eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz to NZ Politics@lemmy.nzEnglish · 4 months agoWinston Peters, NZ First follows Donald Trump’s anti-DEI path with new Billwww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoCan I hope that this is just a minor party proposing a bill they know won’t go anywhere in order to pander to their supporters?
minus-squareBalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThat’s how it starts. This is how they move the overton window. One failure at a time until they succeed.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI hope so. The problem is that it emboldens the loud racist sexist segment of society that’s it’s pandering to; e.g. our (grand)parents who still complain about “all the Asians” or “the Murrays” or anyone else who “bludges money from the gummint”.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t mind so much about pandering to the grand parents, but the worrying trend is that NZ First are finding support with the young as well.
Can I hope that this is just a minor party proposing a bill they know won’t go anywhere in order to pander to their supporters?
That’s how it starts. This is how they move the overton window. One failure at a time until they succeed.
I hope you’re right!
I hope so.
The problem is that it emboldens the loud racist sexist segment of society that’s it’s pandering to; e.g. our (grand)parents who still complain about “all the Asians” or “the Murrays” or anyone else who “bludges money from the gummint”.
I don’t mind so much about pandering to the grand parents, but the worrying trend is that NZ First are finding support with the young as well.