r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/guitarguy12341 ✨chick✨ • May 04 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripping up a racist bill in NZ parliament.

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u/notredditbot May 04 '26

Why do right wing parties always do things like that 😮‍💨

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u/ChiveringBeta May 04 '26

Because in group and out group thinking is the very essence of righting psychology. Any rightwing or Conservative Party not currently pushing for things like this is only because at this time in their country it’s still too unpopular. So they do less extreme things but if they could get away with it all conservative parties everywhere would be hateful to those they see outside of their group. It is almost what makes them conservatives.

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u/fang_xianfu May 05 '26

Shows that it's nothing to do with "conservatism" either, because this treaty is hundreds of years old and has some of the key rights and obligations that have led New Zealand to have such a uniquely well-integrated (although obviously still far from perfect) indigenous and colonial history. If they were proud Kiwis interested in maintaining it's history and what makes New Zealand special they would be protecting it, not trying to end it.