tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post8099451144483000124..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: "I'm all for free speech, but not right now"Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-55043158359731131792018-07-25T10:13:45.763+12:002018-07-25T10:13:45.763+12:00Don Brash is racist: Because he doesn't suppor...Don Brash is racist: Because he doesn't support Compulsory Te Reo <br />https://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018655003<br /><br />Kiwi comedian Alice Snedden takes on the topical (and sometimes controversial) civic aspects of NZ life. With her unique approach, and the help of some experts and fellow comedians, Alice will explore a different issue in each episode. <br />https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/alice-sneddens-bad-news/episode<br />s/s2018-e7<br /><br />You would think that that is against the rules (balance or denigration and discrimination) but recall that Susan Devoy called people who were repelled by Espiners Te Reo on Morning Report "boring bigots". What is going on. Language is the glue that binds us. How would Rip Van Winkle feel if he went to sleep and woke up hearing a different language spoken? Basically there are deep evolutionary reasons why language is important.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607028751724602829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-79850790493065144312018-07-22T22:27:45.767+12:002018-07-22T22:27:45.767+12:00Mediwatch is suggesting the media shouldn't re...Mediwatch is suggesting the media shouldn't report them and give their "racist views" a platform. Afterall, people can access them via Youtube but that doesn't mean they deserve to get platform in the MSM. I was shocked after the Samoan Tsunami (some years back). Winston Peters warned of a "tsunami of migrants" . Mary Wilson asked "should we even be reporting him?" It seems the journalists are a holy order who watch over what the public hear.<br /><br />Jesse Mulligan misquoted Lauren Southern. Their mediterranean escapade is played up: they had a small boat compared to the other small ships and the context is that the people traffickers liaised with the rescuers (pass the batten).<br />Guyon Espiner used a quote out of context which made it look as though Southern was an apologist for Hitler when what she was saying was that Hitler was an extension of a social justice warrior with lots of power (eg) #KILLallMEN. If anything she was guilty of violating Goodwin's Law. <br /> <br />No one in the MSM has had the guts to look at the evidence regarding race (populations) and IQ. It makes you feel as though you are in the future when you travel outside the MSM, while the MSM are living in the past. People on the left ask: why would you even be interested? While another stated : <i>@Griff – “Looking only at IQ in an attempt to justify your belief that white men are superior is a form of naive cherry picking”<br />Well, yes, that too … along with being a form of racism … or a “naive cherry-picking” theory that’s imminently translatable into racist action …</i>. But why wouldn't you find it interesting that populations of humans in differing environments develop different characteristics?<br /><br />As for "white supremacy" that boils down to white nationalism in white countries or (as has been said "why is it only white countries that have to become multicultural"? This is in the face of pro-active policies of "diversity". Personal status is more meaningful than the ethnic group you belong to.<br /><br />Another misrepresentation Wendyl Nissen calls the "holocaust deniers" (three times). The MSM aren't in a hurry to be fair.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607028751724602829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-81182951432005113582018-07-16T22:34:57.405+12:002018-07-16T22:34:57.405+12:00So we have people from all parts of the spectrum l...So we have people from all parts of the spectrum lining up to say that they don’t agree with the hateful things Southern and Molyneux are saying but they defend to the death their right to say it. As they should. And of course supporting something you disagree with is going to be a lot more convincing than saying you want them to come because you agree with them. But is it really hateful? Most, at least, of what Southern and Molyneux say should not even be controversial. That it is, is the most important reason why we need them here. Southern quotes statistics to support her argument that men, women and children are happiest in stable relationships. She tries to draw attention to the appalling situation of white farmers in South Africa. She draws attention to the strange way European governments are handling the insurgence of Islam. Ok her approach to Islam might be controversial, but so, I would hope, is a policy of ignoring ethnic rape gangs. <br /><br />The only thing I have heard of Molyneux is a Rubin interview where he discusses IQ and race. Controversial? Only because some misguided people want to suppress it. Now I read "the bell curve" and I found it informative but unsatisfying because it didn’t posit any helpful solutions and I did feel Molyneux failed for the same reason. It's not good enough to say, oh yes but we have to treat people as individuals. But what the figures do do is indicate clearly that the current policies aimed at equal outcomes are just not going to work. We have bloody stupid laws and policies just because we fail to recognize that people are inherently different. If criminality is essentially genetic, Andrew Little is probably right that we shouldn’t necessarily be locking these people up. I don’t know what the alternative is, but if we are going to find one, the best place to start is by recognizing that the underlying cause is low intelligence and that this is genetic. Similarly if some races have anger management problems under the influence of alcohol, the best way of addressing this is likely to be by recognizing it as a genetic issue rather than restricting the supply to everyone. <br /><br />An important issue with IQ is earning ability, and here you can see clearly that misrepresenting the situation is going to lead you to policies like equal outcomes that create more problems than they solve and will ultimately fail. Surely the answer lies in finding occupations that suit the various different interests and abilities of different people, not in quotas for jobs to which people are unsuited. That might need more research, but the research is never going to happen unless we listen to the likes of Molyneux. <br />davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312282243883488495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-51816737456655044742018-07-15T08:15:00.722+12:002018-07-15T08:15:00.722+12:00As.a postscript to my original comment on this pie...As.a postscript to my original comment on this piece where I questioned, if not decried, the use of labels, might I add this:<br />I was in part reacting to the critique of Simon Wilson’s piece commencing with his identification as of the left. Well if I have to wear a label it would say, rather wordily, right leaning, never voted for the left in 50 and more years, but willing to respect and even adopt what seems like good thinking from whatever direction it comes. Hence I paid attention to Mr Wilson’s views - which I found sensible - while attending not to the label attached to him at the beginning of the critique.Ruaridhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199119759439997274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-79294635288216036502018-07-14T21:48:55.914+12:002018-07-14T21:48:55.914+12:00The last post appears to be the work of someone wh...The last post appears to be the work of someone who is averse to multiculturalism and I can understand that. I can also understand why others are in favour of multiculturalism which, I guess, has the goal of creating a world that is one big happy family. Mission impossible. May be the debate would be more productive were we to get rid of all the labels - white supremist included. Labels are lazy and foment discord rather than rational debate. They encourage a dismissive rather than a thoughtful and measured response. Take for example “s/he’s just a rascist!”Ruaridhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199119759439997274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-67108348615474168102018-07-14T11:24:40.657+12:002018-07-14T11:24:40.657+12:00What is a white supremacist? To answer that questi...What is a white supremacist? To answer that question you have to consider the theory and assumptions behind multiculturalism.<br /><br />1.Immigration is beneficial.<br />2. Homogenous societies are bad.<br />3. Some people know better than others and in order to improve society they have to ignore democratic process to bring about a multicultural society.<br />4. Multiculturalism requires a new national identity that isn't based on the people whose society is to be turned into a multicultural society.<br />5. Multiculturalism requires a consistent discourse in media. Therefore we learn a lot about anti-Chinese sentiments but <i>never</i> that China is a closed ethnic state. The migrants homelands (generallY) remain intact while European New Zealanders become just another ethnic group. If you look around and don't think it is fair or that life has been made better you are a white supremacist.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15607028751724602829noreply@blogger.com