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# Things That Make Me Go Hmm
- URL: https://goodoil.news/things-that-make-me-go-hmm-141/
- Published: 2020-06-11T00:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-10T08:58:43.000Z
- Author: WH
- Tags: General, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

When Goldsmith suggested that the PM, a woman, should “Stick to her knitting” there was predictable lefty outrage about sexism.

Any person with an IQ greater than that of a carrot knows that the expression means ‘*concentrate on a familiar area of activity rather than diversify*‘, but hey, outrage is so much more popular these days.

Great lefty cartoonist, Emmerson, got in on the mockery with an offering that was actually quite a good take on the issue.

The juxtaposition of this cartoon with the headline below in the Bay of Plenty Times got me saying hmm.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_20200610_085149.jpg)

The BFD

Ultra lefty Gould is using another common phrase “stuck to its guns” meaning ‘*continued with a plan of action*‘.

But surely this is the government glorifying gun violence? Haven’t we just spent a squillion dollars removing all the evil guns from the streets?

Cue the lefty outrage …

….

….

No?

They are figures of speech people! The English language is littered with them and they contribute to the richness of our culture and heritage.

Put down your faux outrage pens/keyboards and get a life.

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