So two big video interviews over the weekend.
Firstly, Tucker Carlson interviewed Vladimir Putin.
Tucker said it was because no-one but him had bothered to ask which is BS. There's always people in the media claiming they're the only people holding power to account.
My feel is that Putin knew Tucker was desperate for the scoop following his embarrassing downfall at Fox, so obliged him as a useful idiot.
But that's not to denigrate the appearance. It was great to watch and listen to Putin. Know your enemy, they say, but you can't if no-one lets you hear them.
The interview was reported 2 ways. Either Putin keen for World War 3 or Putin keen to negotiate for peace.
He alluded to both things but what I took as more chilling was his half hour history lesson on the Russian/Ukraine situation. It went back centuries.
It showed his depth of feeling. Māori would understand, having such long held historical grievance. It's a depth that means he's not pulling out or pulling back. In fact, his keenness for peace negotiation only requires USA to stop funding Ukraine. He's playing a long game. This conflict will only stop when Putin has gone which is no time soon.
So the other interview was Jack Tame's conversation with Chloe Swarbrick.
It was a shocker.
Her refusal to understand how her Palestinian chants had been received was remarkable. This after mediation by the Human Rights Commission. This after Jewish members of her electorate had spoken with her.
The left are famous opponents of hate speech, but to understand if speech is offensive you need to have the empathy to understand how the offence has been taken.
Chloe seemed unable to comprehend the fear Jewish people have of that chant. She was unable to own any blame.
The rest of the interview made me feel that the fresh and intelligent woman who entered parliament has been replaced by a hard line radical informed only by her own echo chamber.
The Greens are in deep trouble. The Ghahraman resignation and forthcoming trial. James Shaw, the one calming influence, the man billed as a relationship builder, gone. The prospect of Davidson and Swarbrick ruling a radical socialist party.
The damage is already evident in the polls this weekend with the Greens dropping 4.8 per cent to sit at 9 per cent.
They're fast becoming unelectable. A socialist party that pays lip service to the environment and has forgotten about why they came into being in the first place.
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