On a November 5 Sky News appearance, Pauline Hanson chucked a massive sook after losing a racial discrimination case against Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi, who she told to “piss off back to Pakistan”.
During her teary interview with Sky News’ Andrew Bolt, Hanson explained that Australia was “not the country I grew up in”. Yeah Pauline, that’s called progress.
On the first of November, the Federal Court ruled that Hanson’s tweet was racially vilifying, and the One Nation leader was clearly not ready for the backlash, promising to appeal the verdict.
“I just feel that the country’s changed so much in such a way that people can’t say what they think anymore,” she said.
“The thought police is out there, everyone’s shut down for having an opinion.”
WOMP WOMP. It’s almost as if actions have consequences. Who knew?
For those playing catch-up, this whole kerfuffle started when Faruqi criticised the monarchy’s colonial legacy after Queen Lizzy‘s death. Hanson, ever the defender of all things British and white, fired back with an appalling tweet. Spoiler alert: the court wasn’t impressed.
Justice Angus Stewart described the tweet as an “angry personal attack” that conveyed a “strong form of racism”. Hanson was ordered to delete the tweet within seven days and pay Faruqi’s legal costs. She is yet to delete the tweet at the time of writing.
As Hanson continued her pity party on Sky News, she denied the fact that she wrote the tweet because Faruqi was brown or Muslim. “It never entered my mind.” Totally babes.
“People may criticise my comment, but I’ve never changed since the first day of politics nearly 30 years ago,” she insisted. Not something you should be proud of girl.
She went on to say that the decision was “unfair, unjust and a bit hard”.
“I’m not going to give up; I’m going to appeal against it, I’m going to fight this. It’s not about Pauline Hanson, it’s about the people themselves — having the right to have an opinion, to have a say.”
Meanwhile, Senator Faruqi, probably suppressing an eye roll, responded to the court’s ruling, sharing that she’s pleased with the outcome.
“It is about time Senator Pauline Hanson faced consequences for the racism she’s been piling on Muslims, people of colour and First Nations people for more than 30 years,” she said in a statement.
“This ruling draws a line in the sand that hate speech is not free speech, and that people who racially target marginalised communities cannot get away with it scot free.
“Today’s landmark judgement is historic and groundbreaking and sets a new precedent for how racism will be viewed in this country from now on. It’s a warning for those like Pauline Hanson and I hope it emboldens individuals and communities to assert their rights to live free from racism.” Period!!
Hanson has not confirmed when she will be going forth with an appeal, here’s hoping she comes to her senses before filing.
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