Published July 13, 2021 at 08.49
Media. Fokus has published a column by Anna Björklund, which describes in detail her “almost existential” hatred of the Center Party's leader Annie Lööf. Now the magazine gets harsh criticism for the publication from profiles on the left.
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“I hate Annie Lööf.”
This is how the podcast profile Anna Björklund begins her controversial column, which was published on Fokus' site on Monday.
Björklund states, among other things. that Annie Lööf's whole “supervision is an emotional trigger”:
“Because I hate Annie Lööf is almost existential. It's about saying one thing, doing another, and getting away with it. Her career symbolizes the loosening of the trust that is necessary for our type of democracy to work well. Because Annie Lööf promised to eat her shoe if she would do what she has been doing every day ever since, she said x, in her always condescending way, to both voters, colleagues and journalists, and did y. “
All religions “have something written about how liars should be handled”, states Anna Björklund further.
“It's not just because it's a hard feeling for those who are deceived, that people like Annie Lööf pee on everyone who does what they promised and come home when they say. It's also because all successful civilizations have had something effective way to make sure that people stand by their word. “
But Annie Lööf” feels no shame “, Björklund continues, but” she plays the game and would never be held back by fluffy concepts such as honor or morality, that is probably still just something old patriarchal “.
“That she survives this is an example of how a system is broken down, how it is no longer worth listening to, because what is said means nothing anymore. I hate Annie Lööf, because she has a Sabbath for all of us,” she concludes./p>
Fokus is now receiving harsh criticism from the left for publishing the article.
One of the critics is the Center Party's former head of communications Ola Spännar:
“I hate Annie Lööf” writes a columnist in Hakelius' magazine Fokus. The columnist “vomits” when she hears Lööf and argues about which “punishment” is appropriate for “liars” like Lööf, “who pees on everyone who does what they promised”. pic.twitter.com/u0nQZQB0fn
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The troll hunter and lawyer Mårten Schultz tweets that the chronicle may be “the worst publisher decision this year in a (previously) respected publication”. He also links to the Crime Victims Authority, which recently “compiled links and information about political hatred as a threat to democracy”.
“Of course, the problem here is not that anyone wrote the text. What distinguishes Flashback and alternative media from real media are reputable publishers “, writes Mårten Schultz.
Left-wing academic Ulf Bjereld writes:
” Such a distasteful text, where the writer tells about how she 'hates' and 'hates' Annie Lööf. I personally hate no one, and want to cultivate a decent tone in the debate. Do not understand that Fokus wants to be a platform for hatred. “