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Well I truly did not expect that. Attending a Friday night lecture on the anthropocene (yes my life is that sad) and an elderly man stood up to ask a question. Forgive me but he looked like so many elderly men who have stood up to correct me about climate change & why it’s a hoax
He began, ‘as an elderly man I look at the rise of the #metoo generation of women finding their voice to speak against decades of abuse, & I look at the likes of Pell & those who defend him & I listen to the children striking against what it is my generation of men have done’
he continued ‘I wonder if they have children what will they tell say about the mess & corruption my generation created’ & at that other men in the audience just quietly nodded, or wiped tears-pretty stunned to see pakeha men just be quiet & reflective-no defence/anger/explaining
it made me think about a sea change happening in #nzpol that our political polls & pundits aren’t picking up- nor our harsh adversarial politics- the same kind of change that pundits scathingly called ‘Jacinda mania’ because they didn’t want to face a deep value shift going on
Instead we shout it down because it doesn’t fit the narratives & dominant voices that ‘won’ over the last century-but when you see a hall full of elderly pakhea men (who are not radical, just gentle men)- seriously reflecting on #ClimateStrike & #metoo -big stuff is happening
