Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
Well, lets see.
I am worried about ACT dismanteling the firearm register and reintroducing access to semiautomatic weapons.
Both moves are absolutely unnecessary and would only satisfy the small number of voters ACT bribed with its firearm policies. They are likely to increase instead of reducing the gun violence in NZ. They are extreme positions pushed for a quite dumb reason - and if we have the next mass shooting in NZ, than no doubt - ACT will have blood on their hands.
Extreme enough for you?
While I agree that the outgoing govenment wasted a lot of tax payer money, I am worried the incoming government will introduce austerity policies to fund their promises. Don't really see how they otherwise can fund their tax cut promises. This would be damaging to our economy - just look at how the tories destroyed the British economy. I'd call that extreme right - and extreme dumb.
While I agree with your assessment of Labours race based policies (as a minimum they did a terrible job of explaining them) ... there are two ways to roll these back. One can do that by uniting the people, or one can do that by alienating the loosers of the election and driving them further to the extremes. I hope for the first, but I fear for the second, which would not augur well for our common future.
And yes, while I hope that the positions and disdain spread by right wing trolls every day about this and other forums are hopefully not government policy - it makes one wonder how uniting a government can be which is as well dependent on the support of these trolls.
Enough extreme positions for you?