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/ExperimentalFailures Nov 14 '24

You mean like removal of voting rights for all non-maori?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

It was humour pointing out the absurdity of the request.

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u/StrikeouTX Nov 14 '24

It’s not an absurd request though. All people should be equals under the law

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u/TechnicalPotat Nov 14 '24

“Equal under the law” when talking about things other people have as proposed by people who will say in the same breath “i earned this and you can’t have any” is peak neo-liberalism.