Te Pāti Māori's co-leader has accused the new government of "deliberate .. systemic genocide" over its policies to roll back the smokefree policy and the Māori Health Authority.

Tad hysterical, don’t you think?

College of Public Health Medicine president Sir Collin Tukuitonga has said the reversal of the smokefree amendments would result in about 1000 extra deaths over the next decade, mostly Māori, and cost the health system $1.3 billion.

Calling that a “genocide” is a bit ridiculous.

  • @Xcf456
    18•7 months ago

    I think the thing the government is doing is far worse than any reactions to it that you think need tone policing

    • @Ozymati
      1•7 months ago

      This isn’t tone policing. This is calling out hyperbole. Tone policing is when someone disregards an argument because it’s expressed with emotion.

      If she’d said “this really gets on my tits” and was being criticized for language instead of having her anger acknowledged, that’d have been tone policing.

      Using hysterical is a bit misogynistic though, considering the history of the word and who it’s been applied to.

      • @Xcf456
        1•7 months ago

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