POLL : New poll - 2 weeks till the election CLOSED

[Daytr]

It's like saying, "In the NZ context they're a Nazi party... I don't mean they're Nazis!"

Nope that's you comparing ACT to a Nazi party not me.

[Azz]

Nope that's you comparing ACT to a Nazi party not me.

I'm not doing that at all, you idiot.

[Daytr]

I'm not doing that at all, you idiot.

And that's my point, neither was I.
You really don't do well on the subtleties like context do you.
You remind me of punch drunk boxer who doesn't know when to quit.

[Azz]

And that's my point, neither was I.
You really don't do well on the subtleties like context do you.
You remind me of punch drunk boxer who doesn't know when to quit.

Yes you were, and yes you are. You are deliberately using the term Far Right to describe Act when they are nothing of the sort. It's obvious what you're doing, and you throw up your hands in faux innocence when you are challenged.

[Daytr]

Yes you were, and yes you are. You are deliberately using the term Far Right to describe Act when they are nothing of the sort. It's obvious what you're doing, and you throw up your hands in faux innocence when you are challenged.

If you want to jump to that conclusion then so be it. I repeatedly said in the NZ political landscape.

How often as you referred to Marxists, Communists, Socialists etc?

If you wish I will change my anagram from FRACT to FART, either is appropriate. 🤣

[Azz]

If you want to jump to that conclusion then so be it. I repeatedly said in the NZ political landscape.

As I said, that is irrelevant. New Zealand does not have a single Far Right party that is polling over 1%. I don't even know if we have even one Far Right party in the election at all.

How often as you referred to Marxists, Communists, Socialists etc?

AFAIK, I've not done that on this site, not even once.

[justakiwi]

Next time I create a poll I'm going to find a way to disable comments altogether. At least that way I won't keep getting sucked into futile and ridiculous, never-ending arguments, out of sheer frustration

[Daytr]

Next time I create a poll I'm going to find a way to disable comments altogether. At least that way I won't keep getting sucked into futile and ridiculous, never-ending arguments, out of sheer frustration

Apologies Justakiwi.
Try not to take comments on here too seriously.

I know I shouldn't bait the child.
Whoops I have gone & done it again...

[Logen Ninefingers]

I agree that there are plenty of angry people out there. And more people are getting angry as this election campaign goes on. What I see with many of the comments on here is that Labour is being scapegoated especially because of Covid. It is convenient to blame the nanny state for not taking care of us during that time.
Many of the problems are global macro economic problems, not specifically because the Labour government was in power during that time. I don’t think the outcomes for NZ would have been much different if National was in power during Covid.

I see other groups being scapegoated too, beneficiaries, gangs and those at the lower end of the socio-economic scale. Scapegoating is a process of directing one's anger, frustration, and aggression onto others and targeting them as the source of one's problems and misfortunes.

I see a lot of scapegoating going on. Hard working Kiwi’s are being lined up as the scapegoats for Labours failed policies & profligate wasteful spending. They are being labelled as ‘selfish’ and ‘greedy’ because the Leftist state is lining them up for more ‘Robin Hood’ redistribution & they refuse to put their heads in the noose that has been prepared for them. I see these Kiwi’s being scapegoated for Labours failure to maintain its popularity and electoral power.

I see lies being told down in Huntly where the theft of a sign was described in hysterical fashion as a ‘ram raid’. I see scapegoating of ‘white people’ as a reason for the failures of maori people to rid themselves of anger & violence. I see the scapegoating of an ‘elderly white man’ who came to wish someone well and instead was deliberately used in a puerile and disgraceful stunt by the amoral John Tamihere, who persecuted the elderly man in order to whip up hysteria about ‘racists’.

I see a maori elite attempting to amass wealth and power at the expense of national unity, while scapegoating ‘white people’ as a cover for their own malice and avarice.

Scapegoating is a process of directing one's anger, frustration, and aggression onto others and targeting them as the source of one's problems and misfortunes.

[moka]

If I had to summarise the problems in NZ and the world in one short sentence the quote below by Fan O’Sullivan says it for me.

Fran O’Sullivan 22:56 I think we're in a phase where people are past egalitarian values they actually want to get ahead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqqfR2tg8I Post-1News Debate Analysis Show

We are in a dog eat dog world, a winner takes all world. Who cares about fairness, justice equality, I just want to maintain my privilege and entitlements and continue to get ahead. I will climb over others in the race to the top. And if someone else bears that cost, that is too bad. Call it selfish and greedy. It is all about me. I want to get ahead and if that is at someone else’s expense that is tough!