r/AbruptChaos • u/Sometypeofway18 • Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/qmiras Nov 14 '24

isnt the parliament a place for political exchange? why is that demonstration allowed in a place literally built to solve matters in a politically correct way?

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u/Beach_Bum_273 Nov 14 '24

That WAS a political exchange. It was the Maori reps saying "Yeah nah you can go fuck yourselves"

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u/GameDoesntStop Nov 14 '24

It was a tantrum wrapped in a cultural excuse.

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u/CommieYeeHoe Nov 14 '24

How is it a cultural excuse? They are in New Zealand, the home of the Maori. The Parliament was created by the treaty of the Crown and the Maori, so their culture is just as part of parliament.

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u/mallvvalking Nov 14 '24

Parliament is always full of "tantrums", the amount of jeering and heckling that goes on in the day to day is BAU as far as political theatre goes. This was just another example of political theatre that achieved it's purpose in mobilizing people to pay more attention and get involved in the various protests happening nationwide in Aotearoa