The Internet Cannot Fathom Larissa Waters’ Mate In The Rainbow Scarf

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July 18, 2017

Amid the furore over yet another Greens senator, this time Larissa Waters, resigning from Parliament due to their overlooked dual citizenship, the Australian social media-raving public found themselves a new hero, or at the very least a new subject of national fascination.

They discovered Brissy Greens city councillor Jonathan Sri, and his (partner’s) jaunty rainbow scarf – because we don’t all have to be dressed in mourning clothes while democracy crumbles around us. Sri was invited to speak at Waters’ press conference as the only remaining elected Greens official in Queensland.

He also dropped this lengthy statement on Facey, saying that he remains hopeful about the Greens’ future in Queensland:

“Losing Larissa like this so close to a state election is undeniably a solid blow, but one of the great strengths of the Greens as distinct from other more hierarchical political parties is that we are far more than the sum total of our elected representatives. We are a movement comprised of thousands of volunteers and supporters who push for change through many different avenues using a diverse range of tactics, and we will continue to do so.

“If anyone thought that a setback like this would extinguish a movement like ours, they clearly don’t understand how brightly these fires are burning.”

Sadly for Sri, we, the people, are not talking about Dutton, or even Waters rn. We are talking about fashurrn.

FYI for national audience, bloke beside Larissa Waters is Greens Brisbane Councillor Jonathan Sri.@abcnews #auspol pic.twitter.com/Sp3dkxh92s

— Kerrin Binnie (@kerrinbinnie) July 18, 2017

I only know his name not his stylist.

— Kerrin Binnie (@kerrinbinnie) July 18, 2017

TODAY, WE ARE ALL RAINBOW SCARF MAN

— beverley wang (@beverleywang) July 18, 2017

Some people were less than impressed with Sri.

In case you forgot this is a Greens presser, the party dude supporting Waters is wearing a rainbow scarf and just said “sucks”.

— Judith Ireland (@CanberraCamper) July 18, 2017

Who is this goose? It’s NOT ABOUT YOU BUDDY pic.twitter.com/Rsl89PlfCY

— Samantha Maiden (@samanthamaiden) July 18, 2017

This of course encouraged the media-Twitterverse to find out more about the councillor – or at least, everything without having to actually traverse policy.

I can’t wait for the deep dive the press gallery are about to do into jonathan sri’s slam poetry

— Casey Briggs (@CaseyBriggs) July 18, 2017

So Greens rainbow scarf man not only a poet, he makes YouTube videos of his spoken poetry
Ping @samanthamaiden https://t.co/IGuTEk8JAB

— Caroline Marcus (@carolinemarcus) July 18, 2017

Greens Rainbow Scarf Man also does some shirtless rapping, along with the poetry.@samanthamaiden https://t.co/GWWriMH7EW

— Caroline Marcus (@carolinemarcus) July 18, 2017

of COURSE the Rainbow Scarf man did a ted talk. wearing the scarf. AND a beanie.https://t.co/tVVYRMRzmM @samanthamaiden

— James O’Doherty (@jmodoh) July 18, 2017