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    From Tony@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 14 19:40:05 2025
    XPost: nz.politics

    https://waikanaewatch.org/2025/01/15/climatist-hypocrite-dicaprio-escapes-l-a-fires-in-his-private-jet/
    You couldn't make this up.
    I don't care whether rich people enjoy their mone, they earned it so they can spend it. But don't preach to the rest of the world and do the opposite.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to Tony on Tue Jan 14 22:52:15 2025
    On 2025-01-14, Tony <[email protected]> wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2025/01/15/climatist-hypocrite-dicaprio-escapes-l-a-fires-in-his-private-jet/
    You couldn't make this up.
    I don't care whether rich people enjoy their mone, they earned it so they can spend it. But don't preach to the rest of the world and do the opposite.

    He is not alone in this behaviour. Take any Climate Summit, how many of then walked to the venue.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Wed Jan 15 17:53:20 2025
    On 14 Jan 2025 22:52:15 GMT, Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2025-01-14, Tony <[email protected]> wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2025/01/15/climatist-hypocrite-dicaprio-escapes-l-a-fires-in-his-private-jet/
    You couldn't make this up.
    I don't care whether rich people enjoy their mone, they earned it so they can
    spend it. But don't preach to the rest of the world and do the opposite.

    He is not alone in this behaviour. Take any Climate Summit, how many of then >walked to the venue.

    Interesting that this appears to be a repeat of this article : https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/la-fires-leonardo-dicaprio-criticised-for-fleeing-wildfire-on-private-jet/SEWAXXJTGVFXZKDTRZFBZEKNFY/
    and of course many others that have found someone to take attention
    away from stupid statements from the likes of Trump.

    Very few people would be surprised at the actions of Di Caprio - he is
    even by USA standards extremely wealthy, and he has always lived and
    traveled well - money is clearly of little importance, but he has
    donated much more than the $80 million referred to by Waikanae Watch
    to various charities.

    The opening sentence "rules for thee, but not for me" are far less
    applicable to De Caprio than to many far-right supporters of Trump in
    America or the far right in New Zealand - DeCaprio does not set rules,
    and does not appear to have broken any. The jet is however a very
    public act of self-interest but given his wealth probably of no more
    real significance than Christopher Luxon using a Government Limousine
    to cross the road after being elected - the rules for thee but not for
    me could describe many far-right politicians who through huge
    donations to groups like the NZ Taxpayer Union are funding a Trumpian propaganda machine to avoid effective action on a lot of things - with
    climate change being aggressively denied and ignored. Still, hypocrisy
    goes down well with the far-right - they could not live with
    themselves without it - and Tony admires that hypocrisy . . .

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jan 15 06:11:03 2025
    Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 14 Jan 2025 22:52:15 GMT, Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2025-01-14, Tony <[email protected]> wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2025/01/15/climatist-hypocrite-dicaprio-escapes-l-a-fires-in-his-private-jet/
    You couldn't make this up.
    I don't care whether rich people enjoy their mone, they earned it so they >>>can
    spend it. But don't preach to the rest of the world and do the opposite.

    He is not alone in this behaviour. Take any Climate Summit, how many of then >>walked to the venue.

    Interesting that this appears to be a repeat of this article : >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/la-fires-leonardo-dicaprio-criticised-for-fleeing-wildfire-on-private-jet/SEWAXXJTGVFXZKDTRZFBZEKNFY/
    and of course many others that have found someone to take attention
    away from stupid statements from the likes of Trump.
    Off topic.

    Very few people would be surprised at the actions of Di Caprio - he is
    even by USA standards extremely wealthy, and he has always lived and
    traveled well - money is clearly of little importance, but he has
    donated much more than the $80 million referred to by Waikanae Watch
    to various charities.
    Off topic.

    The opening sentence "rules for thee, but not for me" are far less
    applicable to De Caprio than to many far-right supporters of Trump in
    America or the far right in New Zealand
    No such thing.
    - DeCaprio does not set rules,
    and does not appear to have broken any. The jet is however a very
    public act of self-interest but given his wealth probably of no more
    real significance than Christopher Luxon using a Government Limousine
    to cross the road after being elected - the rules for thee but not for
    me could describe many far-right politicians who through huge
    donations to groups like the NZ Taxpayer Union are funding a Trumpian >propaganda machine to avoid effective action on a lot of things
    That is a lie.
    - with
    climate change being aggressively denied and ignored.
    Nobody is denying or ignoring climate change, what planet are youm on?
    Still, hypocrisy
    goes down well with the far-right - they could not live with
    themselves without it
    Abuse removed.

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