Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 17, 2022 11:53:08 GMT 12
WE ARE UP AGAINST IMAGINED HURT!
C K writes > I think kiwis were told we had things to answer for in our past and so without details most were happy enough to address it.
In my own naivety I thought we could just pay them out and close the chapter and get on with it. But that isn’t human nature really. It was the toddler who got a lollipop every time he had a tantrum.
Now most Māori I talk to have a very warped knowledge of history and have a deep hurt nurtured into them from the cradle. Stolen land. Stolen language. Māori used as slaves. Murders and disenfranchisement and white people getting rich at their expense.
What we are up against is that hurt.
Mostly imagined but it has been fostered and encouraged.
Every false apology from the government, every settlement for dubious hurt, every land handover and special benefit just proves that they have been victimised and their angst is justified.
We have just fed the monster with every little gratuity that was supposed to settle the score.
I am very scared that we cannot get back to one people without a major reset. Don’t forget Tama Iti was training soldiers. I doubt he was the only one or that it has stopped.
Māori have fire in their bellies that most people don’t realise.
They truly believe they are downtrodden and deserve more and more and more. I think a softly softly approach is futile and we need someone with a wheelbarrow full of gonads to stand up and declare that it stops now. I can’t see anyone who fits the bill.
C K writes > I think kiwis were told we had things to answer for in our past and so without details most were happy enough to address it.
In my own naivety I thought we could just pay them out and close the chapter and get on with it. But that isn’t human nature really. It was the toddler who got a lollipop every time he had a tantrum.
Now most Māori I talk to have a very warped knowledge of history and have a deep hurt nurtured into them from the cradle. Stolen land. Stolen language. Māori used as slaves. Murders and disenfranchisement and white people getting rich at their expense.
What we are up against is that hurt.
Mostly imagined but it has been fostered and encouraged.
Every false apology from the government, every settlement for dubious hurt, every land handover and special benefit just proves that they have been victimised and their angst is justified.
We have just fed the monster with every little gratuity that was supposed to settle the score.
I am very scared that we cannot get back to one people without a major reset. Don’t forget Tama Iti was training soldiers. I doubt he was the only one or that it has stopped.
Māori have fire in their bellies that most people don’t realise.
They truly believe they are downtrodden and deserve more and more and more. I think a softly softly approach is futile and we need someone with a wheelbarrow full of gonads to stand up and declare that it stops now. I can’t see anyone who fits the bill.