OPINION
David Rennie
The New Zealand education system has transformed a bastion of free inquiry into a social justice factory whose only inputs are race, gender and victimhood and whose only output is grievance and division. I, along with most other sane New Zealanders, feel morally obliged to make as much noise as the deluded socialists make. One of my goals is to defend our system of liberal education from those who seek to destroy it. Who would I be if I didn’t?”
Who would I be if I didn’t?
George Orwell said that “the further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it”. In an age of lies, telling the truth is high risk. It comes with a cost. But it is our moral obligation.
It is our duty to resist the crowd in this age of mob thinking. It is our duty to think freely in an age of conformity. It is our duty to speak the truth in an age of lies.
This bravery isn’t the last or only step in opposing this revolution – it’s just the first. After that must come honest assessments of why New Zealand was vulnerable to start with, and an aggressive commitment to rebuilding the economy and society in ways that once again offer life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the greatest number of Kiwis.
But let’s start with a little courage.
Courage means, first off, the unqualified rejection of lies. Do not speak untruths, either about yourself or anyone else, no matter the comfort offered by the mob. And do not genially accept the lies told to you. If possible, be vocal in rejecting claims you know to be false. Courage can be contagious, and your example may serve as a means of transmission.
When you’re told that traits such as industriousness and punctuality are the legacy of white supremacy, don’t hesitate to reject the claim. When you’re told that statues of figures such as James Cook and Queen Victoria are offensive, explain that they are national heroes and form our history. When you’re told that “nothing has changed” in this country for minorities, don’t dishonour the memory of civil-rights pioneers by agreeing. And when you’re told that New Zealand was founded in order to take advantage of those less equipped, don’t take part in rewriting the country’s history.
New Zealand is not perfect, as we all know, and the past few years have rocked my faith like no other in my lifetime. We must put a stop to the failed racist and divisive ideology being preached by this current mob of political brain-dead socialists.