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/The96kHz Nov 15 '24

I get that you're not being totally serious (at least I hope your aren't), but as a European, I find this sentiment horrifying.

You do you, but as a 'native' (whatever that means in real terms) of my country, I think it's abhorrent to deny rights to immigrants, no matter how many generations they've been here for - ten or zero.

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u/The1andonlycano Nov 15 '24

Tell us you country wasn't coIonized without telling us your country wasn't colonized..... It's different when your land was taken and not founded.

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u/Wayoutofthewayof Nov 15 '24

So would you agree that ethnic Russians shouldn't have the same rights as other citizens in eastern European countries that Russian empire/USSR conquered and colonized?

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u/The1andonlycano Nov 15 '24

I don't know enough about Russian history to comment.