FriendlyJordies napalms Berejiklian’s fascists

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The last time I wrote on FriendlyJordies was to give him a whipping for getting into bed with Labor and Kevin Rudd. This serves only to dim his political flame-thrower.

But the recent material produced on NSW political corruption has been superb. There are three points to make on this. First, watch it and see for yourself. The reek around deputy premier John Barilaro is enough to knock you off your feet:

Second, this has resulted in this:

Third, Facebook has joined the fascists:

A Facebook group boasting more than 33,000 members run by popular Australian YouTuber Friendlyjordies has finally been banned — for having a picture of Adolf Hitler. Friendlyjordies’ videos have been watched more than 130 million times.

After starting out making parody videos, Friendlyjordies — real name Jordan Shanks — has become increasingly political in his content over the years, culminating last year in the production of multiple videos criticising the conduct of NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, who has subsequently launched defamation proceedings against the YouTuber.

Here’s where you can donate to the FriendlyJordies legal fund.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.