How Chippy’s Social Media Character assassination could oddly help Labour with male voters
The political fallout from social media allegations can be unpredictable. In Chris Hipkins’ case, what looks like reputational damage may actually reshape Labour’s appeal — particularly among male voters.
Social media and the collapse of private conflict
Social media is ubiquitous in our lives now.
We have all seen relationships explode in real time in our timelines, the supernova of allegations and anger and pain that flash fry friendships, relationships and whānau.
We are all forced to take sides and gasp at the terrible things said.
I just think that when Kids are involved, when whānau are involved, when allegations are involved, it all must be offline because online things quickly become toxic and unforgivable.
Allegations, belief and the risk of trial by social media
You take allegations seriously, you don’t B-E-L-I-E-V-E them. See the difference?
I think Chippy’s Social Media character assassination could oddly help Labour with male voters.
The rise of allegation politics in the digital age
This issue is occurring in the new social media political media landscape we now inhabit where allegation weaponisation has been a feature of woke cancel culture.
For the micro-aggression policing woke coven, the holy Trinity of Identity Politics are:
- All white people are cross burning racists.
- B-E-L-I-E-V-E ALL Women
- Anyone who supports free speech is a uniform wearing Nazi who hates the trans community.
Any jokes about that Trinity gets you automatically cancelled.
It’s not an ex vindictively posting personal issues on social media to damage her former partner, oh no, it’s a strong wahine speaking her truth, and if you say otherwise you are enabling rape culture.
What’s interesting about this is that it is the NZ alt-right who have co-opted woke coven allegation weaponisation against Chippy and I think it may well backfire.
From MeToo to weaponised allegation culture
MeToo was an important social moment of empowerment for those who had been abused.
Men didn’t fear a witch hunt (there were clearly monsters out there), what they feared was a witch trial, and that’s what it became.
Could backlash from male voters help Labour?
Watching Chippy fall foul of the ‘B-E-L-I-E-V-E ALL Women’ mantra and choking up as these allegations were made could actually win back men who had previously been alienated by these very same tactics by woke middle class activists.
I think the vast, vast, vast majority would have felt sympathy for Chippy. Her language tells you everything you need to know…
“So many women are hurt by high profile men who just do what they want with no consequences”.
“We get told all of the time that if we speak out then our lives will be ruined, our kids will be impacted.
“We get labeled as ‘crazy’ or defamatory when we tell the truth.
“Today I have had enough.”
…this highly political and devoid of a parent’s obligations to their children.
That is not the language of a parent wanting the best for their children, those are the politicised words of weaponised allegation culture.
I think Chippy’s Social Media Character assassination could oddly help Labour with male voters.
Good point, Martyn – so many men out there have also been gaslighted. This whole ‘sick, unnecessary’ saga should never have arisen and certainly never passed on by the unscrupulous. Even today Grant and the awful du Plessis-Allan have claimed “it’s none of anyone else’s business” BUT they can’t shut up and continue to stir the pot. How do they think? How do they sleep at night? Are they that bitter and twisted? What goes around, comes around. I can hardly wait!
And yet the right wing troll media continues attacking Chippy with fake empathy. Today we have Damien Grant, Heather 2 + 3 Allen and Duncan Garner all with a Column on Chippy.
Yet nothing on Luxon or Willis’s inability to support rising fuel costs or the economy they butchered.
You may ge right but it is a shamecthat voters can be so shallow. It should come down to policy and it’s effect on the country and individuals. We have had 2 rock star leaders one from each side of the fence and the country did not advance much as a place to live.
Oh piss off Trevor.
“Shallow”? At least the vast majority weren’t sucked in by an obvious lie about Moa Point and the Green Party. Ay Trev?
Still waiting for you to exercise some personal responsibility on that one Trev. Unless you’re too shallow to do so.
And which 2 “rockstar leaders” are you referring to?
One is obviously Jacinda Ardern.
Who is the other one?
John Key?
Bill English?
It’s definitely not Luxon.
I could list the many achievements of the Helen Clark government if you like.
Key and English, not much to list.