A man in his 60s received grossly threatening messages from the far-left politician Mímir Kristjánsson after he criticised his policies. – I find it reprehensible. It is clear that the man cannot handle alcohol, he tells Document.

Update: Mímir Kristjánsson has made a full apology, without reservation. He now promises to improve his conduct. You can see the full comment further down in the article.

The well-known Member of Parliament Mímir Kristjánsson from Rødt (the ex-communist ‘Red’ party) has now been reported to the police for threats, after he sent threatening messages to a man in his 60s from Bryne.

It all began when the man wrote a post in which he criticised Rødt for not voting in favour of Ønsketransporten, a charitable project that helps people in a vulnerable situation where the public sector has no provision. According to the Rødt politician, it was the comment that he was “pathetic” that caused Kristjánsson to lose control. However, the man denies that he called the politician pathetic.

He sent the post via Facebook Messenger on Tuesday at 20:36.

– I did not call him pathetic. I thought it was pathetic that they did not vote for this proposal. They are so moralising and scold everyone else who, in their view, do not stand on the side of the vulnerable. When they themselves get the opportunity, they vote against it, says the man.

Here is the post:

The post the man sent via Messenger to the Rødt politician.

After he wrote critical comments, Mímir Kristjánsson sent him several threatening messages. The Bryne man has now filed a police report concerning the messages.

Here are the messages:

In response, I received a number of messages from him. Among other things, he wrote:

“Now you shut up”

“Come here and I’ll beat you”

“Or what?”

“What’s it like with the pussy?”

“You are a piece of shit who can’t get out of Hønefoss”

“Buhu!”

After this, he continued with new messages:

“How is it?”

“Not so tough?”

“Come here and you’ll meet my HA friends”

“No? Not so tough?”

“Hello!!!”

Document knows the identity of the man from Bryne. He remains anonymous, as it is not his actions that have given the case public interest.

– It simply became too much double standard. Especially from that side. Both he and Moxnes are fond of standing there and acting self-righteous, he tells Document.

– What do you think about receiving threatening messages from a Member of Parliament?

– I live in Bryne, Hells Angels are based just down the street here, and I was born and raised here. So I know what they are capable of. I will admit that I slept with one eye open the first night. Just in case. If he can send such messages to me, you do not know what else he might do, says the man.

The man emphasises that he would have been able to defend himself if the Rødt politician had come to his door.

– Then I would have hit him with my crutch, he says, laughing loudly.

– What do you think about Mímir’s apology?

– I find it reprehensible. He has sought trust, and received trust from the voters. This is how he chooses to manage it. It is all well and good that he apologises to me, but he is betraying his own voters, those who gave him their vote.

– He himself has said that he is an alcoholic, and has said that he does not intend to stop drinking. The apology was very strange, says the man.

In the apology, the politician writes:

Message 1: Hi there! Sorry, I did not mean to send angry messages yesterday (I was drunk). But I still wonder why you are harassing me.

Message 2: And when you keep doing this regularly, week in and week out, you will sooner or later catch me in the mood I was in yesterday.

Message 3: But again: A big and unconditional apology from me!

Message 4: I sincerely hope you accept it! These are drunken nerves at work, as you will understand.

Message 5: Thumbs up

Message 6: (Sorry, that last thumbs up was just a misclick. But apologies again for everything!)

The man reacts to being accused of harassing the politician. He believes he has not done so, although he admits that he has commented frequently on political matters.

– I comment with Høyre, MDG, Fremskrittspartiet and all the other parties. I comment on the issues, and I know the party very well. He practically went to election on the basis that he was an alcoholic, and that he did not intend to stop drinking. I think that does not add up, and this case probably proves that, says the man.

Document contacted Mímir Kristjánsson regarding the allegations of harassment, and that the man who received the messages considered the apology strange. He responds as follows:

– Sometimes one needs more than one attempt to offer an unconditional apology, and I did so that particular morning. But I have apologised unreservedly to NN, both directly that same morning, via Rødt and in the media. And I am happy to do so again with you. There is no excuse for writing that type of messages, so I take full responsibility for that. Everything else becomes meaningless excuses. Here one must simply lay oneself flat, accept whatever consequences may come, and improve one’s conduct, writes the Rødt politician in a message.

Here is the apology from the politician.

Here is the post the man wrote in full:

“Once again, we see that Rødt and Mímir Kristjánsson fail those he has promised to fight most for – those who have the least. He likes to present himself as the great defender of the vulnerable. He is morally indignant when other parties do not help people here and now. But when he himself gets the opportunity to vote for concrete measures that could actually have helped now, it turns out again and again that he chooses postponement, investigation and solutions somewhere out in the fog. In the hospital case, one could have had a solution now. Then he ran away from what was on the table and instead contributed to yet another postponement to some point in the future. In the fuel case, where people received relief now, he instead chose a model that was to be investigated and might have an effect later. And now in the case of Ønsketransporten, where some of the weakest and sickest people in the country needed help here and now. Then suddenly it was no longer so important. Then it suited him better with a solution in 2028 than to step up now, when it actually mattered. A mere 5 million was at stake, after these people have collected bottles for several years because Arbeiderpartiet turned off the funding three years ago. It is easy to stand at the podium and demand action from everyone else. It is easy to criticise the right-wing for not caring about the most vulnerable. But when Mímir himself gets the opportunity to show what he stands for in practice, he ends up – time and again – trailing after Arbeiderpartiet, and postponing matters into uncertainty. That is not backbone. That is not a fight for ordinary people. It is a betrayal of those he himself has used as a political springboard. It is quite simply just pathetic, Mímir!”