Peak Irony Achieved As Abuse Gets Misdirected To ‘Other’ Peter Duttons

Even less surprising is how much misfired abuse those Petes take on Twitter. 

Behold, the collateral damage of Peter Dutton’s latest Duttonism:

So…maybe you are not aware that I am American, not an Australian politician? https://t.co/rPeuDlacV1

— Peter Dutton (@peter_dutton) January 3, 2016

I’m still not Australian… https://t.co/eMrYnqWIOe

— Peter Dutton (@peter_dutton) January 3, 2016

After a brief bout of mistaken identity, the sitch was explained to our American friend, who immediately translated the level of our public representatives to Seppo terms:

Wow…that is truly Trump-like! Sorry to hear you are burdened with such a politician too. https://t.co/GgEXxHYYjF

— Peter Dutton (@peter_dutton) January 3, 2016

But that’s only one of the P. Dutty’s accidentally slandered over this whole deal. 

@OzEquitist @maggiemaxie85 @PeterDutton_MP @swearyanthony I see some of the abuse he gets; can’t blame him for lashing out.

— peterdutton (@peterdutton) January 3, 2016

This one brings the heat, too. Have at it, Pete!

@maggiemaxie85 @OzEquitist @PeterDutton_MP @swearyanthony Defending a sexual harasser qualifies one for Dem. president nomination here 🙂

— peterdutton (@peterdutton) January 4, 2016

They even had a moment back in ’14.

After a bit of digging, The Guardian unearthed a slew of namesakes, at least one of which has been on the receiving end of Antipodean abuse in the past. 

Come to think of it, there is something deeply pleasing about this entire thing; some kind of cosmic symmetry that makes Twitter users misdirect abuse at a guy they want to abuse… for misdirecting abuse. It’s beautiful. It’s perfect. Shine on, you crazy Duttmond.