Societies have always been divided – it’s the degree of division that counts…
“… identity politics is the restriction of collective identity rather than as often expressed, its expansion.” – Mike Grimshaw.
19Jan 
18Jan 
The horror that awaits the 16 year old voter
“Will such parties see any issue with polluting 16-year-olds with such pro-terror slogans? Demented narratives that position the slave-owning hyper-racist Houthi as heroic?” – @AKADaneGiraud
15Jan 
Who is empowering the online bullies?
“… someone created a TikTok account just so they could send me a message to tell me to “commit suicide” – @AuntyHeihei
12Jan 
J’Accuse…! New World Ōtaki vs. Phillippa Landy: From a Friend
The naked hypocrisy of the so-called champagne socialists, especially my Pakeha friends, sitting around shaming each other because they mispronounced ‘Otahuhu’ hit me in the face like freezing-cold water. The issues that are facing us all and that specifically affect Māori citizens in distinct ways will never be fixed like that: it’s a sham.
11Jan 
2024 NRL Preview: The 18th Man.
“A lot can happen between now and round one, but on the surface of things, it seems apparent that the only sides that stand between Penrith and a four-peat, are the Warriors, Roosters, Manly and …” – The 18th Man
8Jan 
Academic dishonesty is not academic freedom
“Professor Jackson’s inversion of the truth is unbecoming of any serious academic. As is Associate Professor Moses’ spreading of falsehoods, and his endorsement of antisemitism.” – @KiwiDaveC
25Dec
On the same page with Nazism: the campaign to deny the Jewish Jesus
“America’s Ku Klux Klan also felt the need to address the Jewish problem in their Christian faith, by saying Jesus was descended from Adam and was therefore part of the white, Aryan race.” – @AKADaneGiraud
21Dec
A new cold war…
“I want to raise what I know will be a controversial option: Is it time for a new, 21st-century Congress of Cultural Freedom?” – Mike Grimshaw
20Dec
Outrageous: A history of showbiz and the culture wars – a review
“Could it be that the censors of yesterday are the censors of today, and will continue to be so in the future? Is the woke army discernible, in any meaningful way, from the John Birch Society of old?” – @AKADaneGiraud
19Dec
No mandate to speak for Māori
“While Debbie, Rawiri, Hana and co, have a tangi about the reo and about the removal of section 7aa of the Oranga Tamariki act they remain silent about baby Nga Reo.” – @AuntyHeihei