"It's shades of Stalinist struggle sessions."

'Lanyard Man' (left) heckles politician (right)

"Whatever lanyard man said, whatever you think of Winston, positive or negatively, if you want to go back to the world where people didn't face pile-ons for their political views, then don't do it when someone has views you don't like. It's shades of Stalinist struggle sessions.
    "And yes, I know the hard-left absolutely thrives on doing this and you might have joy doing it back - but just don't. 

    "When I was a public servant [sic] it was perfectly okay to oppose the government you were serving, as long as it was not being critical of any of the work of your department or the Ministers you served. You could be critical of education policy, but be advising on local government and say nothing about the latter. The idea you could work for a private contractor and not be able to heckle (without being threatening) is absurd. 

    "Of course that contractor can have its own employment rules, and that's its choice, but let's not have a culture of digging into trenches and having the ends justify the means. That's not a thriving liberal democracy that makes it easy for people to change their minds, it's political tribalism." 

~ Liberty Scott on the social-media led pile-on to hunt down and have sacked a man heckling Winston Peters at Wellington Railway Station