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AndyS

98 comments · +1,941 / −1,519 · rank #2494 of 40,276

Why would you want to be on a council that has countries like Saudi Arabia representing human rights. This is a country that beheads people in the street and imprisions rape victims. Yet all the lefty hang-ringers can bang on about is Trump and his policies on immigrant children that were exactly the same policies in place under the Obama administration

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Lauren Southern is a very impressive young woman. She started at Rebel Media and since went independent and has been to some very dangerous places, such as South Africa, the Calais migrant camps and so on, where she made video reportage of the situations there. Her funding comes through donations through Patreon.Similarly, Stefan Molyneux has built a huge following on Youtube with his wide ranging discussions on a variety of topics, such as why he doesnt think smacking your kids is right, through the history of the Roman Empire, and interviews with people like Noam Chomsky.Painting these two as far right is grossly simplistic. The future is in online media and these are two of todays shining lights, whether you agree with all they say or not. New Zealand should welcome the new wave of online commenters of all political stripes, not shun them

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So here is the state of NZ. Canadians Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern deplatformed from NZ, the only country in the world to do this. Manning denied entry into Canada and Australia as a convicted felon that was pardoned of a 35 year term for treason, allowed into NZNZ obviously sides with criminals and traitors. Its hard to see how NZs reputation could go any lower but it just has

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At Heathrow Airport there is a large Statoil ad that says reduce emissions by moving to Natural Gas This is one of the reasons the USA has reduced its CO2 emissions whilst the EU increases theirs. NZ has decided to ban Natural Gas exploration which will not only make life more expensive for Kiwis as we will have to import the gas, it will likely increase CO2 emissions, not to mention killing off several industries such as the methanol industry. All this because of a Greenpeace petition written by a bunch of kids.

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Southern and Molyneux could be best described as conservatives.We live in a sad world where conservatism, defence of Western Liberal democracy and criticism of cultures that dont align with our values of freedom, democracy and liberty is defined as hate speech So, once again, Karl de Fresne completely nails it.

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This NZ government seems to get its policy advice from primary school children. There is no attempt at any cost benefit analysis at all. The EU position on plastic bags is to impose a target and use levies to achieve that. I dont see a problem with passing out plastic packaging where practicable but the NZ policy response is childish

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The IQ/Race thing is something that Molyneux has brought up, and he cites scientific literature. It isnt his opinion. For example, there is evidence that Ashkenazi Jews score 15 points higher than the general population in IQ tests. Molyneux doesnt claim that it is necessarily genetic, and also claims that it is a tragedy if 1

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I have watched plenty of both on Youtube and find a lot that they have to say is of worth and creates valid discussion pointsApparently this makes me a far right bigot. OK guv its a fair cop. Im happy to hand in my NZ passport and be deported to my country of birth, namely the UKNZ has never been able to have an honest and intellectual discussion about anything in the 28 years I have lived here. Contacts details are available on request

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Im no fan of the current administration or its leadership. However, I wish Jacinda and Clarke the very best happiness with their new child, which is the greatest gift that we can be given. Heres the thing - it is possible to keep politics apart from the rest of the world

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Modern journalism seems to consist of reading Twitter and writing articles based on that. Lauren Southern is part of the modern breed of independent journalists who self fund through Patreon and travel to dangerous places.Her recent documentary Farmlands describes the horrors being experienced by white South African farmers. I recommend it, but it isnt Twitter and it doesnt fit the far right narrative

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Methane emissions from ruminants is a non-problem. CO2 and water are absorbed by grass via photosynthesis. Cows later belch part of that out as methane, which stays in the atmosphere for about 10 years before being recycled back to CO2 and water, thus continuing the loop. The radiative absorption bands of methane overlap those of water vapour, which is by far the biggest greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, dwarfing methane by factors of thousands. The concept of global warming potential of methane being higher that CO2 by factors of 30 is a flawed calculation based on suspect calculations that arent even described well in the literature. So we spend millions on solving this non-issue when there are actual environmental challenges to solve, that get no funding

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He is not homophobic. He isnt afraid of gays He was just quoting the BibleActually, a lot of Christian Conservative gays think their life in sinful, like most of us. We seek redemption and forgiveness. It isnt a hate crime

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Who is the hypocrite? Folau is a committed Christian. Most Moslems hold the same views as his regarding homosexuality, but are somewhat less compassionate about it.

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Given that it is mostly atheists that are complaining, I dont see what the problem is given that they dont believe in heaven, hell, or God

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I do agree that Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) look very promising, I am not sure that the economics of it stack up for NZ. Then you have to get through the nuclear free movement.In general though, if you want large scale zero-carbon reliable energy then nuclear is definitely the way forward. Thorium, and maybe fusion one day

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Before the modern State of Israel was formed and before the British occupation the occupiers of the region known as Palestine was the Ottoman Empire. This was the last Islamic Caliphate. Before the Six Day War, the country occupying the West Bank aka Judea and Samaria was Jordan. The people living there were a mixture of Jews and Arabs predominately. Yes, around 700,000 Arabs were expelled from Israel on its inception. A similar number of Jews were expelled from Arab lands. However, there was never a country called Palestine and never a people called Palestinians, irrespective of the various rights issues

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Framu - is it inflammatory to criticise Naziism? After all, the vast majority of Nazis were just normal hard working people. Nazism gave us some good things, like the VW car for example. A few nutters took Mein Kampf literally, Disclaimer: this is intended as irony. I do not support Naziism in any form

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Please try to think for myself hilarious. All Stuff gives is is mainly WaPo articles that is 100% anti-Trump. There is never ever anything positive said about the current administration.I know the guys no saint but booming economy, record low unemployment in minorities. etc etc.

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If the Palestinian People have a history that goes back thousands of years (actually I think the term was coined in the 1970s) then the opportunity is yours to write the book about their history. The bookshelf is currently empty

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Of some interest to NZ taxpayers should be the millions that this and the previous NZ government donated on our behalf to the Clinton Foundation But, the media claque arent interested in covering real corruption.

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The USA is in an horrendous state. Record low unemployment, booming economy, high approval ratings for the President. It just doesnt get any worse.Thankfully we have, in NZ, a progressive left wing government that are shutting down successful industries and schools without any consultation or due diligenceWe should be so proud. In 10-15 years we will all be living in a state of abject poverty, thanks to the Zero Carbon Bill!. Woop woop at least were not racist! So proud, so proud.

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The MSM have no credibility left at all. This latest immigration fiasco is a case in point. Anyone with half a brain and an internet connection can see that the whole thing is a beat up.Trump was democratically elected as the President and most of the media are doing their best to bring him down. As the man says himself, you are the enemy of the people. You, the media, should hang your heads in shame.

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