Allow me to introduce New Zealand’s young people to a couple of wise old sayings that will serve them well. First: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Second: If you’re going to talk the talk, walk the walk.
Both of these sayings come to mind, watching the cry-bully meltdown of some privileged child and her witless supporters after said brat copped a well-deserved public shellacking. In case you’re wondering what a cry-bully is, it’s someone who engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behaviour while claiming to be a victim. What’s particular to cry-bullies is their utter self-righteousness, which they wield as a weapon to browbeat and hector others — and then melt into floods of crocodile tears the instant they receive the mildest rebuke in return.
Green MP Julie Anne Genter has hit out at Newstalk ZB broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan after an interview with a teenage climate activist sparked bullying allegations.
Adolescents are a toxic combination of arrogance and ignorance. Some of them grow out of it. The ones who don’t become Greens.
Consider, first, what these conceited dimwits are demanding:
The interview was centred around the climate group’s latest demands which focused mainly on agriculture including banning synthetic nitrogen fertilisers and halving the size of New Zealand’s cow herds.
So, these privileged children want to kill off some five million cows, slash crop production, and cost the New Zealand economy billions. Which will in its turn lead directly to eye-watering food bills for New Zealanders — far in excess of the spike in prices seen recently.
Those are not inconsequential demands. Anyone making such demands must be expected to be held to account — especially when they’re demanding so much publicity. With great demands comes great responsibility, so to speak.
But, like typical cry-bullies, our schoolyard loudmouths burst into tears the instant anyone talks back to them.
But the interview took a turn when du Plessis-Allan started asking about air travel – another area of concern for the group.
Du Plessis-Allan asked how the group would like to see air travel restricted and asked whether [Izzy Cook] thought travelling for a conference was necessary, which she didn’t.
Specifically, Cook ruled out flying to Fiji. Because of the imaginary “current climate crisis”.
Dim bulb that she apparently is, she cluelessly walked straight into the rake Du Plessis-Allan had laid in front of her.
“When was the last time you were on a plane?,” du Plessis-Allan then queried.
“Mmm, I’m not sure, maybe a few months ago to be honest,” Cook said.
Du Plessis-Allan then asked where she went, to which Cook replied “Fiji” prompting the broadcaster to roar with laughter.
Then came the excuses:
Cook then revealed it was “pretty ironic” but said it was a trip she didn’t actually want to go on but was taken there by her parents.
Sure, and that time Mum caught me with a pack of fags, I was just minding them for a friend.
The interview sparked anger online and prompted Cook’s mother Rose Cook to write a scathing opinion piece for The Spinoff in which she accused du Plessis-Allan of bullying her 16-year-old daughter.
Perhaps her daughter ought to stop bullying the rest of the country.
But no display of adolescent tantrums is complete without the Greens.
Du Plessis-Allan also faced criticism from Green MP Julie Anne Genter who hit out at the interview on Twitter […]
“Young people have every right to call for us adults to sort it out now.”
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And we adults have every right to tell self-righteous, ignorant children to shut their yaps and let the grown-ups do the talking. Even if they’re a Greens MP.
Europe is learning the hard way the lesson of fawning on scowling, tantrum-throwing brats. Time for the climate tanty kids to learn that, if they’re going to mouth off at an entire country full of adults, then they can expect to cop a mouthful in return.
Suck it up, you precious petals. If you’re going to demand attention, you’re going to get it — whether you like it or not.
And you’re not as special as Mummy and teacher have always told you.