Admittedly - like so many Westerners (especially my fellow kiwis) my words are few and far between 'these days' in defence of left-wingers, especially political parties of such a description...but - 'au contaire' - on this occasion 'let's hear it' for the likes of Gary McCormack/McCormick, John Minto and Laila Harre...
Yes, they're not all 'Marxists in disguise', as some zealous partisans and ideologues would have it, awaiting their grand Jackpot chance, conspiracy-style-wise, to foist their particular worldview upon their helpless, hapless fellow citizenry throughout the West...although I well realize that some indeed have followed Antonio Gramsci's plan of infiltration of that particular ideology - failing of attaining political power per se - through the corridors of bureaucracy and the 'department' of education (and other cultural 'ministries') especially...
*Gary McC - who, as I've oftentimes informed Jim Mora of the famous RNZ National's afternoon weekday 'The Panel', alongside Gordon MacLaughlin(sp?) and Joe Bennett, 'oughta be runnin' our fair land'...
This comedian extraordinaire, left-wing talkback host, (one-time) friend (and confidante) of such famed political 'practitioners' as former Prime Minister David Lange (of that much-celebrated "I detect uranium on your breath" tete-a-tete with one-time United States Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell), and that long-time, semi-permanent fixture of New Zealand local government - from the shores of the Waitemata to the icebergs of Invercargill - i.e. Tim Shadbolt...
...is presently being 'persecuted', treated shamefully and shamelessly, shabbily and despicably - by that oh so beloved carrier/purveyor of kiwis through the air, Air New Zealand - as detailed upon TV3's 'Story' on Monday/Tuesday the 28th/29th November (and on RNZ National's 'the Panel' of the same dates...).
Hey, just a question (of certain overly well known) radio personalities: So where are the long queues of Newstalk ZB talkback hosts, for instance, lining up to rally behind Gary, to back to the hilt his brave quest and support him in his present extremity...for surely a personality of McCormick's/McCormack's mana, a comedian of his quality and a talkback host of his undoubted pedigree -if equally well-known (supposedly) for his outspoken if highly idiosyncratic left-wing sensibilities - deserves the unqualified support of one and all for daring to - despite it possibly being seen as cutting off his nasal regions to spite his face - place his proverbial fairly and squarely, and ever so firmly, where his little (verbal) member is...
No, 'their' silence is audible. And the only verdict possible is: missing - collectively - in inaction.
Good on ya, Gary - and all power to your tribe; may it go from strength to strength...
To come: hurrahs for two other well-known kiwi leftists, both recent Mana Party co-founders/leaders: the oft-decried former Alliance co-leader (upon Jim Anderton's desertion), then Green Party member, Laila Harre, and that inveterate protestor from Springbok Tour days, the would-be mayor (of Auckland to Christchurch), John Minto...for their guts, for their loyalty to the dispossessed and downtrodden etcetera.
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