• Politicians and online abuse.

    From Crash@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 22 15:57:18 2023
    A good analysis on this (note the author is NOT DPF)

    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2023/01/politicians_and_online_abuse.html



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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Crash on Sat Jan 21 19:15:33 2023
    On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 3:57:16 PM UTC+13, Crash wrote:
    A good analysis on this (note the author is NOT DPF)

    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2023/01/politicians_and_online_abuse.html



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    Thanks for posting that Crash. Some interesting facts for consideration of those with open minds...

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Crash on Sun Jan 22 06:49:27 2023
    On 2023-01-22, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    A good analysis on this (note the author is NOT DPF)

    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2023/01/politicians_and_online_abuse.html

    Another great summing up in the comments

    Quote below for those who have not read it


    Surely Knott

    Did Jacinda receive disproportionate abuse? The question you didn’t
    ask was do the public receive disproportionate abuse?

    The public who have no power. The public have no voice. We don’t
    control the media or have our opinions written on the front page
    of stuff or the herad. No politician would speak with protestors at
    parliament or return emails about covid vaccines which they forced
    on us. Make no mistake who was abusing who and who held the power.

    The power is held in entirety by govt and media and their paid
    scientific experts.

    Ardern funded media who said that anyone who opposed her were
    conspiracy theorists, 4 chan, tin foil -hat wearing, anti-science, unintelligent, rabbit hole dwelling , social media trolls, that don’t
    care about their community or grandmothers or society blah blah blah.

    The ran a survey in the media to suggest that unvaxxed shouldn’t
    have access to medical health care or hospitals. For those of us
    who were unvaxxed society felt dangerous.

    They used coercion and lies and behavioural nudges. They said unvaxxed couldnt’ leave auckland unless auckland reached 90% vaccination.
    A classic army technique to punish everyone until you conform
    creating hate agaist the target.

    She used bribes to force people into taking an unapproved dangerous
    vaccine and offered the vaccines outside schools so kids could
    vaccinate without parent’s knowledge.


    Protestors who lost their jobs and were affected by mandates
    she removed with armed police and violence and sound cannons.

    She’s an abuser. And she had all the power.

    They are continuing to use their media platform to abuse the public.
    Daily there is an article about disinformation and how some media
    person is abused of which they produce no solid examples and call
    for limits on free speech.

    Social media is the voice of the people. It is our only voice.
    It is the democratic process.

    Why should Paula Penfold , Ali Mau and Simon Wilson, Kate Hannah
    write their hateful govt funded drivel, and then turn around and
    say that my voice or my response to their opinions which i post
    on social media are less valid or should be censored.

    The govt has all the power and they wielded it with an iron fist.
    Make no mistake, that is the abuse. And they are desperately
    trying to deflect from three things.

    1. Their totalitarian response was authoritarian, often illegal,
    vicious and divisive. Not kind.
    2. A New memo shows that the govt didn’t follow the science
    advice and they pushed ahead with 2 vaxxes for kids despite
    warnings of myocarditis. This has yet to be addressed by the media.
    3. Labour are the champion of identity politics and routinely
    complain that Nats are too white and old and male. And they have
    just appointed a white male themselves AGAIN. And so better to
    create a distraction saying that the public are misogynists.
    4. And we still have no answers on the origins of the virus.
    And no one has been held to account.

    So the public being the abusers is just a distraction and a
    scapegoat. The abuse was entirely Ardern’s response. Her calls
    for censorship of social media are in line with Davos speakers
    from Australian govt who are calling for censorship of social
    media with repeat claims we are abusers. Rubbish. This is
    censorship of free speech of the public. This is our only voice.

    And finally no other Prime Minister has used social media as much
    to her advantage with her night time, no make up, shot from her
    living room, soft best friend talks via instagram. She very much
    used the platform to push her gender stereotyped “kindness” brand.
    It suited her to use the platform. But then when she raised on
    insta the issue of vaccine injuries and the thread filled with
    thousands the tide changed/

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