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Analysis of "John Campbell: Are we on the cusp of something new or something old?"
An analysis of John Campbell's article:
- Peters and Seymour are "two men who appear to stand for less than they stand against". Logical Fallacy, designed to make you think poorly of them.
- Campbell thinks you should learn Maori to understand and remember the names of Government Agencies.
- The English language is being used to dominate you: "But power speaks the language it chooses". How very Marxist.
- Romanticises the Māori language with "unique and precious language, grown here, spoken only here". However, I'm Māori and nobody asked Me if I wanted to use Māori words of other tribes.
- Then the scaremongering starts, "The World was watching... smoking ban". The smoking law hasn't changed. The new rules weren't adopted. Smoking will continue to decline.
- There's a Chris Hipkins quote: “The general vibe of the campaign was that people were looking for a change and it wasn’t necessarily a policy-driven vibe". Really? What is a Woman Chris? Did you miss that "vibe"?
- Then more unfounded statements such as "And here’s where the coalition government looks like disparate parts."
- Campbell then goes on to say that the Government got elected because of populism, things like, "English as an official language (should have been years ago), Agencies named in English, review of all legislation, abolish the Māori Health Authority." That's not Larry Diamond's populism. It's common sense to reduce waste.
- Campbell tries to tarnish Luxon as an ambitious Business guy. With the financial strife the country is in, many would see Luxon's skills as beneficial.
- Then Campbell praises Te Pāti Māori. The extreme radicals that don't represent the majority of Māori in NZ and who support vandalising Te Papa.
You can read John's article in full here
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