"The words are always familiar: rights, protection, safety. Words that quietly begin to mean for anyone, except people who look like us. March 15 ... highlighted the pattern: violence, language and dehumanisation as a means of condoning.
...
I invite people to consider one thing: that violence rarely appears without warning. It whispers first – in speeches, in comment sections, in policies that quietly divide people into “us” and “them”."

#March15 #TheyAreUs

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-03-2026/march-15-taught-me-how-to-read-the-world

RIP to those 51 New Zealanders and yes they were NZers as far as I'm concerned who lost their lives to that Aussie arsehole and Fuck Seymour who still till this day brings up the idea of letting those weapons back into our communities and most importantly fuck racist.

#christchuch #theyareus #NZPol

"The man who slaughtered 51 Muslim worshippers during the deadliest mass-shooting in New Zealand’s history hated Muslims.

In the aftermath of the horrific attacks, New Zealanders swore that his values weren’t ours. They - we - pushed back on the ‘us’ and ‘them’ rhetoric of racism and islamophobia. Stickers popped up on the bumpers of cars and in shop windows that said ‘they are us’.

But was that true? Is it true now?"

#NZPol #TheyAreUs #Racism

https://emilywrites.substack.com/p/they-arent-us

Another pile of folks dead

#TheyAreUs

Fuck your petty nationalism and your narrow mindedness

Open borders are for us, not our rulers

Once you've understood that it's simple

Beautiful wifey and I out for a walk last night in #palmy. Thinking over the last few days. 💔

#sunset #clouds #dusk #arohatonzmuslims #theyareus #onlylove #cloudsofinstagram #sunsetsofinstagram #iphoneography #shotoniphone http://bit.ly/2CjloKr