Civilförsvarsminister Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) blev förföljd av Palestinademonstranter när han var på väg från riksdagen. Nu utreder polisen brott. – Man ska som förtroendevald i Sverige inte behöva bli förföljd till sitt hem av någonting som känns som en lynchmobb, säger ministern till SVT.
Are you entirely sure that you wouldn’t have felt threatened in a situation like that? He was on his way home, possibly to his partner and children.
To me, this is clearly a threat to our democracy, where loud and aggressive people are trying to frighten politicians with other opinions than their own. And mind you, I have never told you my opinion on the situation in Gaza, only that this is NOT the right way to make a difference.
I don’t know, but I think if he’s not ready to help stop the genocide in his position, he should be ready to hear what people think about that. In person. Not from the comfort of emails that you can just ignore. And of course the people are angry.
Yes, I AM speaking from privilege. And I for one want to keep the privilege of living in a civilised, democratic country where everyone is allowed to speak their mind, regardless of how stupid it is. No politician should ever be threatened and attacked this way. Ever. Trying to silence politicians in a democratic country equals attacking the democracy itself. It is an extremely dangerous path to follow, and can never become normalised. From any side of a conflict.
And again, I have not said anything about what I think about this particular minister, or his views on the genocide in Gaza, only about the way he was treated by anonymous, aggressive people, trying to scare and silence him.
Are you entirely sure that you wouldn’t have felt threatened in a situation like that? He was on his way home, possibly to his partner and children.
To me, this is clearly a threat to our democracy, where loud and aggressive people are trying to frighten politicians with other opinions than their own. And mind you, I have never told you my opinion on the situation in Gaza, only that this is NOT the right way to make a difference.
Of course, you would feel threatened!
I don’t know, but I think if he’s not ready to help stop the genocide in his position, he should be ready to hear what people think about that. In person. Not from the comfort of emails that you can just ignore. And of course the people are angry.
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Yes, I AM speaking from privilege. And I for one want to keep the privilege of living in a civilised, democratic country where everyone is allowed to speak their mind, regardless of how stupid it is. No politician should ever be threatened and attacked this way. Ever. Trying to silence politicians in a democratic country equals attacking the democracy itself. It is an extremely dangerous path to follow, and can never become normalised. From any side of a conflict.
And again, I have not said anything about what I think about this particular minister, or his views on the genocide in Gaza, only about the way he was treated by anonymous, aggressive people, trying to scare and silence him.
We all know this kind of behaviour is not gonna stop the genocide. Still is an expectable event of citizens from a genocide covering state.