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Footscray-based bricklayer Craig Norton has never been one for the ‘mainstream media’ he reckons.
In fact, ever since Facebook came along, he hasn’t read one piece of so-called journalism from any of those pen-pushers at The Age or the ABC.
The only print newspaper he reads is the loose copy of the Herald Sun floating around at smoko, and he reads it from the back. This means he gets to their opinion columns before their ‘real’ news. Not that there is much difference between the two anymore.
However, after a butter chicken curry servo pie, a litre of double shot iced coffee and a couple 16 milligram Tina Turners – Craig usually has to vacate the premises to lay some cable in the portaloo.
It’s there, sitting on the tradesmen’s throne that this high-tax-bracket construction professional ingests some of the most dangerous misinformation regarding the Victorian state government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
When you pair the grainy memes that accuse Premier Andrews of exerting fascist control over his constituents with a mandatory face mask law with the most recent Andrew Bolt article he read in the Sun, what you end up with is one angry Quiet Australian.
Craig returns from the shitter with some bold opinons
“This new mandatory mask law is a load of shit” he tells the entire worksite.
“Tell the cops to fucking fine me. I’m not wearing one”
When asked by one of his apprentices why he takes issue with this particular public health measure, Craig says its because he’s sick of being told what to do, and that these masks actually expose you to carbon monoxide.
“It makes you breathe in ya own carbon dioxide.”
“That’s why you’ve been feeling light-headed, Brucey. Your sleep apnea doctor is full of shit”
“I’d rather cop the fine then be made to wear one of those fucken things”
“Look into it” he says, as he lights his fourth Winfield Red this smoko.
MORE TO COME.
