The professional drawer lashed out at people who had expressed their thoughts on Twitter describing them as “Tweety Birds” and diagnosed them with the Leak-invented condition, Chronic Truth Aversion Disorder.  

Leak also pointed to an email he had received from part-Aboriginal Australian academic Anthony Dillon to show why he was in the right.

Dillon had enjoyed the cartoon and Leak made sure to include the part of the email where Dillon mentions his ‘incredible talent’. 

Using one person’s opinion to represent the views of an entire race probably isn’t the best approach to use when trying to deny claims of racism. 

Throughout his piece Leak emphasises the fact that he is a champion of the truth.

The truth he’s peddling is that young Indigenous men are being locked up and subsequently mistreated because their fathers are not raising them properly. 

One problem, that’s just not true. 

The issue of Indigenous incarceration is far more complex than poor parenting. There will be some young men in prison who come from broken homes and who lack father figures but there are also plenty who don’t.  

You can’t claim that an issue like this has a single cause and spout it as the gospel truth, it’s irresponsible and achieves nothing.

After inaccurately claiming to be a shining beacon of truth there’s also a notable emission from Leak’s rant.

At no point does he address the claims that his cartoon is racist. 

It seems that Bill doesn’t quite understand that truth and racism aren’t mutually exclusive. 

Just because something is true (which in this case it clearly isn’t) does not mean that it can’t be racist. 

The failure to address the claims of racism implies one of three things; either Leak doesn’t understand that something can be true and racist, he knows that his drawing is racist or he doesn’t care if it is. 

You have to question the editorial oversight of a newspaper that gives prominence to someone with one of these traits.   

Leak’s piece is less of a response and more of a whinge about people reacting poorly to his work. 

It demonstrates his thin skin and an inability to admit when he’s wrong, traits that are becoming worryingly prevalent in public discourse.