FJ!! ([info]fj) wrote,
@ 2008-10-23 10:20:00
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Speaking Of Closeted Conservatives...
By the way, has nobody noticed the Austrian extreme right wing imploded last week due to rampant hypocrisy over homosexuality?

Over the last decade, Jörg Haider has created a foreigners-out, Christian-Family-First, Austria For The Austrians extreme (well, for Europeans) right-wing nationalist juggernaut coalition, that in the last elections got one third or so of the votes. Shortly thereafter, Jörg Haider, straight-shooting family man father of two, died in a car crash.

Because he was driving twice the speed limit. Because he was drunk. Because he had been drinking massive amounts of vodka. "In the arms of an 18 year old boy". In a gay bar. Because he had had a lover's quarrel. With his personal assistant, Stefan Petzner, a man 31 years younger, who, now at 27 and always heir apparent and thus chosen to lead the coalition shortly after Haider died, told Austria in an emotional radio interview what the media and the opposition had kind of always known and not talked about for all this time: Haider had always had same-sex affairs, liked younger men, and the relationship with Pretzner had been going on since the first time they met 5 years ago. Oh, his wife could see the connection was on a whole different level and thus she was ok with it. (Or not and she was totally pissed off about it, say other voices now.)

Pretzner has been removed from power, and right-wing Austria has a problem. I suspect they will now fizzle out like Leefbaar Nederland did in the Netherlands after their charismatic, nationalistic,  younger-man chasing leader died. Of course, Fortuyn was very open and took no shit about being a homo, so no revelations there. In fact he used his homosexuality as a marker of how threatened he felt by the Islam of the foreigners rampantly taking over his dear country, and thus how threatening it was for Dutch tolerant Enlightment values. Haider, not so much; he was a closeted weenie running on Traditional Family Christian Values, and now the number one and number two of that party are out. And Out.

Remember, kids, in this day and age gayness will not kill your career if you show backbone. But the closet will.

Edit: My newshound [info]jpeace has added a good pic of them in the comments.


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[info]jpeace
2008-10-23 09:59 am UTC (link)
Needs more picture.


Haider (l), Petzner

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Look at that beak on Petzner
[info]sandor_baci
2008-10-23 11:56 am UTC (link)
Wie die Nase eines Mannes, so sein Johannes. How could Haider hold back?

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Re: Look at that beak on Petzner
[info]pinkfish
2008-10-23 03:28 pm UTC (link)
How did I live for six years in a German speaking country, and never hear this rhyme?

Oh yeah, it was Switzerland.

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Re: Look at that beak on Petzner
[info]fj
2008-10-23 03:32 pm UTC (link)
It must have been in a König. Your German may not have been good enough to pick it up.

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Re: Look at that beak on Petzner
[info]pinkfish
2008-10-23 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Nonsense! I learned 90% of the German I know from König. I can't imagine I would have missed it.

Did you know that there are real people named Paul Niemoeser?

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Re: Look at that beak on Petzner
[info]dr_memory
2008-10-23 05:19 pm UTC (link)
Huh. Did 'Johnson' as a euphemism for cock originate in English or German?

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Re: Look at that beak on Petzner
[info]popebuck1
2008-10-23 05:29 pm UTC (link)
I was just wondering the same thing! Of course, English being a Germanic language at heart, it could have originated waaaaaay back. (In fact, most English swear words are very very old and can be traced all the way back to the Germanic, so it's likely.)

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[info]baratron
2008-10-31 01:13 am UTC (link)
The most terrifying thing about this picture is how Haider looks like Tony Blair from this angle.

I accidentally found some Tony Blair/Gordon Brown "erotic" fiction and it scarred me for life.

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[info]commonpeople
2008-10-23 11:09 am UTC (link)
Can't wait until the home videos get leaked.

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Only one letter away
[info]sandor_baci
2008-10-23 11:13 am UTC (link)
Petzner / Petz(n)er; "petzen" = "tattle".

These revelations do NOT, however, make it any less likely that Mossad agents shot out Haider's tyres.

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Re: Only one letter away
[info]fj
2008-10-23 11:46 am UTC (link)
Oh god, is that theory seriously being bandied?

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It's Austria
[info]sandor_baci
2008-10-23 11:55 am UTC (link)
"When in doubt, blame the Jews."

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Shades of The SA
[info]walterwz
2008-10-23 11:57 am UTC (link)
Things never change.

I was surprised how hot Heider was, however.

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Re: Shades of The SA
[info]pagerbear
2008-10-23 01:05 pm UTC (link)
They're both hot, IMHO! Way hotter than most closeted conservatives we get here in the US!

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Re: Shades of The SA
[info]dr_memory
2008-10-23 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Sadly, I have to concur:

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[info]danbearnyc
2008-10-23 02:19 pm UTC (link)
But all this fabulousness was in the Telegraph like, uh, the day after the accident? Because I sent copies to just about everyone I know who is a Modernist and studies the rise of fascism in between the wars.

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[info]iejw
2008-10-23 03:07 pm UTC (link)
I read this! I did wonder if it was some Little Britain-esque assistant with a fantasist crush, but it seems not!

I wonder if they were into uniform role-play…

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[info]dr_memory
2008-10-23 04:55 pm UTC (link)
Holy CRAP. I'd seen the notices of his death and they'd mentioned the drunken driving part -- the 18-year-old male lover part, NOT SO MUCH.

Is it possible to die of a schadenfreude overdose?

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[info]popebuck1
2008-10-23 05:30 pm UTC (link)
Wow, they really were the Nazis from The Blues Brothers!

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[info]illspoken
2008-10-23 07:15 pm UTC (link)
Wait: Vodka? Not ripped on meth? Does they have a better class of closeted self-loathing queer over there? DAMN YOU EUROPE!

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[info]fj
2008-10-23 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Drugs are for poor people. And I actually don't think he was self-loathing, it doesn't fit the mold. More like he had stuff to do and being out would be in the way.

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