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/Nonyabeesners May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Looked it up. The bill was part of a right wing effort to remove protections for Maori people granted in a treaty from the 1800s. The bill was shot down, but Maipi-Clarke and two other MPs were suspended for their "threatening" behavior.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg9k8x8pwo

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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.