Hide, tell, escape.
The spooks in Wellington reckon extremist violence is a realistically possibility in this country.
Now, they’ve been saying this for some time.
Yesterday you may have got a news alert about this new campaign from police telling you what to do during an armed attack in a crowded place.
You could think, well, maybe they’re just being prepared, and better to know what to do than not.
But isn’t there a part of you that also thinks, do they know something specific? Or are they following so many suspected terrorists that they’ve maxed capacity and feel now is the time to inform the last line of defence, or self-defence, us?
It’s one of those things —I was thinking about it last night after watching the news— where you wonder if you’re being a bit paranoid or whether it’s so plain and obvious that everyone else assumes the same.
On the news we had Luigi Mangione. A young guy who hated insurance companies and assassinated a CEO in cold blood, allegedly.
Tyler Robinson was in there. Another young guy with strong views who allegedly took his granddad’s gun to university to shoot and kill a guest speaker.
They reckon the risk here remains low but the threat is growing.
The most likely scenario would involve a lone actor, radicalised online through dangerous ideology and grievances. The cops say all this is just one click away...
Now, given all of this, think carefully about stuff that’s said on social media, about grievances and extreme language, and the need to ‘do something’ about it.
A recent survey of business leaders found more were worried about extremism in NZ than interest rates. I think most reasonable Kiwis are, and if not, should be too.
The cops' advice this week is an update on similar stuff released after the mosque shootings.
You just hope like hell we can figure out a way to talk and reason with one another before something happens as bad, or worse, than that.
Ryan Bridge is a New Zealand broadcaster who has worked on many current affairs television and radio shows. He currently hosts Newstalk ZB's Early Edition - where this article was sourced.
8 comments:
You just have to look at the behaviour of the Maori party over the Hobson's pledge advertisement. Publishing names, numbers and home addresses of the ad company involved, all to encourage a reaction from their supporters. Which happened, surprise surprise.
So yes, push back against tribal rule and expect your door to be kicked in.
The govt and its agencies have shown themselves experts at inducing social fear. (Covid anyone?). You have to wonder why they’re doing it again. One very strong incentive could be their guaranteed continued employment?
There is a long running remarkable coincidence where authorities practice responding to a threat & then that same threat or very similar occurs. Next day or next month, happens a bunch of times
The extremists are those who are normalising the abnormal. They call anyone who disagrees with their insanity extreme solely because they disagree with them.
I haven't seen the warning but maybe it's that Charlie Kirk's murder made the authorities see the rampant use of death threats in NZ in a different light
Nothing to fear but the 'fear industry' itself?
Yes. They are called the greens and te pati members
Fifty and more years ago most of the population directly or indirectly were influenced by the Christian ethic and a national pride. In the 50s there were so few murders each year many citizens could list all 5 or so. The Police took an active interest in near all crime. There was no soft home detention. The msm, accessed by near all, called out grossly irrational and also seditious attitudes.
A counter democracy race based hikoi was beyond imagination
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