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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

John Key is a pedophile.

Like that would matter at this point. He could be literally actually hitler reincarnated and Hosking will go on about how he did Germany heaps of good - imagine what he can do for little new zealand!

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emminou
May 25, 2006

Ghostlight posted:

This is some gold standard cyberbullying.



Trolling Young Nats is funny but comparing John Key to Hitler seems a little off, considering.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

emminou posted:

Trolling Young Nats is funny but comparing John Key to Hitler seems a little off, considering.

Maybe the young nats should stop doing nazi salutes at their events?

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~
haha if we call these people names with boring unoriginal satire they will no longer hold their current political beliefs, this will definitely work and they haven't just ignored us in the past

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Maybe the young nats should stop doing nazi salutes at their events?

I forgot to report in my live blog of a young nats meeting but they all did the hitler salute and also sang the hitler song before the meeting started

El Pollo Blanco
Jun 12, 2013

by sebmojo

puchu posted:

haha if we call these people names with boring unoriginal satire they will no longer hold their current political beliefs, this will definitely work and they haven't just ignored us in the past

If they change their political beliefs, no one will be able to call them fascists any more, and where's the fun in that?

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

El Pollo Blanco posted:

If they change their political beliefs, no one will be able to call them fascists any more, and where's the fun in that?

National aren't even vaguely in the same ballpark as any kind of fascist party, and it's stupid to call them that.

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
When you realise how stupid voters are and lose all hope for the country, then facebook insults are like tears in rain...

time to log off.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

El Pollo Blanco posted:

If they change their political beliefs, no one will be able to call them fascists any more, and where's the fun in that?

I dunno I guess it depends if you prefer constructive (lol) political dialogue or yelling in to the endless cyber nether. I prefer pornography myself.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

A human heart posted:

National aren't even vaguely in the same ballpark as any kind of fascist party, and it's stupid to call them that.

Yeah, most Fascist didn't have access to the kind of quality spying equipment the Nats have, for one!

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Yeah, most Fascist didn't have access to the kind of quality spying equipment the Nats have, for one!

Hmmm sounds like the Nats embrace and encourage technological development? I'm voting for them for sure.

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


A human heart posted:

National aren't even vaguely in the same ballpark as any kind of fascist party, and it's stupid to call them that.

cult of personality based around strongman mythos
harassment and interference of/with journalists
propaganda/media control strategy
mass surveillance and expansion of spy powers/erosion of spy neutrality
corporatism
control of the population by way of the bullying/othering of minorities

Ratios and Tendency fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Jul 15, 2015

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

Ratios and Tendency posted:

cult of personality based around strongman mythos
harassment and interference of/with journalists
propaganda/media control strategy
mass surveillance and expansion of spy powers
corporatism
control of the population by way of the bullying/othering of minorities

They don't have the first one(unless you think that having a leader who is popular within the party is a cult of personality), the next 3 are found in many kinds of political movements other than fascism, and I don't think you know what corporatism means, because National aren't corporatist. They don't have any particular conception of the nation state as an organic entity, they don't have any kind of palingenetic element, and they're not ultranationalist, things that fascist movements(as well as most almost fascist movements like Peronism or what have you) have.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



I don't really know what to say if you think people are sincerely suggesting the National party are left-leaning enough to be National Socialists, or if you sincerely think the place to have constructive political dialogue is an events page on Facebook and that trolling some idiots on social media somehow precludes you from ever having constructive dialogue on politics separately in a more suitable forum.

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

Ratios and Tendency posted:

cult of personality based around strongman mythos
????

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:



He's "capable" and "gets things done" and associates himself with masculine symbols like beer and rugby.

awesmoe
Nov 30, 2005

Pillbug

Ratios and Tendency posted:

He's "capable" and "gets things done" and associates himself with masculine symbols like beer and rugby.
maybe just (read out loud, if that's easier) what you've been posting, and then ask yourself 'if this is what I have to support my argument, is it possible that I might actually be wrong"
Your argument is that the national party are close to being a fascist party btw

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

Ratios and Tendency posted:

He's "capable" and "gets things done"

It's sad that people believe this (in the context of running a country. Yes he is highly capable in the field of making money off the backs of the poor.)

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Google 'Eco - Eternal Fascism'. The national party is an enormous group of inbred bastards, but they don't quite hit the markers for fascism. Yet.

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


awesmoe posted:

maybe just (read out loud, if that's easier) what you've been posting, and then ask yourself 'if this is what I have to support my argument, is it possible that I might actually be wrong"
Your argument is that the national party are close to being a fascist party btw

I was just drawing some parallels in response to someone claiming that they aren't even "vaguely in the same ballpark" since I felt that was an attempt to minimise serious issues with the current government.

SurreptitiousMuffin
Mar 21, 2010

WarpedNaba posted:

Google 'Eco - Eternal Fascism'. The national party is an enormous group of inbred bastards, but they don't quite hit the markers for fascism. Yet.
You mean Ecco's Ur-Fascism? Googling your thing just got me Daily Mail articles about the GREEN TALIBAN.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Ur Facism should also work. For some reason my bookmark doesn't work any more.

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

WarpedNaba posted:

Google 'Eco - Eternal Fascism'. The national party is an enormous group of inbred bastards, but they don't quite hit the markers for fascism. Yet.

I wouldn't pay too much attention to Eco's definition, iirc most of the Fascism literature uses a narrower and more specific definition than he does(although even if you use his criteria it's clear National don't meet it).

Ratios and Tendency posted:

I was just drawing some parallels in response to someone claiming that they aren't even "vaguely in the same ballpark" since I felt that was an attempt to minimise serious issues with the current government.

They suck but in a fairly standard neoliberal way that is totally distinct from Fascism.

SurreptitiousMuffin
Mar 21, 2010
I'm reading a whole lot of poo poo about 'Ecofascism' now and it's pretty hilarious.

"I CAN'T VENT SMOKE FROM EVERY ORIFICE 24/7 THE LIBERALS ARE LITERAL NAZIS".

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

SurreptitiousMuffin posted:

I'm reading a whole lot of poo poo about 'Ecofascism' now and it's pretty hilarious.

"I CAN'T VENT SMOKE FROM EVERY ORIFICE 24/7 THE LIBERALS ARE LITERAL NAZIS".

There's a lot of dumb crap been written about how green parties are Nazis or whatever, but there really was a 'green' contingent of the Nazi party and there are some modern fascists who have tried to bring that back as a way of making fascism acceptable to environmentalist types. this article is good and relevant: http://revolutionaryecology.com/2013/12/05/j-sakai-the-green-nazi-an-investigation-into-fascist-ideology/

Pararoid
Dec 6, 2005

Te Waipounamu pride

puchu posted:

haha if we call these people names with boring unoriginal satire they will no longer hold their current political beliefs, this will definitely work and they haven't just ignored us in the past

The thing is these kids have never even heard what some might consider to be unoriginal satire.

I'd guarantee some of the attendees would have practically never heard the opinions of people who are against the government outside of maybe a glance at a picture of Greenpeace on parliament's roof or something similar.

I'm not suggesting that bombarding their Facebook event is a great way to make these kids become aware that there are other points of view, but it's better than nothing.

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free
What if we took all their money and then beat them, with sticks. Big ones.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
edit: Maybe a little too bloodthirsty with regard to stupid children.

WarpedNaba fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Jul 15, 2015

Red_Museum
Apr 17, 2011

Shredded Hen
Herald saying the person who leaked the housing data to Labour has been fired.

puchu
Sep 20, 2004

hiya~

Pararoid posted:

The thing is these kids have never even heard what some might consider to be unoriginal satire.

I'd guarantee some of the attendees would have practically never heard the opinions of people who are against the government outside of maybe a glance at a picture of Greenpeace on parliament's roof or something similar.

I'm not suggesting that bombarding their Facebook event is a great way to make these kids become aware that there are other points of view, but it's better than nothing.

I can assure you that they are aware. They are teenagers on the Internet.

I don't think someone will be convinced of their horrible wrongness by an Internet poster saying Hitler on a social media event page which invites the people most invested in the organisation to a meeting about the organisation.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




JK is a good bloke because he took strange foreign poo poo money and turned it into more glorious NZ money then he became PM then he had a beer and is casual as when it comes to the insignificant parts of governing and such So pulling a woman's hair while she is working or pulling a kids hair when she is standing on the street is normal as

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Andrew little on the other hand just doesn't like those Asians :chord:

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


A human heart posted:

They suck but in a fairly standard neoliberal way that is totally distinct from Fascism.

I don't accept that fascism and neoliberalism are totally distinct(the opposite is true) and I also don't accept that politically motivated harassment of journalists by the police, for example, is standard neoliberalism.

newtestleper
Oct 30, 2003
Ratios and Tendency calls his stepdad Fascist, then throws his plate of mum's special spag bol (his favourite) at the wall and storms off to his room to play final fantasy.

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

Ratios and Tendency posted:

I don't accept that fascism and neoliberalism are totally distinct(the opposite is true) and I also don't accept that politically motivated harassment of journalists by the police, for example, is standard neoliberalism.

Neoliberalism and fascism are clearly linked but not the same thing. The second thing is pretty common, the UK, the US, and I'm sure you could find other examples.

Big Bad Beetleborg
Apr 8, 2007

Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.

newtestleper posted:

Ratios and Tendency calls his stepdad Fascist, then throws his plate of mum's special spag bol (his favourite) at the wall and storms off to his room to play final fantasy.

is the ffvii remake out already?

whiter than a Wilco show
Mar 30, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
loving dry mince, watties sauce and undercooked spaghetti sticks. Second only to yellow curry with raisins in it for late eighties mum based culinary abortions.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




:yum:

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

Infotainment! posted:

loving dry mince, watties sauce and undercooked spaghetti sticks. Second only to yellow curry with raisins in it for late eighties mum based culinary abortions.

I'm hungry now thanks a lot

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Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Same but then I had some FUSH AND CHUPS

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