Dan Andrews and the right's bizarre, violent obsession
This article criticizes the rhetoric used by right-wing political figures in Australia, specifically focusing on hostility toward former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. It highlights how violent political discourse has become a recurring theme in recent campaign events.
Why it matters
It reflects growing concerns regarding the radicalization of political discourse and the normalization of violent rhetoric in democratic elections.
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Prefer Crikey Then-Victorian premier Daniel Andrews in August, 2023 (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett) At One Nation’s Victorian campaign launch over the weekend, upper house candidate Mark Nicholson said he would jail former Labor premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan “by Christmas” if victorious come November, prompting what The Age called “rapturous applause” from a crowd of about 750 attendees.
It was entirely in keeping with the tone of the event, which denied entry to journalists from the ABC and SBS, valorised Ned Kelly while lamenting out-of-control crime, and kicked things off with an AI video depicting, among other things, a black man with a machete and an Arab man strapping on a suicide vest .
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