Going From Terror to Tyranny
Passing new laws every time a terrorist act occurs does not make us safer: it merely emboldens a different, stronger entity to inflict its own tools of terror – our own government.
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I will not attempt to tell you what is going to happen, but what will almost definitely not happen.
Just Where Is This ‘Peaceful Majority’?
We’re constantly told that the ‘vast majority’ of Muslims are ‘peaceful’ and ‘moderate’ – if so, they’re being awfully quiet about it.
Nothing Left of the Left
When left and right start behaving in the same way, there’s nothing left of the left.
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Maybe We Should All Identify as Māori?
If equality is the goal, then policies must be universal, needs-based, and blind to race. Because, when identity becomes currency, people will inevitably try to spend it.
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Another Great Socialist Plan Goes Bung
You can’t spend other people’s money if they leave and take it with them.
