Former SBS Journo Fired For ANZAC Day Tweets Goes Back For More

Brave Anzacs rioting, pillaging and murdering in Egypt, 1915. Via war memorial website. pic.twitter.com/N6WQCeSPHh

— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) April 25, 2016

Three of the four tweets are blocks of text describing violent conduct by Australian soldiers in both World War I and World War II, the other is a mural of a man having his brain removed before being kitted out as a soldier, with the caption “Heroism on command, senseless violence, all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism.”.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism. pic.twitter.com/AMdt0lq9gA

— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) April 25, 2016

Wonder if the poorly-read, largely white, nationalist drinkers and gamblers pause today to consider the horror that all mankind suffered.

— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) April 25, 2015

Remembering the summary execution, widespread rape and theft committed by these ‘brave’ Anzacs in Egypt, Palestine and Japan.

— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) April 25, 2015

The tweets were condemned personally by SBS head honcho Michael Ebeid and (at the time) Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull. McIntyre was subsequently fired after refusing to delete or apologise for the tweets.