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I am horrified and revolted by the letters in today's paper. Just... god, I knew people like that existed but I try to avoid thinking about it and these were in your face. I desperately need to make a reply to each of them but I don't think the papers would take it so...
In order to understand the following rant, if you wish to, you need to know that...
... John Tamihere, a member of the Government (who I support- the Gvt, not John-), is one of those politicians who is sometimes perfect and sometimes terrible. But just recently he went off the deep end in a sort of shady magazine, referring to his colleagues in the government variously and creatively as queers, butches, smarmy, etc etc etc. Rather revolting all told. He also made reference to what is known in certain circles as the "lesbian cabal"- referring to the fact that most of the top governmental positions in this country are run by women, some people (mostly men and idiotic women like Rosemary McCloud. Die, die, bitch) assume that of course they must be lesbian, because any woman who, you know, has an important job simply MUST be "a dyke." Gah.
Anyway, these letters are in response to his comments and the furore that arose after they were published. I picked the two that horrified me and the sensible one- so there were others in there but they were pretty bogged down in NZA politics so wouldn't make a lot of sense anyway. No names are attached because gah.
( A straight answer please )
( Tamihere Should Go )
( A Disruptive Influence )
Yeah, I saved the worst for last. I feel ill now.
In order to understand the following rant, if you wish to, you need to know that...
... John Tamihere, a member of the Government (who I support- the Gvt, not John-), is one of those politicians who is sometimes perfect and sometimes terrible. But just recently he went off the deep end in a sort of shady magazine, referring to his colleagues in the government variously and creatively as queers, butches, smarmy, etc etc etc. Rather revolting all told. He also made reference to what is known in certain circles as the "lesbian cabal"- referring to the fact that most of the top governmental positions in this country are run by women, some people (mostly men and idiotic women like Rosemary McCloud. Die, die, bitch) assume that of course they must be lesbian, because any woman who, you know, has an important job simply MUST be "a dyke." Gah.
Anyway, these letters are in response to his comments and the furore that arose after they were published. I picked the two that horrified me and the sensible one- so there were others in there but they were pretty bogged down in NZA politics so wouldn't make a lot of sense anyway. No names are attached because gah.
( A straight answer please )( Tamihere Should Go )( A Disruptive Influence )Yeah, I saved the worst for last. I feel ill now.
