Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online

Why a tiny crest on Seymour’s ‘victim of the day’ posts have raised big questions

Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online

NZ Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says his Victim of the Day posts are ‘a bit playful’. Yet not so long ago, he was demanding apologies for similar ‘jokes’.

Rights Aotearoa: Seymour Weaponise Office To Harass Academics, Luxon Must Act – Rights Aotearoa

In a letter sent to the Prime Minister today, Rights Aotearoa condemns Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour for weaponising his office to launch a vicious online harassment campaign against academics. This is not free speech; it is a state-sanctioned pile-on designed to silence dissent and intimidate experts, representing a dangerous breach of the Cabinet Manual’s code of conduct. Prime Minister Luxon must stop making excuses for his ministers, e…

Desperate attempt at relevance

The Herald reports: The Deputy Prime Minister is rubbishing claims that social media posts he has made about opponents of the Regulatory Standards Bill are a breach of the Cabinet Manual. In recent days, David Seymour made a series of social media posts singling out prominent opponents of the bill, and accusing them of suffering from “Regulatory Standards Derangement Syndrome”. Wellington mayor Tory Whanau accused Seymour of setting a “dangerou…