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Guttermouth's avatar

>> But McClelland said wizardry no longer fits the "promotional landscape" of the South Island's largest city, and new programmes "will increasingly reflect our diverse communities and showcase a vibrant, diverse, modern city."

Translation: too much white people stuff. We need to get rid of the white people stuff and racism will go away.

Also, "increasingly reflect our diverse communities and showcase a vibrant, diverse, modern city." I feel like they could have squeezed in the word "diverse" at least three more times:

"increasingly diversely reflect our diverse communities and diversely showcase a vibrant, diverse, diversely modern city."

This smacks of white supremacy to me. Getting rid of a charming old man practicing a romanticized version of the native culture isn't going to accomplish anything if you don't fix your language. #newspeak

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Deeply concerned's avatar

Promotional landscape? What sort of piffle is that? They truly think people are nothing more than cattle to be herded and told what to think and do. On the other hand I do think diversity is worthy goal which is why I think unvaccinated folks are so beneficial, despite the risks, because they maintain a higher diversity of mutations/variants as opposed to the vaccinated who are more selective/exclusive regarding the virus. Oh, that delta supremacy...

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Acacia tree's avatar

What a lot of Verbal rubish

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Deeply concerned's avatar

Hmm, apparently sometimes my sarcasm flows too readily...and the snark goes unregistered.

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Oh yes, I know, maybe it just wasn't clear in my snark but I meant that the delta variant has been selected for by the vaccines , per Geert van der Bossche hence the vaccine folks are limiting the diversity. Variants are created by everyone, it's just random mutation. Which ones become dominant is where the vaccine induced pressure kicks in.

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Arne's avatar

There's a major cognitive dissonance between increasing diversity and refusing to allow any non-natives into the country.

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jv's avatar

He must have refused the vaccine. New Zealand is now cursed and doomed.

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Brian Dixon's avatar

Since he's already over there in the south Pacific, he can become the Wizard of the other Oz.

He can help them find the heart, brains, and courage to take back their home.

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libertate's avatar

He should start a gofundme. I'd wager he'd made a hell of a lot more than 11K and change.

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Lorraine Fullmer's avatar

the good news is, the wizard said he's going nowhere. NZ politics are getting really, really ugly with the covid and climate stuff. besides the ridiculous overreaches, they just lie. lie. lie and expect people to start believing it. Unfortunately, a lot of people are. ;>( also unfortunately, there seems t be very little politician opposition to what's going on in the government--so far it's us awake people doing the lifting. So f'ing sad!!!

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curryhari's avatar

It's tragedy after tragedy in Christchurch. Terrorist attack, insane lockdowns, and now their wizard is gone.

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Ed's avatar

he is going to a different realm of middle earth.....

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Darling Sneauxflayke's avatar

He better make room on his broomstick and bring the rest of us sane people along!

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Rosemary B's avatar

cancelled!

Just like Zwarte Piet in Holland. So much special tradition. My 97 year old daddy remembers so many happy fun memories of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. I have vague memories as we came to the US when I was 9. So I do recall the stars in my eyes.

Oh well. We humans have such a racist beginning.

Obama's crusade is to change our country, turn it into Islam

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Jonas Gwin's avatar

Please come back as a white wizard and do your thing.

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