I have no time for medieval superstition be it Christian, Muslim, Hebrew or Jedi but allowing ourselves to believe the ‘other’ is too alien to interact with is an incredibly dangerous narrative to start investing in because the only solution to that belief is genocide and exclusion.
TDB congratulates our bloggers who have now been returned to Council joining Council or who competed…
The media’s ignorance is our ignorance and their chase for clickbait bullshit clouds our ability to have a functioning democracy.
Nothing makes me feel as disorientated in my own culture as the news media focus on banality over actual issues. Watching everyone suddenly develop an opinion on gossip reminds me how easily led our fellow citizens have become.
This is why John Key wins elections.
Has any reporter sniffed the toilet seat?
No one should be mocked for being violently robbed. It’s a terrifying experience for any human being to endure. Mocking Kim Kardashian for being the victim of such violence is cruel, spiteful and mean spirited.
However.
The only reason the NZ police get away with what they do is because the sleepy hobbits of muddle Nu Zilind let them. Kiwis don’t hate crime as much as they love punishing criminals so the idea that an innocent person has been locked up won’t annoy NZers as much as having to let a person out of jail in the first place. This is the tiny minded bitter nation that we really are.
…the fact that Paul Henry is even close to Breakfast TVNZ1 in terms of ratings should put the fear of the returned zombie Christ into TVNZ management.
If TVNZ wants any positive reviews of this beige mess they better pay The Spinoff to be a client.
The mere idea that Maori somehow have a special privilege is just a white myth! Look at the incarceration rates, look at the crime rates, look at the life expectancy rates, look at the socio-economic rates, look at the education rates, health rates, inequality rates, poverty rates – in EVERY SINGLE NEGATIVE SOCIAL INDICATOR, Maori are suffering.