February 2nd – the first real political test of NZ in 2019
This could just be a tiny group of clowns pretending to have more support than they really do, or this could be the seeds of something far darker.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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How hateful do you have to be to have a problem with drug testing pills at dance festivals?
If you are decrying pill testing at dance festivals, just admit that you do so not because of safety or ‘respect my authority’ law worship, just admit you are against it because you are the type of petty NZ hate-tyrant fascist who sadistically gets off on human suffering while masquerading as social concern.
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Too woke to joke. What the NZ Left desperately need to understand about alienating voters with smug cultural supremacy
Alienating voters to the Left forces them to to vote for the Right, even when the Right’s economic agenda actually ends up hurting those voters while empowering the already wealthy.
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I’m sorry, National had the audacity to say WHAT about State Housing?
I simply can not take this bullshit seriously…
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Pessimistic predictions for 2019
If 2018 was a lost year where the woke left & alt right dominated debate, 2019 could be the year of reactionary entropy.
I’d like to be optimistic, but there’s just no actual reason to be anything other than pessimistic about the damaged horizon looming like a fractured mirror in front of us.
Here are some worst case scenario reckons mixed with some run of the mill ones..
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Happy New Year 2019
Here’s to another circle around the Sun.
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Chris Bishop – The Patron Saint of Niche Policy
Of all the things that need our immediate attention in this country – bring your own piss to horse gambling day seems pretty bloody low on the list right?
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The dumbest people of 2018
Social Media in 2018 ended up sounding like a cacophony of socially awkward competitively woke Millennials all calling each other out for not being subjectively outraged enough by each others hobby horse issues, but beyond them, there were some really dumb people.
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Dear Auckland Transport Bus Driver driving the 27H route at 1.45pm on Christmas Day – you are an arsehole!
I don’t want you to be sacked, I don’t want any punishment handed out, I just want you to reflect on how you made a cold mum and her daughter feel on Christmas and promise never to act like that again in the future.
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How the Cannabis debate could be lost in NZ
The pressure going on is to create a NZ market that benefits the pharmaceutical industry, not the recreational cannabis industry. Finished products that are medical is the aim of that industry, not a loose bud or lose leaf market. Those pharmaceutical interests do not want what America has, they want a tightly regulated medicinal market that benefits them and them alone.