so Christopher Luxon is in the news apologising again. this time, he’s pissed everyone off by talking about young men “sitting on couches in garages in south Auckland” being easy prey to gangs. naturally he’s had the sense to apologise; he’s politician enough to know that it’s kind of mandatory in a case like this, and besides, talking about how sorry he is gives him more air time, doesn’t it? a lot more people have now had a chance to hear about his shallow, over-simplistic views on a whole group of people. the bigoted among us must just love him for it. what struck me however, is that the man has typically missed the entire point by apologising for the wrong damn thing. he should not be sorry that people might have been offended, he should be disgusted with himself for thinking in stereotypes in the first place. it’s the usual testament to the kind of person he really is: a narrow-minded, ignorant, bigot through and through.
imagine what new zealand would be like if chloe swarbrick ran the place
my thoughts about new zealand today