“Dismissals are great again” – Stor-Oslo

“Miss Universe 2024. A white, real woman. We are getting back to normality. Failure ratings are great again.” Akershus county councilor Ole Jacob Johansen (Frp) posted this post on his own Facebook page on Tuesday night. Screenshot from Johansen’s Facebook profile. The comment was over a post he shared from a page called “For America”, which pointed out that the winner was a “biological woman” from Denmark. This causes the Labor Party to react. – Nettroll rhetoric, says Elin Maria L’Estrange She is group leader for Ap in Akershus’ county council. And reacts to Johansen bringing up skin color and gender identity in his assessment of Miss Universe. – This is, after all, over the line for simple racism. It’s about skin color. It’s not good to talk like that about other people, says L’Estrange. – Indecent Ole Jacob Johansen (Frp) is county councilor for, among other things, culture and volunteering. L’Estrange believes the post he posted is “obscene rhetoric” from a county councillor, who is supposed to represent the entire population of his county. – We have many residents in Akershus who have a skin color other than so-called white. We have people who are transgender, she says. – We expect more from someone who holds one of the highest political positions in the county, says Akershus Aps Elin Maria L’Estrange. Photo: PETTER BERNTSEN / AFP Johansen, for his part, believes that the criticism from Ap is rather far-fetched. – No, I think it will be very strange to drag it… I don’t even know what to say to that. He denies that the post is racist in any way. – I think that is taking it far too far. Of course, it has nothing to do with it at all, he says. – Cool that she won Johansen also cannot understand that it is possible to interpret his post in the direction of racism. – It is very surprising. And I simply can’t understand that, if you don’t have a negative intention or a negative agenda, he says. He says there is no deeper meaning behind the post. – I simply think it was cool that she won, I guess she’s also from Denmark. – You write “we are in the process of getting normality back”. Is it then abnormal if it is not a white woman who wins? – No, of course it isn’t. Ole Jacob Johansen (Frp) believes Ap interprets him in the worst sense when they think the post he posted is racist. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB – Why have you written it this way? What do you mean here? – To the extent that there is something in it, then perhaps it is a counter-reaction to “woke”. It is a discussion, so you may have to see it in that setting, he says. – You have had the opinion that white women cannot win the competition, or are not given priority, or…? – I don’t know if it has anything to do with prioritization, but I think it’s good that you have that diversity in the times we live in. So I think it was a bit liberating, quite simply, that she won. – As county councillor, L’Estrange in Ap believes it is not appropriate for a county councilor to share such a post as Johansen has done. – He represents something more than himself when he has the office he has. Also on Facebook, she says. It is not the first time Johansen has provoked on Facebook. As a local politician in Asker, he had to delete a post in which he compared the influence of young people in the climate issue with Nazi propaganda. Then he received strong criticism also from his own people. Asker Frp distanced itself from the post. And Simen Velle, who was then leader of Asker Fpu, wrote in Budstikka that he was sickened by the play. Velle will not comment on Johansen’s actions this time. Johansen himself says he has reflected on what the role of county councilor means for what he can share on social media. – Of course I do, that’s clear. Every single day, of course. So it is not certain that you always hit on it, but of course I do. – And you think that this must be completely inside? – Yes, I mean that. Yes. Published 26.11.2024, at 19.07



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