27-06-2023, 07:10 PM
This really isn't a good look for them. And seriously 'pigeon' instead of pidgin just makes whoever wrote the nasty little addition look ignorant.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/n...INP6IJ6ZE/#
Coromandel MP Scott Simpson said as far as he could ascertain, a party volunteer added the categories in response to questions from members of the public.
“That won’t be happening again.”
Asked if it was racist, he said “I think it was in response to members of the public, I don’t think it’s appropriate and I wouldn’t have done it.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/n...INP6IJ6ZE/#
The poster, used widely by National Party candidates and members at public events, asks people to put a sticker next to the issue that is most important to them, picking from options such as the cost of living, housing, health, education and law and order.
On the Katikati poster, somebody had handwritten extra categories: “co-governance” and “pigeon [sic] English”.Coromandel MP Scott Simpson said as far as he could ascertain, a party volunteer added the categories in response to questions from members of the public.
“That won’t be happening again.”
Asked if it was racist, he said “I think it was in response to members of the public, I don’t think it’s appropriate and I wouldn’t have done it.”
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)