24 Aug 2023

Use of Nazi buzzwords rampant - NZ Jewish Council

From Morning Report, 8:16 am on 24 August 2023

The New Zealand Jewish Council says the ACT Party isn't the only political organisation needing to vet inflammatory speech during the electoral season.

This week the ACT candidate Elaine Naidu Franz was forced to step down from the party list after comparing Covid 19 vaccine mandates to Nazi concentration camps.

The council's spokesperson, Juliet Moses, says what she calls the "promiscuous" use of Nazi history and buzzwords is rampant in much political discourse across the political spectrum, especially online.

Moses spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.