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MP's comments 'bang on' despite negative response from other parties - Te Pāti Māori (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government "will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori".

Tad hyperbolic, don't you think?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

don't want to engage with the problem being raised in good faith.

Do you think TPM is engaging in good faith with a statement like that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't care about the tone, I don't think they are serious, I think they are using hyperbole to bring attention to the issue. They are a minor party, I doubt we would be talking about it otherwise.

I am capable of engaging in the discussion without focussing only on the tone of message and dismissing everything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think they are using hyperbole to bring attention to the issue.

Many people would consider that acting in bad faith.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They obviously don't, because you're literally the only one here trying to argue the messenger and not the message.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

You're a strange fellow.