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New Zealand lawmaker dismisses heckler in Parliament: 'OK, boomer'
The Hill ^ | 11 05 2019 | Justin Wise

Posted on 11/06/2019 8:33:41 AM PST by yesthatjallen

A 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker on Tuesday offered a blunt response to a colleague who apparently heckled her during a speech she gave addressing the urgency of climate change on the floor of Parliament: “OK, boomer.”

Chlöe Swarbrick, a member of the Green Party, expressed the statement as she emphasized how the consequences of climate change will fall on people of her generation.

As she expressed support for legislation to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Swarbrick noted how she would be around the age of the average lawmaker in Parliament by that time.

"We are in a climate crisis, if we don't get this right, nothing else matters. ... In the year 2050, I will be 56 years old, yet right now the average age of this 52nd Parliament is 49 years old," she said, prompting what appears to be an audible gasp and a heckle.

Swarbrick then raised her hand before replying "OK boomer" and moving on with her speech. It is unclear who Swarbrick was directing the remark toward.

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ageism; blackbloc; culturalmarxism; globalwarmingscare; greenparty; okboomer; redyouth
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To: yesthatjallen

ok, boomer.


41 posted on 11/06/2019 10:02:55 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: yesthatjallen
Bonk! Bonk!

Sounds kinda familiar...

42 posted on 11/06/2019 10:09:55 AM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: Nothingburger
'OK, Junior'
43 posted on 11/06/2019 10:12:50 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

It was some Red Diaper Doper Baby boomer Marxist who infected all of these kids’ minds anyhow.


44 posted on 11/06/2019 10:13:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: Army Air Corps

Wild in the Streets


45 posted on 11/06/2019 10:22:00 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: a fool in paradise
Thanks.

That's the one I couldn't recall.

46 posted on 11/06/2019 10:24:24 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: TexasGurl24

Maoists in China and Cambodia targeted elders who were decades younger than 70. The US Marxists of the 60s 70s held similar “kill your parents and teachers” views.


47 posted on 11/06/2019 10:25:56 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: yesthatjallen

Please listen to her. The Hobbits are endangered!!
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/8d/83/f38d830c98462f5c275257a33dab8c8f.jpg

One may not be a Hobbit but still he is furry.
https://cdn3.movieweb.com/i/article/4cNZOnTJGdJvRvH2sgGG3TGWa4zdMr/798:50/Chewbacca-Hobbits-Meeting-Photo.jpg


48 posted on 11/06/2019 10:34:38 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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To: TexasGurl24

“They are gearing up for murdering people when they reach a certain age. Only people with sufficient “social credit” will be exempt. Everyone else will be required to report to a “end of life facility” upon reaching some arbitrary age (70).

That’s why they want the guns. They can’t have some “boomer” Vietnam Vet taking a few of the precious millennials with “social credit” with them on the way out.“

Statements like these were tin foil hat material as few as ten years ago. Now, not so much.


49 posted on 11/06/2019 10:43:50 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (‘When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.’)
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To: yesthatjallen

First time I heard ‘OK Boomer ‘ I thought they thought they were talking to a nuclear submarine crew member.

Guess my age is showing


50 posted on 11/06/2019 10:59:55 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Sirius Lee

“Ok, child. You’ve had your misinformed say.”


51 posted on 11/06/2019 11:16:30 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: yesthatjallen

I think there’s movie about a dog named Boomer...

Meanwhile the prime minister of NZ is a gun grabbing liberal female who is unmarried and shacking up with the father of her children...

some “moral” type of example for the younger NZers...


52 posted on 11/06/2019 11:38:44 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Phil DiBasquette

So is iggering someone’s triggers, I suppose. :P


53 posted on 11/06/2019 11:58:58 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: yesthatjallen
hush, adults are talking
54 posted on 11/06/2019 6:45:43 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: yesthatjallen

‘OK, boomer’

SOONER!


55 posted on 11/06/2019 6:54:05 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Well, it was in response to a heckler


56 posted on 11/10/2019 2:14:34 AM PST by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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