• Tuukka R
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        164 days ago

        They are the locals. They are indigenous New Zealanders and they are doing something that is customary in their culture in the kind of situation they were in during that session.

        The New Zealand lawmakers were trying to pass a bill that would have severely reduced the rights of the locals, and this reaction is part of how the local culture demands people to act.

        • @[email protected]
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          214 days ago

          I think the “insane people” they were referring to are the people who “think Americans politics are the best model”?