tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post6703026054664812372..comments2024-03-29T16:58:01.576+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: What have we become?Arthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-25034584734681020492020-07-15T00:25:15.733+12:002020-07-15T00:25:15.733+12:00I don't think social media alone is the proble...I don't think social media alone is the problem, they just enable and even encourage the cancer to grow and spread. The mainstream newsmedia also has responsibility for being too frightened to call a spade a bloody shovel.<br /><br />The cancer of decivilising populism is spreading here as well. One of our rightwing parties is rebranding itself as a populist champion of "free speech", which is code for white supremacism and proto-fascism (more about that soon).Arthur Schenck (AmeriNZ)http://amerinz.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-40417754312529997142020-07-15T00:12:08.512+12:002020-07-15T00:12:08.512+12:00Evben in Kiwiland, the decivilizing power of 21st ...Evben in Kiwiland, the decivilizing power of 21st century culture. It'd be easy for me to blame social media - and I do, to a degree, But it's also that people feel PERSONALLY threatened by views different from their own. A scary world.rogerogreennoreply@blogger.com