Politics

Josh Thomas Spectacularly Trolled Cory Bernardi While Raising Thousands For Charity

#DoItInADress

by Tom Clift  21 September 2017
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The postal survey on marriage equality is an absolute joke. It’s needless. It’s expensive. It’s been set up to fail. And it’s inspired some truly hideous rhetoric that will do lasting harm to thousands of Australians who just want to be afforded the same basic rights as their friends and family members.

Still, if there’s a silver lining to be found, it’s in watching people dismantle the disgusting propaganda of the No side and turn it into something good. Like yesterday, when comedian Josh Thomas took a dumb tweet by Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi and used it to raise thousands of dollars for charity.

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Last night Bernardi posted a tweet slamming Craigburn Primary School in South Australia for having a “wear a dress day”. “This gender morphing is really getting absurd,” he wrote, because there’s nothing more terrifying to the anti-marriage equality crowd than the thought of a little boy in a dress.

Bernardi also included a link to the school’s blog, where his followers could find more information about Craigburn Primary’s role in pushing the nefarious gay agenda.

Only… when you clicked the link, it turned out the whole thing was actually a fundraising initiative, as part of the Do It In A Dress campaign, which raises money to help educate girls in Africa. For a gold coin donation, students were told they could wear dresses instead of school uniforms. They’re also allowed to rock up in casual clothes, if they’d prefer.

Needless to say, when Thomas saw Bernardi’s tweet, he was far from impressed.

After Thomas pledged $1000, another Twitter user reached out with a direct link to the school’s fundraising page. Before long, dozens of people were sending in donations.

People also took it upon themselves to thank Bernardi for drawing their attention to such a wonderful cause. Gotta give credit where credit is due!

At the time of publication, Craigburn Primary School has raised more than $20,000 for the Do It In A Dress campaign. If you’d like to keep that figure going up, and stick it to Bernardi at the same time, you can chuck them some dollars over here.