• BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz
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    24 days ago

    That’s bullshit. They would have obviously preferred not to be punished and prevent from participating in the parliament like they were elected to do.

    This punishment will backfire on NACT though. It will point out how racist they are and how much they hate the indigenous people of this country. Their embrace of white supremacism and MAGA identity politics is in full display.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      23 days ago

      That’s bullshit. They would have obviously preferred not to be punished and prevent from participating in the parliament like they were elected to do.

      Obviously. In that universe, they don’t perform the haka at all. They don’t need to protest. The haka was protest! Done illegally(*)! Knowingly and intentionally! That’s called fucking civil disobedience. THE PUNISHMENT IS PART OF THE PROTEST. Jesus fucking fuck, dude. In your mind, do you imagine they expected that maybe they wouldn’t get punished?? They KNEW, and that’s part of the fucking reason they DID IT. Jesus fuck.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience