Labour govt 2020-23

[Balance]

That is indeed racist, whether the person is "Christian" or not.

Well, if that is 'racist', then the brown race in NZ is doomed to be an inferior race forever because confronting and addressing inadequacies (brawn vs brain) is the first real big step towards progress.

I for one have never had any problem with anyone pointing out my inadequacies at work, especially from those who mean well.

Interesting the self-labelled do-gooders on this site have been noticeably quiet about what they have done to address the inadequate work ethic of the underprivileged?

'Teach a person how to fish vs giving the person a fish.'

Very noticeable in certain brown areas that in supermarkets, there is a profound glaring lack of brown workers. Instead we see plenty of Asians (especially Indians, and increasingly Filipinos) working alongside pakeha. Ever wonder why?

[fungus pudding]

Well, if that is 'racist', then the brown race in NZ is doomed to be an inferior race forever because confronting and addressing inadequacies (brawn vs brain) is the first real big step towards progress.

I for one have never had any problem with anyone pointing out my inadequacies at work, especially from those who mean well.

Interesting the self-labelled do-gooders on this site have been noticeably quiet about what they have done to address the inadequate work ethic of the underprivileged?

'Teach a person how to fish vs giving the person a fish.'

Very noticeable in certain brown areas that in supermarkets, there is a profound glaring lack of brown workers. Instead we see plenty of Asians (especially Indians, and increasingly Filipinos) working alongside pakeha. Ever wonder why?

I don't.
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[Balance]

I don't.
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Answer is soooooo freaking obvious.

[davflaws]

Last night I was speaking with a group of men - pretty diverse. Some tree hugging do gooders like me, some rednecks.

I was sharing my frustration at some of the things that get posted on this and some other forums by people whose deep dislike of the left and whose (IMO) limited understanding of the realities of life at the bottom of the heap make them (again IMO) "part of the problem".

One of the guys aked me to "get specific", and I shared my dillema about whether to respond to Balance's racism and his (probably rhetorical) invitation to "do gooders" to specify what they have actually done to improve the lives of those on the bottom.

"So why not tell him?" - "Cos he gets his jollies from sharing a platform with John Key and Lee Kuan Yew talking about making people accountable and I get mine from sitting in a room with a guy covered in boob tats doing just that in a way that changes his behavior, or sitting in a room with other people who have real ife experience at the "pain face" to develop policy that actually works to change people's lives.

"So why not tell him that?" - "cos he doesn't really want to know - and nor do lotsa the other posters"

"So why do you hang out there?" - "cos I want to (blush) change hearts and minds"

"You still want to change the world don't you?" - "oh **** - that again ! (slightly tearful blush)

"So you hang out on an online forum with a bunch of old white male capitalists and get bent out of shape cos you can't enlighten them? - serves you right"

Then one of the guys really surprised me, cos I disagree with his politics lots. He asked about the attitudes of the young people I know and someone else made acrack that from my age, anyone under 50 is barely old enough to be considered "grown up".

When I thought about it, I realised that most of the people I know under 40 won't have a bar of racism or sexism or homophobia. Their social attitudes are not determined by their underlying political inclinations to nearly the same extent as for older people (me included).

There is hope! Social attitudes (like science) inevitably progress - one funeral at a time!

I came home feeling much better. I may lurk occassionally, but I probably won't post for quite a while.

[Getty]

Last night I was speaking with a group of men - pretty diverse. Some tree hugging do gooders like me, some rednecks.

I was sharing my frustration at some of the things that get posted on this and some other forums by people whose deep dislike of the left and whose (IMO) limited understanding of the realities of life at the bottom of the heap make them (again IMO) "part of the problem".

One of the guys aked me to "get specific", and I shared my dillema about whether to respond to Balance's racism and his (probably rhetorical) invitation to "do gooders" to specify what they have actually done to improve the lives of those on the bottom.

"So why not tell him?" - "Cos he gets his jollies from sharing a platform with John Key and Lee Kuan Yew talking about making people accountable and I get mine from sitting in a room with a guy covered in boob tats doing just that in a way that changes his behavior, or sitting in a room with other people who have real ife experience at the "pain face" to develop policy that actually works to change people's lives.

"So why not tell him that?" - "cos he doesn't really want to know - and nor do lotsa the other posters"

"So why do you hang out there?" - "cos I want to (blush) change hearts and minds"

"You still want to change the world don't you?" - "oh **** - that again ! (slightly tearful blush)

"So you hang out on an online forum with a bunch of old white male capitalists and get bent out of shape cos you can't enlighten them? - serves you right"

Then one of the guys really surprised me, cos I disagree with his politics lots. He asked about the attitudes of the young people I know and someone else made acrack that from my age, anyone under 50 is barely old enough to be considered "grown up".

When I thought about it, I realised that most of the people I know under 40 won't have a bar of racism or sexism or homophobia. Their social attitudes are not determined by their underlying political inclinations to nearly the same extent as for older people (me included).

There is hope! Social attitudes (like science) inevitably progress - one funeral at a time!

I came home feeling much better. I may lurk occassionally, but I probably won't post for quite a while.

There you go then.

Just proves the old pale, male, & stale HAVE provided an environment for everyone to flourish, even if they dont realise it.

Goodness knows what will happen when the far left have run out of cheques and overdraft, and the PMS cant be bothered helping anymore...

[Joshuatree]

Last night I was speaking with a group of men - pretty diverse. Some tree hugging do gooders like me, some rednecks.

I was sharing my frustration at some of the things that get posted on this and some other forums by people whose deep dislike of the left and whose (IMO) limited understanding of the realities of life at the bottom of the heap make them (again IMO) "part of the problem".

One of the guys aked me to "get specific", and I shared my dillema about whether to respond to Balance's racism and his (probably rhetorical) invitation to "do gooders" to specify what they have actually done to improve the lives of those on the bottom.

"So why not tell him?" - "Cos he gets his jollies from sharing a platform with John Key and Lee Kuan Yew talking about making people accountable and I get mine from sitting in a room with a guy covered in boob tats doing just that in a way that changes his behavior, or sitting in a room with other people who have real ife experience at the "pain face" to develop policy that actually works to change people's lives.

"So why not tell him that?" - "cos he doesn't really want to know - and nor do lotsa the other posters"

"So why do you hang out there?" - "cos I want to (blush) change hearts and minds"

"You still want to change the world don't you?" - "oh **** - that again ! (slightly tearful blush)

"So you hang out on an online forum with a bunch of old white male capitalists and get bent out of shape cos you can't enlighten them? - serves you right"

Then one of the guys really surprised me, cos I disagree with his politics lots. He asked about the attitudes of the young people I know and someone else made acrack that from my age, anyone under 50 is barely old enough to be considered "grown up".

When I thought about it, I realised that most of the people I know under 40 won't have a bar of racism or sexism or homophobia. Their social attitudes are not determined by their underlying political inclinations to nearly the same extent as for older people (me included).

There is hope! Social attitudes (like science) inevitably progress - one funeral at a time!

I came home feeling much better. I may lurk occassionally, but I probably won't post for quite a while.

Great post , thanks for sharing.

"There is hope! Social attitudes (like science) inevitably progress - one funeral at a time!"

But there will always be a few Balances around being divisive , racist, hateful, egos out of control.choosing vehicles where they can be a big fish (piranha) in a small bowl. They often eliminate themselves sooner or later by being banned or becoming repetitive irrelevant or over bleached.... back down their own rabbit hole.

[Balance]

The indoctrinated Cindy devotees are out in force, crying their crocodile tears while putting their hands out for more welfare money, some to the underprivileged but most for themselves & their associated services.

Another $3m for teaching gangs how to peddle drugs safely?

Anything but answer the question of how and what they are doing to improve the work ethics of the underprivileged, mostly brown population.

Seriously, davflaws, do you not think sometimes that your method of helping the underprivileged is actually making their situation worse by sapping their work ethics & desire to get ahead via hard work, education & more education?

One thing for sure, Cindy's policies are designed to breed ever more beneficiaries and hence, dependents & voters for Labour.

[BDL]

Looks like Britain caught on to our Jacinda last year portraying her as "Mary Poppin's"

'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' called 'Super-Kiwi-socialistic-empire-of-Jacinda'.

They twigged on sooner than most Kiwis.

[Panda-NZ-]

Looks like Britain caught on to our Jacinda last year portraying her as "Mary Poppin's"

Let us know when britain has resolved their food shortages.

Huge tax rises are taking place in mediocre britain.

[FTG]

Last night I was speaking with a group of men

I came home feeling much better.

It seems you believe that you were fully adhering to Level 4 protocols? Or perhaps what's good for the gander isn't necessarily required for the "goose"?