tdgeek:

 

I agree.

 

No one is being criticised as biased, that's the nature of these threads. These threads are not to persuade anyone, they are just discussions. Stretching the truth as you mentioned, yes everyone will do that, its normal. In my opinion, its not what is said its how it is said. One person here has the same beliefs as you, yet his commentary is very calm and to the point. Not saying you are not calm, and all your other posts in other topics are great. I know that. I've been here a while.  Here, you and others are very passionate, that's a good thing, but sometimes, in MY opinion, it gets too heated and too vocal occasionally. That's all. Nothing more.

 

You have repeatedly called me out for bias (one of the most savage attacks I've ever experienced online was you doing so), as have others here, strangely when the lefty people show even stronger and less balanced views, it's crickets.

I must admit I potentially misunderstood your accusation of attack attack attack from the right. I thought you were accusing the righties of attacking other posters here. If you are saying I attack the government all the time, sure, I'll wear that all day long. I have a strong moral compass and I despise dishonesty, and I feel this Government has been the most dishonest in modern history in NZ.  What I find disheartening is that when I attack the Government, the lefties here attack *me* and others here because they don't have any defense for what is being said about the government.

Having said that, I find it beyond strange you'd suggest the left doesn't attack the right-leaning party, the thread about National was started by someone with an obvious agenda to mock the National Government for their loss, and almost every post there is Schadenfreude on every misfortunate that occurs in the National party regardless if bought it on themselves. It happens here too, no doubt, maybe in greater amounts simply because they are in Government, but to suggest it's a one-way street is crazy talk.

I recall a politically astute guy from the US I knew, who voted Obama the first time, but voted Republican the second time, simply because Obama had been hamstrung by having the house and senate taken by the Republicans and they could block everything he did. He liked Obama and believed in him and the policies of the Democrats but felt 4 years of going nowhere was less desirable than 4 years of progress even if it wasn't a direction he believed in. I never understood that until recently.  Even if I disagreed with every policy Labour put forward, which is mostly true, if they had delivered on them, you could at least say we were moving and you could give them credit for delivering on promises.