Commentators Miss the Mark
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As with any tragedy, it seems the usual media commentators almost have pieces pre-written to whip up their usual brand of hysteria. And no different is the tragedy of Nia Glassie, a recent case of terrible child abuse.
Here’s a recap:
Garth George blames New Zealands horrific child abuse record on abortion. Then he seems to get confused, takes some medicine and switches tack to blame kiwi bloke acting out his frustration, for he has been emasculated by the feminist movement. Riiiiight.
Michael Laws seems to hop off his “PC gone mad” and nanny state bandwagon and instead seems to briefly understand what those shrieked buzzwords actually stand for, going to the extent of saying “At such times you can appreciate the sensibilities that drove Sue Bradford to intrude on family life.” before he suddenly reverts back to form and begins to advocate the death penalty.
Deborah Coddington takes it a step further, recommending that the state abduct children at birth from the people deemed not fit to parent. This is a big step from an ex-ACT MP, but she appears to miss the mark.
Danyl from the Dim Post hits the nail on the head:
Well thank god we’ve gotten rid of that horrible nanny state Labour party and the government can get on with the real work of confiscating people’s children off them at birth.
He goes on to assert that Laws et al. dreaming up these policies is all well and good, until someone decides it should apply to them as well (Sue Bradford, anyone?) and then we’ll barely be able to breathe but drown in the moral outrage.
I look forward to reading Bob Jones’ opinion piece on it, but hopefully he’s crawled back under his rock now his crusade against Labour and the Greens has suspended as they’re relegated to opposition.