NZ PM JOHN KEY DOG-WHISTLES ... HONE HARAWIRA GONE WALKABOUT Key claimed on NewsTalk ZB today that the Internet Mana Party were beset with in-fighting and that Hone Harawira had gone on walkabout, which is a term to describe the deeply spiritual journey of aboriginals in Australia being in tune with nature, foraging on the land. Dog-whistling is a manipulative public relations technique whereby words, phrases and statements that are infused with prejudiced stereotypes, fear and frustrations are deployed so they will be heard by those attuned to listening to such emotive propaganda. In other words, Key was being slyly racist by implying that Harawira had essentially gone AWOL, a claim NZs PM has made before about the Mana Party MP, without producing any documentary evidence. For more on manipulative PR Techniques used by the National Party, see: The Hollow Men - Television | NZ On Screen nzonscreen/title/the-hollow-men-2008 I havent been wagging - Hone Harawira tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/i-haven-t-been-wagging-hone-harawira-5812907
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:20:40 +0000