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Calling Out Keyboard Warriors Behavior By Jim Boult, Mayor
I’m becoming increasingly concerned at the abuse handed out by (mainly) anonymous keyboard warriors. I think it’s time to call out some behaviour that is quite frankly appalling.
Many will know that I have had a career in commerce and that local body politics has only been part of my life for the past 5 years or so. It is perhaps due to this history then, that I am still consistently bewildered by the unsavoury ways some people choose to make their opinions heard. Similarly, these opinions, often ill-informed and without the benefit of fact checking, and the need to express them publicly, sadden me and those I work with on a regular basis. From the outset I would like to state that I’ve always had an open door policy. I enjoy meeting people and decided to stand for the mayoralty to give back to a community which has treated my family and me so well for decades. So, it’s rare that anyone wishing to discuss matters relevant to council would be turned away. Indeed, I meet with a wide range of people on many different topics every day. Don’t get me wrong, I never expected local government in such a vibrant and headlining district to be smooth sailing or to be devoid of detractors but the age of the keyboard warrior has developed a number of prolific wagers of war that arm themselves with the vilest of words. Here are a few recents from my hate mail in box; “...For me, the complete collapse (of Queenstown), cannot come soon enough, and I absolutely relish watching the people who profited from its destruction suffering... Queenstown was and is a mistake, I for one celebrate its demise.” “...suffer baby suffer, you are all greedy greedy and more greedy”. Many more remain ignorant of Queenstown’s role in what was the country’s largest industry and to the fact the town is not inhabited and visited exclusively by wealthy elitists. I receive correspondence regularly, in a variety of forms and with varying levels of accuracy contained, commenting on Queenstown’s current economic climate and why we should either push harder for assistance or “stop whinging about it”. People have declared that I should stop moping about the situation as well as stop looking like a cat that got the cream (referring to my relief when the Trans-Tasman Bubble reopened – albeit that was short lived!). The fact of the matter is that where other industries, agriculture for example, experience significant disruption to their ability to operate (and therefore support the nation’s economy), Central Government step in to support and
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