In other ex SAS news, I just watched military junta cosplayer and all round professional wanker Riccardo Bosi on a video from yesterday claiming that the Australian government has been "unconstitutional" for the last 50 years or so (no detailed reasons provided), and explaining that he's staying camped in Canberra until the Governor General dissolves parliament and appoints a commission to clean up the corrupt electoral system and have the first fair election for decades. (Complete lack of detail as to why past elections have been corrupt.) He's again calling for "millions" to turn up in Canberra tomorrow. [Update - I've watched more of it now - absolutely obsessed with alleged "pedophile protection" being covered by 'The Establishment" - including Sky News figures like Peta Credlin and Paul Murry, apparently! Having watched quite a few clips of him, I think it fair to say he swings wildly between claims of it being a peaceful, unifying movement between ordinary people of all faiths, to geeing up the crowd with promises of lots of people being deserved scared of being executed as part of the process of fixing the country. In other words, a lunatic whose apparent moments of lucidity and modesty are a fake front for a man with a fantasy prone and violent imagination.]
But, I gather that there is a split between those who think they should welcome existing wingnut politicians who support them on COVID crap, and those (like Bosi) who claim they shouldn't.
I'm now suspecting that the social media excitement of the "success" of the Ottawa protest will mean quite a high turnout in Canberra tomorrow. Of course, so much being claimed about Ottawa on Right media is made up bullshit - see this, for example.
I'm starting to pine for a 1920's England style of reaction:
Or at least water cannon.
Is this a trend that began with Palin? It seems that so many right wing heroes go bonkas and right wingers are now embracing conspiracy theories. Alex Jones, the extremes of Hannity, Peterson with drug addiction and his silliness with Jung and biblical interpretation, Limbaugh and drugs, Boris J. in Britain appears to becoming unstuck with a series of stupid comments, Cory Bernardi and his hand wringing over woke sexuality issues, Rowan Dean and his ridiculous criticisms of AGW(especially when there are better ways to raise questions about AGW), Catallaxy people falling in love with Putin, vaccines magnetizing people, nanochips being inserted to track us, the Great Global conspiracy of some secret cabal that is taking over the world, and Marxists marching through the institutions.
ReplyDeleteI know there are much more sensible right wingers but it seems their voices are no longer heard.