(29-03-2023, 11:14 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Look around the world; its largely men who are responsible for most murders & violence of all kinds; she's right & while that truth is uncomfortable no one should be sacked for speaking the truth.
The right are having a wonderful time trying to demonise her for her comments, despite her having explained the context - she'd just been hit by a motorcyclist at the time the loonytunes 'reporter' from Counterspin turned up & she has clarified her comment at the time & apologised to the PM.
That is sufficient.
We really do need to tackle the problem of violence, whoever is responsible & preferably soon, find ways of preventing it.
When people are in a heightened state of emotion (or drunk) I tend to see they say exactly what they are thinking as their filter has been removed. I would suggest that what she said was her honest (and very ugly) belief. She can dress it up all she wants later but she simply showed who she was.
And let's not get past that it's wasn't men she was talking about - it was white cis-men. And wasn't some of the violence but all.
So I guess we now know her true feelings to her co-leader.
And let's also not forget where she was coming from. A protest where those protesting violently silenced those wishing to speak. Even when it was clear that the talk was being called off they continued to be violent.
(29-03-2023, 08:53 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: She's bang on in my life experience. Why should she apologise when she is calling out men for a problem they have? When predominantly women are the victims?
Seems like a bit of gaslighting to avoid the issue to me...
(29-03-2023, 06:18 AM)Kenj Wrote: It is fairly even in %.... 47% of problems are caused by Maori 53% by the rest.
However, look at the % population and you will see that ,with 17% of the population Maorii are, once again, over represented.
And why is that do you reckon?
So if women are often the victims you must have been dismayed by the violence shown to several women during that rally.
As for the reason more Maori are represented in stats? You are thinking "systemic racism" I am thinking they just break the law and get caught more.