Unlängst im britischen „Guardian“:
The tearful revelations by Stefan Petzner that he and his boss, the late rightwing populist Jörg Haider,
were lovers has sent Austria into a spin and plunged into disarray a
party that three weeks ago celebrated its biggest ever electoral
victory.
(…)
The Austrian commentator and video blogger Robert Misik is sensible to ask: „Is all of this politically relevant?“
Certainly, yes. As an MP Haider voted against lowering the age of
consent for homosexuals. He represented a brand of ultra-conservative
politics that railed against everything that was not traditional or
mainstream.
Gay rights groups and Austrian intellectuals rowed for years over
whether to out Haidar. One argument in favour was that it would damage
him politically. Against it was the fear that it would increase
homophobia in an already staunchly conservative country.
Answering his own question, Misik says: „Of course it has a bearing
on who Haider the public person was.“ And it goes some way to help
explain his magnetism. „He had a personal charm that clearly had a
particular effect on men in their early 20s, who he gathered around him
and hoisted into the highest offices at a very young age.“
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