If moderators are allowed to delete this video and its interviews, that makes them as bad as Reddit and the Christchurch Press. I suppose it’s inappropriate for Adam Nuttal and Omar Nabi to question whether Tarrant was given special treatment from the police, to expedite his firearms license, because this suggests that the government is involved in a conspiracy. That’s too bad. If a conspiracy is happening in the government then we should be talking about it, not helping them to cover it up.

Houses in the middle of nowhere will be cheaper, but most jobs don’t exist out there so I think main centres are a good way to analyse it. I’ve seen Vince say something about Jews maybe once. He is a intelligent guy but sometimes his views are a bit um, off the cuff. I watched a video of his where he describes New Zealanders as being “autistic” supposedly because they can’t socialise well without alcohol. I laughed pretty hard. It was such a random opinion, somewhat true but still felt like it was heavy opinionated.

I don’t think the protest movements fit on a political spectrum of any sort. They’re just angry about things and much of it is justified, I think the government should listen to their views on vaccination. The only term that I identify with is pro-russian. The United States is basically a fascist country which hides behind a rainbow flag, but now I’m being as hyperbolic as Rangi HA-HA-HA. As far as I’m concerned, people like Valerie Morse are fascists and authoritarians. They stand with NATO and Ukraine and have no problem with missiles and artillery shells being sent to Ukraine, despite the same Peace Action group protesting against arms companies. I can’t wait for the rules based order to fizzle into irrelevancy.

The word ‘globalist’ was popularised by Alex Jones maybe 12 or 15 years ago. I don’t believe that all these middle age women at the protests are blaming Jews for the vaccine. If someone posted that suggestion on Counterspin Media, they’d probably be banned. When they say globalists, they really mean it… Outsides influences corrupting our country such as the U.N. agendas to fight climate change at the expense of good jobs.

If the zoning wasn’t regulated to benefit existing owners then apartments would be built, plus new townhouses, and these damp decaying places would be $100 a week. If there was an actual housing/rental market (you know, one with real competition, instead of a market that’s propped up by government policy) that could work, but I’m not against insulation requirements. If they sent jackboot thugs to inspect homes and threatened to shut them down if landlords didn’t comply, I’d fully support it.

National said in the news this morning that we need to fix the COL crisis, because now people are stealing FOOD from supermarkets and abusing staff, and it doesn’t get reported to Police because it happens so often. When Jacinda was debating this a few years ago, National said that people were only stealing electronics and tobacco (not food). We are living in a Bizarro World comic right now when things Labour claimed a few years ago are now real.

…Thanks National and Labour

Also, state housing normally means they have the house to themselves. I’m not in a state house or owning, I’m stuck in a crowded boarding house with 10 other people. The group that I’m in always has the lowest satisfaction, I’ll bet. Everyone is complaining about each other constantly, that’s also how we make friends, by removed constantly about “the indians” who never stop talking loudly, and complaining about the Chinese landlord ripping us off. I’d rather have a stable house that I don’t share with others, like an apartment. NZ lives in the past. Can’t believe we don’t have apartments in the suburbs of christchurch yet…

What? I thought it was either YouTube Music on its own, or YouTube Music + ad free. I never saw a lite version.

I’m tired of the crazed notion that middle age women who oppose vaccination are somehow crypto-fascists, who are secretly working to advance the interests of the National Front and Action Zealandia. It’s a Reddit fantasy that only exists because of the echo chamber in /r/newzealand where nobody can challenge their stupid views without being banned.

There are people on Reddit who think that Carl Bromley and Lee Williams are Nazis. These are just angry old men with out-dated views, who put all their energy into venting online, or trying to start movements that just die off after 6 months.

The overton window has shifted towards anti-immigration. 2 years ago anyone who’s even slightly critical of immigration would’ve been called a fascist. But on Reddit this week, there was an anti-immigration thread that has 200+ upvotes. The person said that if we don’t stop immigration, then housing will stay expensive forever, because the government can just bring in immigrants to fill new houses and apartments. This is bad for our country and it shouldn’t matter what the tone is. Immigration just sucks and everyone knows this regardless of what they believe or who they vote for. I live in a shared house and earlier this year a whole Indian family moved in, with the screaming kid, her parents, and even the grandparents. I don’t hate these people personally, but man do they talk loud outside my door after 11pm at night. They are like the Gypsies of the South Pacific. Always having a loud conversation and bringing their family woes into the ears of other tenants, as if they owned the entire house just because they rented 2 of the rooms.

I think it’s time we realised that immigration is unsustainable. It just pisses me off at a personal level, I don’t even need an ideology or a political viewpoint to be annoyed. Nobody understands this until you have to live with a child that was spawned from another man’s cock, and the kid is banging on walls and crying right outside your stock hardware store bedroom door. It’s unbearable, and it’ll only get worse. Time to wipe off that **** eating grin New Zealand. You’ve got bigger problems than obscure political groups that mainly exist online.

There is a massively weird discourse in this country that exists on Reddit and Twitter - a big obsession with what online groups are supposedly planning. There are claims that far-right groups in NZ are preparing terrorist attacks, and that people have planned car bomb attacks (but without having a bomb or any means of making one). Then Kyle Chapman was arrested for owning a gun, but he’s not even a part of any far-right group. Some Reddit Karen will somehow connect Kyle to a group though, and claim that the Rob Gray Life Centre is a terrorist training hub. Rangi Kemara is already suggesting this online because yes he really is that stupid, just another angry liberal on the internet spouting unfounded opinions.

There is no coordinated right-wing group that is taking over political parties and changing the discourse of society, things like anti-immigration sentiment are just occurring naturally as people learn the truth.

As a redditor would say:

I am LITERALLY for open borders and ethnic restaurants (Masala Dosa, YUM!) but I am honestly against unlimited immigration of 100,000 people per year, it’s literally destroying the housing market for my whole generation!!!1

“the jews are the real nazis”

I don’t understand how Action Zealandia or Voices For Freedom will get National elected. You might want to look at what these groups believe, it’s usually the opposite of what National, Act and NZ First want.

Saw this earlier. Decided it wasn’t worth reading another “odd stuff” article. Still won’t read it after seeing it here.

wow my comment was posted instantly, much faster than usual.

Alright I finally got rid of Chrome and I’m using the pure untouched Firefox. At first my post hung when trying to post, so I turned off the tracking protection and then it worked. Firefox is a good browser, at least on desktop.

These employers don’t seem to care about the safety and dignity of staff either. After high school, a friend worked as a builder and he had to install pink batts without any protective gear, so he was itching like a p-head for days. I tried installing pink batts in an attic once. My goggles fogged up and I couldn’t see a damned thing.

They focus on renters rights but I wish they’d do more about having a proper housing market. You know, complete with competition and stuff like that.

Sure, but Renters United isn’t active in Christchurch. I’m not aware of any local events they’re promoting. As far as I’m aware, nobody is even attending council meetings or community discussions that are often held at churches.

I’ll support vandalism if they spray paint Parliament and glue their hands to the doors at Parliament, so that MPs can’t get to work. Until that happens I won’t take this group seriously.

You know Dave, I’ve just been emailing Christchurch councillors and I’ve had a few responses. I’m pretty good at getting information and finding out where to get press reports and stuff like that, but I struggle to understand the council. I don’t know how I can oppose these residents’ associations and I’m just learning that stuff now. We need a group that will make democracy accessible for someone who works 6 days a week, who can’t attend most meetings.

These ultra-leftwing groups are just fecking dumb. I’m in favour of having apartments and cycleways and proper public transport, but I’d never agree to help the kind of activities which Restore Passenger Rail is engaged in. There are meetings at the local council that I could be protesting but I usually find out at the last minute, or after it’s too late. Meanwhile, a death cult is attacking a business over an alarmist prophecy.

They could be helping me do something useful, like pry boomers away and stop them from corrupting the council.

I guess they’ve got the time.

So are level 4 lockdown is cool with you?

lol, this will appeal to angry teenagers but good luck on them convincing anyone who has life experience.