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Revealed: Why the Government did a late U-turn on the Proud Boys’ terrorist status (www.stuff.co.nz)
submitted 4 months ago by BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz
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That's a lot of words to write "The right wing government refuses to designate a right with terrorist group as terrorists".

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does this actually answer the question of why?

My best guess is "now is not a good time to piss off Trump".

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 months ago

Imagine what your life would be like if your values were this loosely held.

[–] passwordforgetter@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Proud Boys aren't even in New Zealand. The whole thing is posturing for votes.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 months ago

I don't see what that's got to do with it. Hamas isn't in New Zealand either and we designated them terrorists right?