The diversity of FaceBook groups is amazing, and I’m speaking here as a very occassional dabbler. Who knows what a deep search would uncover?
The last one that got me interested was the superb “Should assault, as part of a good relationship be a criminal offence in NZ?” group that attracted almost 2000 members and many more hilarious spoofs on the ridiculous referendum question.
But now I’m following this little cracker. It was set up as “A group for people who are against Maori getting a free pass to university with no qualifications”, in which form it attracted over 7000 members and elicited opinions every bit as repulsive as the worst of David Farrar’s unmoderated comments sections.
More recently, David Small (who is my brother) has acquired administrative control, changed the description to “This group is a demonstration of the nature of racism in New Zealand”, and started challenging the group. Join the fun here.