My attitude regarding the Coalition of Delusion

David Seymour and ACT are free speech advocates. Therefore: how in the hell could they possibly justify attempting to charge me for calling him a racist? That's free speech and my attire is free expression. 🏳️‍⚧️ People are afraid of the new government, right, but that's just because it's been six years since they've been in opposition. I grew up as the kid with progressive parents attending literally the same high school that the National PM of that era had attended. Then I spent many, many years as the fey kid in a culture that wasn't on-board with that. I'm used to people wanting to silence me, then discovering that it's better to let me talk, as I'm usually good at striking a balance: the Treaty referendum fucks me off, though, and that's why I'm willing to do this pink mask stunt that I'm planning. 🩷 - The four-year term referendum is solid, though. My suggestion would be to pick up what Labour ditched in 2020 and add lowering the MMP party vote threshold to 4% or 3% or something that's realistic for parties like TOP and New Conservative. AMPP isn't aiming for that. My vision of success would be somehow winning an electorate seat, but that's a moonshot. - My views shifted slightly over the cannabis campaigning, but I've always been a leftie. My brother is the right-winger of the two of us; he's into economics, and that's probably why. - I think Winston is keen on my style and my songs, and he seems like a guy who isn't as nuts as his supporters are... Helen Clark said on Tova's podcast that he's not evil, although the people that he drags into Parliament with him often are. After the dramas regarding my chosen name, I'd think that the Luxons are probably loathe to piss me off again; that's also why I haven't mentioned him by name in those AI skits... that gives me wiggle room, alongside that 'in an alternate universe' thing that opened the Coalition of Delusion 1 sketch. 🥝 - PS: I really hate music festivals. It's not my buzz: I realise that I'm losing money by turning down offers to open in such settings, but honestly it's fucking stupid imo. I figured that films or writing were my marketable skills, while music is more like a calling rather than something that I feel like I should make money off... particularly after I realised that being too gay was an impediment to teaching kids. That Weeded Out episode 1 script was slightly exaggerated, as I've only had one student since I came out, but I think that there were probably variations of that convo that some parents probably wanted to have (but knew it would have come off as bigoted). I'm part-Italian with Greek siblings: my feelings aren't quite the same as the average Pākehā; that's useful for my musicals (and Luke's), but it does create issues re: what 'normal' means.✊