Everyone has their suspicions. But you admit there's no real evidence of such a "pogrom" (surely an inflammatory word). The government isn't telling departments to "fire that guy", or "get rid of her"; the government is asking for a % reduction in spending...
The wailing and gnashing of teeth over public sector job cuts continues: https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/17/a-thousand-govt-jobs-cut-in-black-day-for-public-service/ But here's a rare sane perspective from the MSM: the cuts announced so far barely scratch ...
Sorry, who am I accusing? And how would you know how long I've opposed transgender ideology?
So what exactly are you suggesting roblogic? Gender-critical feminists shouldn't oppose transgender ideology because social conservatives also oppose it?
Punching one another in the face? I'm only aware of one side that's resorted to punching, roblogic. Similarly, it's one side in particular that's done its best to get people fired for wrongspeak: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/18/judge-rules-...
How exactly did the National-led coalition "further shrink the role that news and hence politics plays in democracy"?
If the government doesn't bail out a failed privately-owned TV channel, it's cancel culture? You sound confused - I suggest you google "cancel culture".
Melissa Lee was one of only 8 MP's who had the courage and good sense to vote against the inclusion of gender identity in the "Conversion Practices" ban recently legislated by the NZ parliament. Before judging her harshly, you might consider her courageous...
"... the Government’s minority partners think that the media are too woke, way too left wing and the puppets of the previous Government thanks to the Public Journalism Interest Fund." It's just the government's minority partners who think that? Have you ...
That sounds pretty accurate to me. Yes the cops do like soft targets.
No doubt both the Guardian and the Telegraph have their biases. But would you care to identify the biases in this particular article in the Telegraph? And are there any factual errors? And conversely, do you think the Guardian has done a good job of ...
Scotland's Hate Crime legislation is proving a great success (sarc): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/08/police-scotland-fail-to-tackle-traditional-crimes/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/police-spammed-with-complaints-by-neo-nazis-...
How a cult captured the NHS: society fails when it treats children like adults Kathleen Stock aptly sums up "gender affirming care" of minors: https://unherd.com/2024/04/the-liberal-lessons-of-the-cass-report/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=18743&tl_period_type...
InsideOUT are partly funded by Te Whatu Ora and Ministry of Youth Development https://insideout.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/InsideOUT-Annual-Report-2021-22.pdf Such is the extent of activist capture of NZ institutions.
I'm heartened that the new Minister of Health (Reti) voted against the inclusion of gender identity in the "Conversion Practices" legislation. So if PATHA's review is predictably ideological, maybe he will quash it - if he doesn't, he will get a letter ...
Ah yes, one of the "liberal" Nats.
Molly I think this document sheds some light on your question: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://nzmii.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NZMP-INF002-C2-Doctor-in-Training-Fact-Sheet-03.pdf&ved=...
Thank you Molly for those heartening words of wisdom.
Yes, sadly I fear that Visubversa is right. I'm aware that most of the Nats also supported the bill - including all of their current front bench apart from Shane Reti. And unfortunately, two of the eight who had the courage to oppose the bill are no longer...
And yet the NZ parliament has recently passed legislation that is likely to criminalize any parents or medical professionals who are unwilling to endorse medicalization of a child's gender dysphoria, because that would be "conversion therapy". Jacinda ...
Stop it, you'll hurt your throat. OK, we declare a clean, healthy, sustainable environment to be a "human right". Immediately someone or some organization takes the government to court for breaching our human rights, for supposedly not doing enough about ...
The New Zealand government.
Yes, probably. But I wish the contemporary left was more practical, and less "aspirational" (I hate the word). And declaring something that can't be guaranteed a "human right" just debases the idea of human rights. I wonder if a year in China or Russia ...
Please don't put words in my mouth. Since when have I argued for doing nothing? My point is that precisely zero will be accomplished by legislating to declare a clean, healthy, sustainable environment a "human right".
Fair arguments, but not relevant to my point. Declaring a clean, healthy and sustainable environment to be a "human right" won't enable the NZ government to guarantee its citizens anything about climate.
"No government has complete control over any of the human rights." False equivalence. Any government - with good will - can guarantee freedom of expression, freedom from arbitrary detention, and freedom from torture.
I agree with some of that - though not about the present government "throwing in the towel". And the existence of strong environmental protection legislation in most developed countries shows that governments take environmental protection very seriously. ...
How does a government guarantee everyone a clean, healthy and sustainable environment? There's some risk associated with most human activities. Does the bill propose practical measures, like reducing permissible levels of E. coli or nitrate in waterways? I...
What is your evidence that "the very right wing US owners wish to ... erode our democracy and make us more pliant"?
Shooting the messenger again Rob? Or then again, the left could take notice and learn something useful.
Here's the report itself, showing plummeting public trust in the news media. https://www.jmadresearch.com/_files/ugd/a95e86_cc317afe8a414d69a47c034735e58854.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Although the trend is worldwide, New Zealand is a trend ...
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