I See Red - 'cause Tony made me see Red

Tony Milne has launched a new blog - it's good reading, better than Jordan Carter's. But it's an intellectual left-wing blog (like Jordan's) which is the Red-Rag to the Michael bull. (No, that is not an unintended pun.)

Tony's first post makes this statement:

"The 2005 General Election exposed a divided New Zealand."

Well, I disagree. At my work, I'm sure the voting split was roughly the same as New Zealand's. But we're all friends, we just disagree over Government policy. That doesn't make us a divided nation. Most voters accept that democracy being what it is has delivered us a Parliament and soon we will have a Government. It seems everybody is over it except for the political junkies.

Tony then insults those who voted for National. The bulk of the Tony's post is reproduced below:

"The division isn’t between rural and urban New Zealand. New Zealand is divided between the old New Zealand and the new New Zealand.

The old New Zealand still has an emotive connection to “Mother England” and old military alliances. The old New Zealand was a country where there was a strong expectation that as soon as you left school women should marry a man, and have children. The old New Zealand was a time when people could (and did) go to prison for being homosexual.

The new New Zealand is different. The new New Zealand is tolerant and respectful of all people. The new New Zealanders are the growing majority of people in our country today who are confident, innovative, and proud of New Zealand and it’s values of diversity, fairness, independence, and tolerance. The new New Zealand recognises we are a multi-cultural Pacific nation with a valued indigenous culture. The new New Zealand recognises the important role of arts, culture, heritage and the environment. The new New Zealand is the emerging majority diversity coalition of C21st New Zealand."

(It seems that Tony is starting to believe the Labour Propaganda that the National Party are evil.)

This is the tripe that every leftie has spouted since the election - it's become a Left-wing mantra (look out for it in ever Labour Maiden speech) that generally National voters hate 'diversity' and are 'backward looking' and therefore negative for New Zealand. Labour voters are 'forward looking' and 'value diversity' and are therefore positive for New Zealand.

If Labour seeks to heal 'divisions', then insulting the other side of the 'divide' is not the way to do so. The real way Labour can heal divisions is to get on with governing.

We don't have mass demonstrations in the streets saying the result of the election was unfair. They'll vote again in 2008 and elect the next Government - either Labour-led or National-led. People will then go with that Government recognising that it is democratically elected.

It's how democracy works!