Comments on: David Garrett: Racist? http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/ Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Luke H http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-95575 Luke H Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:43:51 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-95575 That's an uncommonly deep comment denise - thanks! I think I will have to steal your line "conversational nuke". :-) That’s an uncommonly deep comment denise – thanks! I think I will have to steal your line “conversational nuke”. :-)

]]> By: denise http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-95574 denise Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:34:48 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-95574 Quite unrelated - on the surface -but I just had the unpleasant experience of being intimated a racist because I was objecting to somebody's disruptive behaviour in a shared environment. An admittedly young woman who had just perhaps discovered the power of the R bomb and was hanging out to use it. So many issues here. It's such a powerful accusation, such a despised, and rightly so - when it's real - mindset, that to misapply it is also a kind of abuse, it's the abuse of a lie. A powerful kind of lie that can shut down a debate or silence an opponent practically on the spot, because it is such an injustice, no-one wants to be guilty of it. It's a conversational nuke. It has the power to devastate public debate if we don't look seriously at claims of racism and see if they're justified. How utopian. Quite unrelated – on the surface -but I just had the unpleasant experience of being intimated a racist because I was objecting to somebody’s disruptive behaviour in a shared environment. An admittedly young woman who had just perhaps discovered the power of the R bomb and was hanging out to use it. So many issues here. It’s such a powerful accusation, such a despised, and rightly so – when it’s real – mindset, that to misapply it is also a kind of abuse, it’s the abuse of a lie. A powerful kind of lie that can shut down a debate or silence an opponent practically on the spot, because it is such an injustice, no-one wants to be guilty of it. It’s a conversational nuke. It has the power to devastate public debate if we don’t look seriously at claims of racism and see if they’re justified. How utopian.

]]> By: jason brown http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-93047 jason brown Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:29:14 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-93047 "Yes, yes, absolutely no scientific basis for Matariki, rose tinted glasses, all a bunch of politically correct nonsense, nanny state, more subprime deregulation, bla bla la blab." Can't wait for Christmas and Easter! Oh yes, and the Queen's Birthday celebration, which is not on her birthday. Don't get me started on the legally binding Waitangi Day celebrations and its continued and abject betrayal by "New Zealand." In other words, a pathetic non argument - more tripe from the right. But then, what else would one expect? “Yes, yes, absolutely no scientific basis for Matariki, rose tinted glasses, all a bunch of politically correct nonsense, nanny state, more subprime deregulation, bla bla la blab.”

Can’t wait for Christmas and Easter! Oh yes, and the Queen’s Birthday celebration, which is not on her birthday. Don’t get me started on the legally binding Waitangi Day celebrations and its continued and abject betrayal by “New Zealand.”

In other words, a pathetic non argument – more tripe from the right. But then, what else would one expect?

]]> By: Luke H http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-91829 Luke H Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:16:04 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-91829 The two words with a question mark pose a question: IS he a racist? That pushes people to read the post and find out more. The two words with a question mark pose a question: IS he a racist? That pushes people to read the post and find out more.

]]> By: Harry Young http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-91827 Harry Young Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:05:52 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-91827 The headline is as far as most people will get and the two words together provide a suggestion. The headline is as far as most people will get and the two words together provide a suggestion.

]]> By: Luke H http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-91826 Luke H Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:55:11 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-91826 Harry, read the post again - this is one of the rare occassions where I <i>defend</i> Garrett. Harry, read the post again – this is one of the rare occassions where I defend Garrett.

]]> By: Harry Young http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-91825 Harry Young Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:50:19 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-91825 Why are you trying to assassinate Garretts character? I know of pretty strong evidence that he is not racist - so strong it makes your 'mud sticks' heading laughable. Why are you trying to assassinate Garretts character? I know of pretty strong evidence that he is not racist – so strong it makes your ‘mud sticks’ heading laughable.

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]]> By: Luke H http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-91193 Luke H Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:37:33 +0000 http://pacificempire.org.nz/2009/07/30/david-garrett-racist/#comment-91193 LOL! LOL!

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