Hone says he wouldn't be comfortable if any of his children brought home a Pakeha boy or girl friend.
Our chattering masses clamour that he should feel comfortable.
That makes me uncomfortable.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Uncomfortable Hone Hawawira
Hone says he wouldn't be comfortable if any of his children brought home a Pakeha boy or girl friend.
Our chattering masses clamour that he should feel comfortable.
That makes me uncomfortable.
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What he and his daughter want however may be two different things, politics or no.
Foreshore Bio, though there's no obligation for Hone to feel comfortable.
I guess it's up to him.
He can say & feel what he likes, however abhorrent I may find it. Good on him. Shame he is in a position to influence my life.
And yours.
The stuff of wars - chilling.
How might Hone influence your life Shane?
Do you think one of his kids might hook up with one of yours? :-)
Politics pervades every aspect of our lives.
Indeed, but Hone isn't 'politics', he's 'politician'.
He was being honest. That's gotta count for something. He also said he 'wouldn't be comfortable', hardly the hate-filled statement that many would have us believe it was.
How do you think it would go down if John Key said the same thing?
Sorry Robert, it would seem to me that Hone could just be a good old fashioned racist, I am open to another interpretation if you can offer one though.
Shunda , tell me - would you be comfortable no matter who your daughter brought home as a boyfriend? There must be some sort of person that you have at least some discomfort with - ex-criminal? Satanist? Young Actoid? Transvestite?
You may well learn to love them but initially you'd be forgiven for feeling a little uncomfortable with someone who was very different fom yourself - any father would, it's father-nature.
Hone says he'd be uncomfortable about a Pakeha arriving on the arm of one of his children. You could think that the cultural background and the world-view that comes with being Pakeha might be enough to make Hone feel uncomfortable, especially given the intensity of his own adherence to Maori culture.
His discomfort, an 'not comfortable' is what we are discussing,is due to a contrast in cultures, yes?
Talkback and blog commenters have dived straight into claims that it's hate and racism. I don't see it that way.
What do you say?
Theres no doubt that he is not displaying a hate filled character, just the fact that he has no polictical common sense.
All of us will have a basic predudice against some type of life style, he has just taken that discription into the 'grey' area.
Southernright - good point but I wonder what it means when 'political commonsense' and 'speaking the truth' are mutually exclusive.
It does interest me very much how different people interpret what they see and hear, especially when many seem to be 'pre-loaded' to shoot as soon as certain key phrases appear.
I hear you Robert.
But I think if Hone hadn't of said certain things before this, people would be going a lot easier on him.
However, your point about honesty is a good one.
The perception I get is that this reaction is more an attack on the double standards of some on the left, not necessarily just on Hone.
I would love to have a chat with Hone, do you think he would just think I am some white mofo though?
So long as you keep that blond hair of yours under your hat Shunda, the two of you will get on fine. I spent some time with him and found him to be a thoughtful, gentle bloke.
Blond hair? (that was my brother Robert)
Thought he was a tree hugger?
Perhaps he is now, after getting a work-over from a grumpy rata!
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