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Adam Hills Apologises For Tweet Saying Pauline Hanson Should Be Hung From Harbour Bridge

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Published on: 17th November 2015 at 6:00 AM
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Comedian Adam Hills is facing the wrath of Twitter after a series of tweets which inadvertently suggested politician Pauline Hanson be “hung” from the Sydney harbour Bridge.

While not meaning to execute Hanson, Hills said he had meant Hanson should be dangling in a harness against the French flag that was displayed on the Opera House in response to her comments about the horrific Paris attacks.

Hanson had said Australia does not want more refugees, who could be Muslim, coming into Australia. She also said, which seems to have been the crux of Hills’s tweet: “Not all Muslims are terrorists. But all terrorists are Muslims.”

You can watch the Today Show’s interview with Hanson here.

Following this, Hills’s tweeted out:

Australia would send a better message to the world if we just hung Pauline Hanson from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015

Which was met with almost immediate blasting and scorn.

@adamhillscomedy @CollyLong Not cool, Adam. I don’t like the woman, but hanging?

— Emily (@ThatEmilyLady) November 15, 2015

@adamhillscomedy Pauline Hanson’s message of hate is vile, but so is your response. Disgraceful (I don’t like her views but shame on you).

— Carolyn Cheer (@Sparky_Oz) November 15, 2015

Hills then tweeted out a series of tweets trying to show what he meant.

Jeez I’m not seriously suggesting we hang Pauline Hanson. She just represents Australia as much as IS represent Muslims. A dumb extremist.

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015

By the way, I said “hung” not “hanged”. I didn’t want her dead.

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015

Wow I have inadvertently upset people. I genuinely find the idea of Pauline Hanson, dangling, alive, maybe in a hijab, to be funny.

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015

I mean we’d take her down eventually. I’m not an animal.

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015

We could paint Trump red, Bolt White and Hanson blue and dangle them all. Alive. While singing Ca Plane Pour Moi.

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 15, 2015


Twitter was unimpressed to say the least, leading Hills’s to take to Facebook for a longer apology.

I upset people on Twitter yesterday. It’s impossible to respond in 140 characters so I’ve done it here https://t.co/bKFPgArCxc

— Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy) November 16, 2015

 

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