Just that he is somewhere in the middle.