So, our Minister of Justice, Sylvi Listhaug, started a huge clusterfuck.
You might know her from this segment on Last Week Tonight:
The parliament was discussing if the passports of Norwegian foreign fighters returning from Syria could be revoked without going to court first. The Worker Party (Arbeiderpartiet) argued that this wasn't due process. Listhaug wasn't a fan of that response and posted this picture on Facebook:
"The Worker Party (AP) thinks terrorist rights are more important than the security of the nation - Like and Share"
Now, remember, the Worker Party was the one attacked by Breivik in 2011. The Minister of Justice posting propaganda similar to his ideology is just fucked up, especially since she posted it on the same day a movie about the attacks premiered in Norway. She didn't make an apology for several days and went for the "I'm sorry if anyone was hurt" type of excuse. She removed the picture even later, not because she was actually sorry, but because she didn't have the rights to the picture. As you can imagine, the media and other parties had a lot to say about this.
In a bizarre twist, a bunch of losers decided to send her flowers to show support. They felt she was the one being wrongfully attacked. She invited the media to take pictures, but they weren't allowed to ask questions.
Everybody saw right through this disgusting attempt at playing the victim card. One of the survivors of the 2011 attack criticized the flower debacle and got death threats ("you should have died on that Island"). Surprise surprise, turns out a lot of the flowers came from a racist/nazi facebook group.
The leader of the party Red (you can guess where they lean politically) started a motion of no-confidence against her. If it gets enough votes, she must step down. Instead of sending him flowers, people decided to do something morally superior and launch a crowdfunding campaign for Doctors Without Borders:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/241150446429792/
Right now it sits at around 9 million kroners (1,1 million dollars).
Anyway, the prime minister is now threatening to step down if the vote gets a majority. It's a coalition government so even though she probably isn't the biggest fan of Listhaug either, she has to stand up for her own government. Everything is now up to the centrist Christian Party. They helped put the government into power, but didn't want to be a part of it themselves (they disagreed too much with Listhaug's far right party). Did Listhaug take it too far this time around? Will the leader of the christian party grow a backbone? We will see this coming week.
You might know her from this segment on Last Week Tonight:
The parliament was discussing if the passports of Norwegian foreign fighters returning from Syria could be revoked without going to court first. The Worker Party (Arbeiderpartiet) argued that this wasn't due process. Listhaug wasn't a fan of that response and posted this picture on Facebook:
"The Worker Party (AP) thinks terrorist rights are more important than the security of the nation - Like and Share"
Now, remember, the Worker Party was the one attacked by Breivik in 2011. The Minister of Justice posting propaganda similar to his ideology is just fucked up, especially since she posted it on the same day a movie about the attacks premiered in Norway. She didn't make an apology for several days and went for the "I'm sorry if anyone was hurt" type of excuse. She removed the picture even later, not because she was actually sorry, but because she didn't have the rights to the picture. As you can imagine, the media and other parties had a lot to say about this.
In a bizarre twist, a bunch of losers decided to send her flowers to show support. They felt she was the one being wrongfully attacked. She invited the media to take pictures, but they weren't allowed to ask questions.
Everybody saw right through this disgusting attempt at playing the victim card. One of the survivors of the 2011 attack criticized the flower debacle and got death threats ("you should have died on that Island"). Surprise surprise, turns out a lot of the flowers came from a racist/nazi facebook group.
The leader of the party Red (you can guess where they lean politically) started a motion of no-confidence against her. If it gets enough votes, she must step down. Instead of sending him flowers, people decided to do something morally superior and launch a crowdfunding campaign for Doctors Without Borders:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/241150446429792/
Right now it sits at around 9 million kroners (1,1 million dollars).
Anyway, the prime minister is now threatening to step down if the vote gets a majority. It's a coalition government so even though she probably isn't the biggest fan of Listhaug either, she has to stand up for her own government. Everything is now up to the centrist Christian Party. They helped put the government into power, but didn't want to be a part of it themselves (they disagreed too much with Listhaug's far right party). Did Listhaug take it too far this time around? Will the leader of the christian party grow a backbone? We will see this coming week.
