After reading Rogers Rabbits (The Weekend Sun, August 10) condemning the recent demonstrations against the Canadians and their visit to enlighten us on the value of free speech and educate us on the ticklish subject of white guilt, I'm staggered to witness a seeming support for their methods, if not their views.
We may all be affronted by the fact that no one would enable them, but the fact is they were not ‘shut down' by the demonstrations and we all expressed our right of free speech in opposing their presence.
You claim to have researched their message. I recommend you take a look at Stefan's YouTube posting on the speech he planned to deliver in Auckland. Apart from his self-aggrandising posturing, the content referencing New Zealand history, and in particular the Maori people, is taken directly from the inaccurate, alternative history that has been freely circulated for decades, in particular by the Hobson's Pledge group.
Your indignation is valid, to a point. That point being that the dissemination of false and inaccurate terminology is nothing short of extreme political posturing that is a threat to the young and vulnerable in what is otherwise a successful blend of races. Free speech is alive and well.
R Bell, Omanawa (Abridged).
4 comments
Self-aggrandising posturing,
Posted on 27-08-2018 19:53 | By crazyhorse
And this letter writer is a perfect example of that, another Herr Goff, Bobby's all for free speech as long as he "agrees" with said free speech, ranting about white guilt, inaccurate, alternative history, false and inaccurate terminology, Bobby's entitle to his opinion,doesn't make it "fact" , what really bugs people like this is like it or not everyone else in NZ is entitled to "an opinion", and campers that's where the trouble starts, in NZ we have people deciding what is free speech by controlling who gets to say what, the truth is free speech might go the way of the Moa if we let people like Bobby have their way.
Letter writer hypocritical!
Posted on 29-08-2018 08:48 | By crazyhorse
The letter writer implies he is protecting the young and vulnerable by wanting to "control" free speech, we all know here who is "using" the young and vulnerable, grooming them with "myth" and propaganda!.
This letter best example of
Posted on 29-08-2018 11:11 | By crazyhorse
What we are dealing with in NZ, half his letter is telling you what not to listen to and the other half to what you should, how dandy is that?.
I forgot to mention Roger Rabbit
Posted on 29-08-2018 15:10 | By crazyhorse
Roger, you summed the situation up well on the Canadians Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux who simply wanted to talk to us on multiculturalism in NZ and their views on the Treaty of Waitangi, I thought it was a splendid piece of writing and summed up the trampling of peoples rights and the fear the truth holds for the person that wrote this letter against free speech, or as what is happening in NZ, speech the culturally hypnotised don't agree with!.
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