It is VERY hard to read the report on the New Lynn Terrorist Ahamed Samsudeen and not see how our intervention as the State in his life turned an angry young man into a knife stabbing terrorist. I fear that we are going to do the same thing with these antivax Qanon fringe lumpenproletariat by over reacting. As we struggle at the height of all the economic and social pressures that are tearing us apart, I fear our fear will cause us to blunder it into something worse. 1 year on from Lynn Mall terrorist – what have we learned? Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 02, 2022 23:57 UTC