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We Need Trump and Musk

Entry 2385, on 2025-02-11 at 11:40:37 (Rating 5, News)

Well, Waitangi Day has come and gone again, and it has involved a similar level of controversy as in the past. But I have written posts about what a disgrace our so-called "national day" is in the past, so this time I want to talk about the underlying issue: race relations. Specifically, I want to show some of the reactions to one particular "initiative" to make these relations "better".

The post I am using here, and the comments about it, come from X (previously known as Twitter) and I don't apologise for that, despite the idea that many people have that X is both biased and frivolous. If that's what you think, you are wrong. X has been shown to have the best balance of political views from all the social media, news, and discussion platforms, including news sources which are not internet-based. So I think it does give a genuine view of what people are thinking.

So here is the post which I, and others, reacted to. I have left the comments mostly unfiltered, so sorry if you are offended. I have also chosen all the comments about the post (or at least the first 20, because there could have been thousands) so this should demonstrate a variety of opinions... except it didn't.

This is the post: "The Pakeha Project is funded by New Zealand Government Agencies, including the Ministry of Justice, Statistics New Zealand, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The Pakeha Project is an organization in New Zealand led by "tangata Tiriti" (people who identify as New Zealand European settlers under the Treaty of Waitangi) that focuses on providing programs and workshops for Pakeha AKA White (New Zealand Europeans) to deepen their understanding of The Treaty of Waitangi and their role in building a more equitable relationship with Special Maori (Who are not The Indigenous people of New Zealand), aiming to promote systemic change through personal reflection and action; it is often centered around creating safe spaces for Pakeha to confront issues related to colonization and racism. The Pakeha Project was founded in 2019 by Rebecca Sinclair and Louise Marra."

Comment 1: Outside Pakeha Project offices this morning [Includes an image of a bunch of clowns entering a building].

Comment 2: These "pakeha project" dickheads need to be hauled before the human rights commission. It's straight discrimination and racism.

Comment 3: We are paying for people who didn't have Maori friends in school.

Comment 4: Typical demonically perverted lunatic white liberal women - who absolutely believe they're "good" in their virtue-signalling. And utterly deny the harm they've caused and are causing.

Comment 5: I'm a white kiwi New Zealander not a "white pig" thank you and don't tell me that isn't what it means as have numerous true Maori friends that say that's what it means. [Referring to the word "pakeha"]

Comment 6: Stupid lefty Muppets. They can just f off.

Comment 7: The Pakeha Project, funded by various New Zealand government agencies, strikes many as a prime example of "woke" ideology gone too far. It's a ridiculous expense to taxpayers who might not see the value in or even want this kind of initiative. It's one thing to educate, but this is propaganda.

Comment 8: LOL I didn't see "Work hard, study hard privilege".

Comment 9: Shut it down.

Comment 10: Has this been cancelled by the new govt?

Comment 11: Struggle sessions. No thanks, the scum scrum can struggle along without me.

Comment 12: I think she's really brave for being so open with her mental illness and her passion for cuckolding. Thank goodness she lives in a country where she can get access to the help she needs, not ahead of Maori in the public health system of course.

Comment 13: Rebecca Sinclair, another parasite on the NZ taxpayer.

Comment 14: Goddamn this is so pathetic.

Comment 15: Absolutely hilarious stuff in here. Guy Williams needs to study this. One small gem... "Our programmes, workshops, coaching and interventions are designed to develop capacities for deep reflection and meaningful action on the role of tangata Tiriti in honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi".

Comment 16: Hi ya Becks, do love all the carefully placed post-it notes. It doesn't look contrived at all - really. IMHO the following collection of words wins the meaningless drivel prize. "promote systemic change through personal reflection" Simply can't wait to get to a safe place.

Comment 17: Underlying theme, be gay, abort your child.

Comment 18: Even more reason to bristle at the pakeha word.

Comment 19: Is she trying to be a bill gates?

Comment 20: And they can fark off.

Comment 21: Should be called the "Propaganda Project"?

Comment 22: What a worthless piece of shit. Why are we still getting this BS?

So you can see there is no support there at all for this project. By the way, my comments are number 21 and 22. It's rare that I just abuse people like I did in 22, but this is just so insane that I just couldn't help it this time.

So what is happening here? Well, this is pure propaganda, as I said in comment 21. It's a way to push Maori perspectives and encourage further demands for handouts and special privileges. It tries to make non-Maori compliant to these demands by presenting fundamentally fictitious principles which allegedly come from the Treaty but in reality only exist in the minds of some judges and other activists.

And it is classic Critical Race Theory nonsense, where the clear and obvious deficiencies in a "minority group" are always blamed on someone else.

I have said recently that woke-ism is dying, but clearly, judging by this garbage, it hasn't gone completely just yet. But look at those comments: people just aren't interested any longer.

Unfortunately, our prime minister doesn't seem to have quite figured this out yet. He is still pretty woke, in fact he has been compared with the horrible Jacinda Ardern in this regard. I don't think he is as bad as her, but he's still pretty bad!

One other controversial opinion needs to be added here too: this stuff seems to be being driven primarily by women (see comment 4), and that is a common phenomenon in other countries too. Women are more driven by emotion, so woke nonsense appeals to them, since it is more about what is allegedly "nice" rather than what is true. Of course, there are plenty of men talking BS as well, and plenty of women who make very good, rational arguments, but it is a trend which I think is undeniable.

So woke-ism isn't dead just yet. How much longer will we need to put up with it in New Zealand? Until we get a decent prime minister, I guess, and who knows if and when that will happen. I wonder if Trump and Musk might like to visit here after they have finished sorting out America!

Comment 2 (7820) by OJB on 2025-02-11 at 14:12:39: (view earlier comments)

Thanks for your support. The thing is, based on the comments I showed here, it seems that the majority of people are pretty sick of this woke nonsense which supports the "Maori grievance industry". Remember, X is used by roughly equal numbers of people from the left and right, yet these comments are 100% against this garbage. Maybe more people support our views than we think!

Comment 3 (7821) by Anonymous on 2025-02-12 at 09:23:09:

So you list off a selected diatribe of racist abuse and think that proves something?

Comment 4 (7822) by OJB on 2025-02-12 at 09:30:19:

I don't think I claimed it proved anything (don't see the word "proof" anywhere). It is evidence, but certainly not proof. Also, nothing was selected. I just copied the first 20 comments and then analysed them. There *could* have been comments supporting the "Pakeha Project" amongst those, but there wasn't, and *that* was my point. Also, the (very stupid) women involved both look white to me, so how is it racist? Misogynistic, sure, but not racist! :)

Comment 5 (7823) by Jim Cable on 2025-02-12 at 09:36:31:

re Comment 5: I've always understood that "pakeha" stemmed from Maori's grasp of "bugger you" - a word they would have heard in frequent use by the early seaman/sealer/whaler rough types with whom they has early contact.

What always seems offensive to me about the use of "pakeha" is that it is the only word in constant use to describe those of us who are non-Maori and is, of itself, a Maori word.

I'm not Maori and, secure in my own culture, I feel there should be a better description for my own lot than "pakeha" or "non-Maori." My consequentiality is of greater substance than such dismissive terms convey.

Comment 6 (7824) by OJB on 2025-02-12 at 12:12:18:

Yes, I have heard various opinions on the origin and meaning of "pakeha". I would prefer it wasn't used, but it isn't super-important to me. The thing is, if a non-Maori New Zealander (to be fair, that is awkward, and pakeha is easier) used a word to describe Maoris, which they didn't approve of, the person using that word would be shut down, but obviously the opposite isn't true.

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