Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 28, 2024 4:12:12 GMT 12
SHANE JONES SLAMS BUDGET DAY PROTEST ACTION AS 'MILITIA OF SCALLYWAGS'
New Zealand First Minister Shane Jones says Te Pāti Māori organising a Budget Day call to action protest was "mobilising a militia of scallywags" and pushing people towards the "lunatic fringe".
Firstly, he told Newshub the imagery used in the campaign was dangerous.
"The symbol of the musket and colonial pistol - I think it reflects fossilised thinking. At one level it is quite dangerous to normalise guns but at another level it's reflective in my view of outdated and moribund political analysis," he said.
Jones said the imagery was "designed to provoke".
"But given the easy access that the gangs have to guns, I just think that it offends New Zealand culture. It's unnecessary," he said.
Jones also said everyone was entitled to demonstrate their democratic right to protest but because of "ineptitude within Parliament", naming Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer specifically, this action was leading people "further towards the lunatic fringe".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/new-zealand-first-minister-shane-jones-slams-budget-day-protest-action-as-militia-of-scallywags.html
New Zealand First Minister Shane Jones says Te Pāti Māori organising a Budget Day call to action protest was "mobilising a militia of scallywags" and pushing people towards the "lunatic fringe".
Firstly, he told Newshub the imagery used in the campaign was dangerous.
"The symbol of the musket and colonial pistol - I think it reflects fossilised thinking. At one level it is quite dangerous to normalise guns but at another level it's reflective in my view of outdated and moribund political analysis," he said.
Jones said the imagery was "designed to provoke".
"But given the easy access that the gangs have to guns, I just think that it offends New Zealand culture. It's unnecessary," he said.
Jones also said everyone was entitled to demonstrate their democratic right to protest but because of "ineptitude within Parliament", naming Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer specifically, this action was leading people "further towards the lunatic fringe".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/new-zealand-first-minister-shane-jones-slams-budget-day-protest-action-as-militia-of-scallywags.html