Comments on: Heather du Plessis-Allan: You can take the white South African out of apartheid but can you take the apartheid out of the White South African? (with only a tiny diversion to Kyle MacDonald, Rachel Stewart & Transphobia)

By: bert

bert — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 05:35:46 +0000

In reply to Billbo Bagman. 100% Billbo and I have to agree with a previous post, I have yet to meet a left wing white South African.

By: Billbo Bagman

Billbo Bagman — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:13:16 +0000

She may have been in NZ since she was 12 but if Du Plessis-Allan thinks Kiwis are ready to wash their hands of our Pacific Island neighbours the way the Aussies have with the boat people, the woman obviously has learned very little about us in the time she’s been here.

Another thing, I was unaware she was married to Soper. Back in the day I thought he was a generally straight shooter on politics, albeit with a natural inclination towards the Nats. But I’ve been wondering for a few years why his views seem to have become much more firmly entrenched on the right of the aisle. His being wed to the girl with an apartheid family background explains a lot.

By: Snow White

Snow White — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 22:18:31 +0000

In reply to Billbo Bagman.

Billbo B you could be right. I have never forgotten from my Pol Sc days, the major role of the transistor radio in Algeria’s fight for independence.

I’d assumed that Heather was a flibbertigibbet desperately seeking significance, and in doing so dragging NZ down in the eyes of our Pacifica neighbours, and too trite to be aware or care about looking brutish.

In Algeria they jammed the radio signals; I don’t think it’s that difficult to do, and maybe a bit of signal jamming would befit the radio station which is paying Heather to up their ratings by going low.

Is there a law against jamming radio signals ? Surely not.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:05:53 +0000

After Auschwitz, who would have thought that we would ever again hear anyone say that whole groups of people do not matter ?

Ignorant or not, the only person who Heather dehumanises with this lack of civility and grace is herself.

By: Billbo Bagman

Billbo Bagman — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:11:51 +0000

At the risk of tagging all white arrivals from South Africa as racist, I have to admit the four or five I’ve met here all seem to have low opinions of Maori and Pasifika people. I avoid them at all costs and wonder why they even bothered coming here. I have a nasty suspicion Du Plessis-Allan hopes her foul comments will encourage the alt right to seek a higher profile in the manner Trump has empowered that lot in the US. Note, like the orange gorilla, she refuses to back down on her comments. A method in her madness; she wants a greater voice — and no doubt more — from them.

By: bert

bert — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:01:34 +0000

An excerpt from Stuff…

“In a heated response directed at Edwards, who had declined an offer to discuss the matter on her show, de Plessis-Allan said: “This is a problem that is particularly specific to the left at the moment.”

So by her own admission we know her political bias.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/107123961/sam-neill-denounces-heather-du-plessisallen-for-calling-pacific-people-leeches

By: e-clectic

e-clectic — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:51:46 +0000

In reply to Martin C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke

By: Mjolnir

Mjolnir — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:04:36 +0000

The height of 21st century mass media: talkback radio.

God help us all. The Ignorant have replaced the Lunatics and taken over the Asylum.

By: Martin C

Martin C — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 22:34:11 +0000

What does “Woke” mean in this context?
[honest question]

By: e-clectic

e-clectic — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:58:21 +0000

Suspect HdPA is subscribing to “there’s only one thing worse than being talked about”.