Do you walk around in comfortable shoes?<\/p>\n
\u2666 Yes\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2666 No\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2666 Don\u2019t know\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was another phrase used in both of this month\u2019s speeches, a reference intended to separate blue-collar workers, whose feet are traditionally shod in steel-capped work boots, from people with office-based jobs who pad around in \u201ccomfortable\u201d shoes such as Allbirds or Birkenstocks. These footwear options would not fare well down a mine, on a construction site or, indeed, treading the green fleur-de-lis-patterned carpet of parliament\u2019s debating chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Peters exclusively wears black leather dress shoes, either lace-up Oxfords or what former Spinoff writer Gabi Lardies once dubbed \u201ctown shoes<\/a>\u201d. On the campaign trail in 2008, he paused from courting voters at a Paraparaumu shopping centre<\/a> to have heel and toe caps fitted to the footwear he was sporting that day.<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n Wearing a lanyard that encases a security card and\/or ID pass has come to signify a person who works in an office. Various MPs wear lanyards, containing their parliamentary security pass, around their necks in the debating chamber, including NZ First caucus members Shane Jones, Andy Foster and Jenny Marcroft<\/a>. Winston Peters has not, does not and will not ever wear a lanyard.<\/p>\n Are you gluten free?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n In the United States, following a gluten-free diet has been linked to leftwing political views and\/or political correctness<\/a>. This is despite a 2019 study finding Trump supporters were the most likely to avoid the oft-demonised protein, which is found in the likes of bread, pasta and grains, and is not inherently unhealthy unless you have coeliac disease or non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (the existence of which is debated<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n Are you a soy boy?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n Soy boy is a pejorative term used to describe men perceived to be lacking in masculine characteristics, linked to a scientifically incorrect belief that consumption of soy-based products increases men\u2019s oestrogen levels. It is often described as the successor to the term cuck or cuckold<\/a> \u2013\u00a0which Peters repeatedly called<\/a> Act leader David Seymour before they formed a coalition together. These days, non-dairy-consumers are more likely to drink oat milk, which is not known for its feminising properties.<\/p>\n Are you a virtue signaller?\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n Virtue signalling is doing or saying something that expresses your moral beliefs purely because it will make you look good or garner praise. Winston Peters talks<\/a> about<\/a> virtue<\/a> signalling<\/a> a lot<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n In his state of the nation speech, Peters described the Greens as \u201cthe most hypocritical, shallow, vacuous bunch, and now many of them are self-confessed Marxists\u201d. He went on to say \u201cLabour now seem to care more about leftwing \u2018social justice\u2019 issues, ideological crusades from overseas, and woke cultural Marxism\u201d.<\/p>\n The term cultural Marxism is used disparagingly to describe a political agenda advocating radical social reform and is controversial in part due to its links with far-right antisemitic views.<\/a><\/p>\n Are you half-acre?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n In his state of the nation speech, Peters said unions were \u201cnothing but a bunch of half-acre, arrogant, elitest (sic), Labour Party sycophants with soft hands who walk around in comfortable shoes\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you\u2019re wondering exactly what \u201chalf-acre\u201d means in this context, you\u2019re not alone. You are also most likely half-acre.<\/p>\n Are you elitest?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n Elitest, as per the text of Peters\u2019 state of the nation speech published on the NZ First website<\/a> and sent to media, is a non-standard superlative form of the adjective \u201celite\u201d, meaning \u201cthe most elite\u201d. It is also possible that this is a misspelling of the word elitist, which means organising a system so that only a few people have power or influence. This sort of error will be eradicated once English has been made an official language of New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n Are you a Labour Party sycophant?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n A sycophant is one who praises those in power in order to gain their approval. The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in New Zealand with which Winston Peters\u2019 New Zealand First Party formed a coalition government from 2017-2020.<\/p>\n Do you live in a well-to-do upper-crust bubble?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n In his state of the nation speech, Peters said the Green Party held electorates only \u201cin city centres full of well-to-do, upper-crust bubbles, or woke-obsessed students and weirdos with purple hair\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Well-to-do means wealthy or prosperous. Upper crust means belonging to the highest social class. A bubble, in this context, means isolated from diverse perspectives or experiences. An upper-crust bubble should not be confused with a pizza-crust bubble, which is a sign of a high-quality wood-fired pizza.<\/p>\n Are you a woke-obsessed student and\/or a weirdo with purple hair?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n Just answer the question.<\/p>\n Do you care more about unicorns than our economic and social future?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n Peters made this allegation of members of the Green Party, whom he said \u201cdon\u2019t care about, nor do they understand, the reality of our economic and social future as a country. They care more about gender, wokeness, unicorns, and a geopolitical war happening on the other side of the world that they know nothing about\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Are you an upper-class, chardonnay-drinking do-gooder, and\/or a \u2018Remuera swiller\u2019?<\/p>\n \u2666 Yes<\/p>\n \u2666 No<\/p>\n \u2666 Don\u2019t know<\/p>\n In Australia and New Zealand in the 90s, the British term \u201cchampagne socialist\u201d \u2013 used to denote a hypocritical left-winger with an affluent lifestyle \u2013 was adapted to \u201cchardonnay socialist\u201d. As chardonnay became more mainstream, its use declined among everyone except Winston Peters. \u201cRemuera swiller\u201d presumably means someone who swills chardonnay and lives in Remuera, a suburb traditionally favoured by members of the professional and business elite, in stark contrast to down-to-earth working-class neighbourhoods like Blackball and St Mary\u2019s Bay, where Peters resides.<\/p>\n Results\u00a0<\/p>\n Answered yes to zero questions: Congratulations, you are a true patriot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Answered yes to 1-5 questions: Not bad, but you\u2019re not a bulldust-free zone.<\/p>\n Answered yes to 6-10 questions: I\u2019ve got news for you, sunshine, and it\u2019s not good.\u00a0<\/p>\n Answered yes to 11-14 questions: Bigoted lefty shills like you are what\u2019s wrong with this country.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Answer these 14 simple questions to find out where you rank on the NZ First leader\u2019s shit list.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69,135,12890,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-357236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-quiz","14":"tag-winston-peters"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}John Armstrong\u2019s Political Diary, NZ Herald, October 11, 2008 (this story is not available on the Herald website and was unearthed through The Spinoff\u2019s thorough and tenacious approach to research)
\nDo you wear a lanyard?<\/p>\nSpot the lanyard wearers (Photo: Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)
\nAre you hypocritical, shallow or vacuous, and\/or a self-confessed Marxist?<\/p>\n