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Green MP faces ‘immense’ death threats and abuse over social media account (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 1 week ago by Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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So, uhh, has the word "bussy" ever meant something other than "boy pussy", I.E ass?

According to screenshots posted to social media, the account posted a photo of Doyle and a child with the caption: “bussy galore”.

What were they thinking?

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I have never heard the term, other than in the 90's, referring to the person in that busses the tables in a restaurant.

But saying 'bussy galore' is not referring to clearing the tables. But also

What were they thinking?

This was a year before he was an MP. Not smart but also not acting in any official capacity.

Edit: Ok, so I found a copy of the image, biblebeltbussy is his account, apparently. WTF!!!

image

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's even weirder than I thought it would be.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is much worse, I was thinking it was some hyperbole from the media, where "child" is like 15-16 but looks older....nope, that is a 6-8yo.

There is literally no excuse to post this.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apparently several right wing groups have been posting AI generated images in order to frame the guy. I would make sure those pictures are not fake.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

I don't have a way to verify the picture.

It very well could be fake.

[–] BruceAlrighty@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Can you slide over to the other photos in that group? Would love to know which one their comment was meant for.

Also what is that woman congratulating?

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Nope, I found that on a blog post about this.

Edit: just got back to my laptop so I can find where the image came from, I'm not sure what the original site is; I don't really do social media outside of Lemmy.

This is the blog; I've not come across them before. Reading through parts of it, this doesn't come across as the most credible source in the world.

[–] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's by Ian Wishart. He's a conservative christian climate change denier who runs a dodgy conspiracy magazine called Investigate which runs allegations about things like Muslim terrorists infiltrating NZ.

In other words you should probably independently verify all claims and images before believing them.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago

Agreed.

But as @Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz points out, why have the greens not shown it is faked.