I had plans to post a picture of H. C. Strache already when I started my blog. I knew that if posters of him popped up, I’d have no trouble finding one where he was somehow mutilated. Normally he gets a Hitler-mustashe due to his very right wing beliefs, but on this poster the artist has gone a bit more creative. Either, it signifies blood coming out from his mouth after being hit, or that he’s a Vampire, or…? In any case, the message is one of hate towards this person. I can’t say I have much love for him either, seeing as he is really, extremely right wing. His party FPÖ organises a ball every year, and it’s always attended by a hefty amount of protesters because of the type of people that go (racists). If you’re keen to check out some ‘live action’ of the ball protests, check out this news entry.
I should probably mention that his party has over 25% of the votes in Vienna…. :-/
this man is a stain on Vienna and Austria. He certainly leaves a bad taste in my mouth…
… enjoying your blog, by the way!
Thanks Hannah! Yeah… I never understood the strong position that rigth wing has in Austria. I mean, I can perhaps understand it from a histoical viewpoint, but seeing as most people I know detest the guy, I’m wondering then WHO actually votes for him? Strange paradox.
Well, I guess the people that you know are not the same people that tut and move away, uttering “Auslaender” under their breath, when they hear me speaking English on the U-bahn. Or the old ladies at the bus stop, who strike up conversation with me to complain about Turkish people in Vienna, and don’t see the hypocrisy that they are telling their opinions to a foreigner who, by the virtue of being white and Northern European, is somehow not in the same category, despite the fact that I speak less German than most of the Turkish community… It still shocks me that the FPO has 25% of the vote – is that really true? I didn’t realise it was that high.
I know it too well… Being Norwegian I get a lot of that, as they somehow love Norway and the people there. You can even see the attitude change from when they find out I’m foreign to when it’s clear that I’m Norwegian… I speak German well, but I’m still a foreigner, hired by an Austrian WKO owned company, so technically even fulfilling their fears of people coming here and taking away jobs from Austrians! I’m sad to say that FPO has about 28% of the votes….