It isn't uncommon for conservatives to be labelled as people who are selfish and do not want to help those less fortunate. There is something rather ironic about this position. Namely, it labels all people who associate themselves on this side as tight, neglectful people who do not care about poorer people. So having a tirade of abuse towards Colin Craig saying school lunches should not be handed out comes as no surprise. Labour/Green Party Headquarters talks about New Zealand's desperate need for it, but today the focus will be on one particular person who goes by the name "Paul Le Comte." He writes...
You evil piece of shite. Everyone who agrees with you are evil pieces of shite, I'm not mixing my words with you tossers any more, I'm sick to death of bloody so called 'pull-your-socks-up' do gooders. You're small minded, have no capacity for compassion, have even less capacity for empathy & have the most incredibly ability to tarnish everyone with stereotypes. You have no idea why or how people's lives are affected by poverty - stories from the 1900s have utterly no relevance to New Zealand 2012. You people ask where is the personal responsibility? I ask you, for the 96 Hillside railway workers laid off 1 week before christmas, what part did they play in their economic hardship - none what so ever. But that doesn't stop you narrow minded tossers for playing the high and mighty. I ask where was the Governmental responsibility in giving the wealthy in NZ a $2B tax break & raising GST on every product in NZ - when the arguments for exemptions on fresh fruit & vegetables (as done elsewhere). Colin Craig is a despicable politician influenced by & seemingly willing to support even smaller minded & economically offensive twats. Hope you are all happy in your condemnation of others whom you have no idea of the individual circumstances. Funny my Gran taught me compassion and empathy are the greatest gifts of humanity, funny, the very same Christian values apparently Colin apparently is signed up to.
I shall break down everything which Paul has said and put my riposte underneath
You evil piece of shite. Everyone who agrees with you are evil pieces of shite, I'm not mixing my words with you tossers any more, I'm sick to death of bloody so called 'pull-your-socks-up' do gooders. You're small minded, have no capacity for compassion, have even less capacity for empathy & have the most incredibly ability to tarnish everyone with stereotypes
To begin, Paul makes personal attacks towards people whom he is unfamiliar with, offering up mindless abuse, and labeling conservatives as evil. When people often begin by insulting their opponents, it is often a sure sign of insecurity on their own behalf for their position. He believes that because the Conservative party does not approve of lunches in schools, it means they lack compassion. Why is that? In what way? Does a disapproval of this policy mean they are not compassionate in any kind of way?
Paul again
You have no idea why or how people's lives are affected by poverty - stories from the 1900s have utterly no relevance to New Zealand 2012. You people ask where is the personal responsibility? I ask you, for the 96 Hillside railway workers laid off 1 week before christmas, what part did they play in their economic hardship - none what so ever. But that doesn't stop you narrow minded tossers for playing the high and mighty
Again, Paul assumes his opponents are completely ignorant and void of knowledge. This is both wrong and inaccurate. He is more than welcome to present objective evidence of right wing people who have no idea about how their life has been affected by poverty. Like Paul, I have a heart for the poor and help where I can to provide help for him. If he wants my solutions to the situation he can read the post "Let us help the children," which includes a brilliant harvest fruit picking initiative which Di Celliers runs. So far, many boxes of fresh fruit have been delivered to low decile schools. A majority of this funding has been by private donors. Unlike Paul, who believes helping those in need cannot be achieved without the government dictating it, these clever initiatives shows that plenty of organisations exist to help parents provide food for everyone.
Paul continues
I ask where was the Governmental responsibility in giving the wealthy in NZ a $2B tax break & raising GST on every product in NZ - when the arguments for exemptions on fresh fruit & vegetables (as done elsewhere). Colin Craig is a despicable politician influenced by & seemingly willing to support even smaller minded & economically offensive twats
The fresh fruit and vegetables debacle is a farce away from the main issue in the tax system. It was a shambles under Labour and continues on in the same face under National. If Paul wants fresh fruit and vegetables to be tax free, then it creates a difficult scenario? What is fresh? Does it count if it's canned fresh fruit? What about imported fruit? Frozen fresh veges? I know Paul isn't stupid, so he'll know that the GST tax lost here will be regained in another area, most likely in the form of personal income tax. If he is content to have lazy, incompetent and selfish politicians squandering his hard earned income that's fine. Conservative party supporters have had enough of the inept spending of our income taxes and the overly socialist generosity towards completely undeserving people.
Paul takes a jibe at Colin and his supporters. He is again making assumptions on two accounts. One, that Colin is a politician (he is not), and second that he uses ad hominem arguments, rather than actually giving a rational, well reasoned argument for his need to support lunches in schools. His prejudiced slurs are a testament to his lack of reason.
Hope you are all happy in your condemnation of others whom you have no idea of the individual circumstances. Funny my Gran taught me compassion and empathy are the greatest gifts of humanity, funny, the very same Christian values apparently Colin apparently is signed up to.
He concludes by stating a position he knows is neither true, or reflective of conservative voters. Following on, Paul concludes by telling us a grandma lesson, quite similar to Colin's and then jumps on bashing Colin for not being 'Christian' enough to adopt to his beliefs in what a Christian must say or do. Is Paul were to read the Bible book of Proverbs, he'd see that there is plenty of instruction from God about working hard. "Proverbs 14:23 - In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury."
Paul asserts, in a rather smug way, that only his perspective is right, without providing any measurable rationale.
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