For every Pauline Hanson action, there is an equal and opposite Twitter reaction. This one comes from ol’ mate Adam Hills, who suggested the pollie take an unplanned dangle from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Australia would send a better message to the world if we just hung Pauline Hanson from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015
While the image of Australia’s metaphorical dag swinging freely from a national treasure is a joy to behold, some users kicked up a stink about the semantic implications of Hill’s imaginative tweets. Read: they thought the comedian wanted her actually, literally, totally dead.
@adamhillscomedy @CollyLong Not cool, Adam. I don’t like the woman, but hanging?
— Emily (@ThatEmilyLady) November 15, 2015
@gegsy1 @limelite001 @adamhillscomedy This is a bloke that once announced he is “on the side of humanity”. DEFUND THE ABC!
— Rtm (@RtmTweets) November 15, 2015
@adamhillscomedy advocating violence against women? Low life
— Cutto (@Cutto1) November 15, 2015
Not one to be outdone by some casual internet outrage, Hills reacted in the only sensible way: doubling down on his pollie-hoisting pipe-dream.
Jeez I’m not seriously suggesting we hang Pauline Hanson. She just represents Australia as much as IS represent Muslims. A dumb extremist.
— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015
By the way, I said “hung” not “hanged”. I didn’t want her dead.
— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015
But that wasn’t quite enough. Enter the hijab:
Wow I have inadvertently upset people. I genuinely find the idea of Pauline Hanson, dangling, alive, maybe in a hijab, to be funny.
— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015
I mean we’d take her down eventually. I’m not an animal.
— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015
We could paint Trump red, Bolt White and Hanson blue and dangle them all. Alive. While singing Ca Plane Pour Moi.
— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015
It’s… so beautiful. Like a row of empty conservative piñatas, waving limply in the quiet breezes of complete indifference over the iconic, sparkling waters of Australia’s most famous city. For the patriotic imagery alone, this one goes to Hills.
Image via Adam Hills.
