The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday – 11th December 2020
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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And just like that, the entire NZ Intelligence Apparatus who failed us so spectacularly are eclipsed by hate speech nonsense as a solution
Look, I appreciate that when it comes to big issues, NZers are pretty stupid, but are they honestly so stupid to believe that gender identity hate speech laws are a solution to a catastrophic failure by every intelligence agency?
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GUEST BLOG: John Tamihere – Tino Rangatiratanga Republicanism: Time to challenge the very concept of the ‘Crown’
Who is this Crown? Where is this Crown? What is this Crown?
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The Royal Commission Report: Staying Safely Inside “The Norms” Of Our Neoliberal Society.
THERE’S SOMETHING a bit creepy about the Royal Commission’s report into the Christchurch attacks.
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GUEST BLOG: Murray Horton – Report Confirms Need To Abolish GCSB; Close Waihopai Spy Base; & Get Out Of Five Eyes
One monotonously expressed defence of the Waihopai spy base (operated by the NZ Government Communications Security Bureau – GCSB) is that it defends NZ from terrorists.
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Sorry
These past couple of days have been filled with a lot of “sorry’s” from different people. Just yesterday the PM, top spy and Police Commissioner all apologised to the Muslim community for their offices failings that led to a massacre as people prayed.
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The Māori Party – walking between two worlds
New Zealand’s 53rd Parliament has been sworn in, and forty maiden speeches are being heard. Personal stories of struggle, exile, intergenerational hardship, journeys to power through education and inspiration.
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Political Caption Competition
The Cringe that stole Christmas.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday – 10th December 2020
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Wait – what? Why are gender hate speech laws part of a response to terrorism?
I read the terrorist’s manifesto and I didn’t see any reference whatsoever to Trans allies or gender identity in any of it, so why the Christ as a response to this terrorist atrocity will we be making gender identity a hate crime???