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On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 23:36:27 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

Not to mention, [Winston Peters] seems to subscribe to the rCLlaw for
thee but not for merCY principle, in complaining about some protestors setting up a mock guillotine to execute an effigy of him -- he wants
them prosecuted for exercising their own freedom of speech against
him.

In an interview with Stuff <https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361015064/turn-thing-peters-terminates-interview-after-just-96-secs>,
Peters took exception to a parallel being drawn between this protest
with the guillotine that he objected to, and one involving a noose
(and a written threat of violence) that took place during the hot mess
that was the Parliament Grounds loony-fringe occupation back in 2022.
In the latter, he didnrCOt seem to have any trouble going to talk with
the people behind that particular threat of violence.

In response to a question about this, Peters tried to claim the
Parliament Grounds mob were somehow more peaceful than the group
behind the guillotine protest. When the Stuff reporter tried to pursue
this line of questioning, Peters abruptly shut down the interview,
pulling the Trump trick of trying to blame the reporter for doing
something underhand, and ending with the words rCLpiss offrCY.

Maybe this kind of tactic works in the USA, where the media are rather
more submissive to those in power than here in NZ.

The last time I recall Peters demonstrating this sheer level of
arrogance with journalists, it wasnrCOt long before his entire party was
voted out of Parliament. If herCOs angling for history to repeat itself,
I donrCOt think he can do much better than this.
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