Breaking - Farage attacked by missiles - FARAGE is OK!!

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I'm no fan of this man but this is just not cricket!!

A many appears to throwing rock like stuff from a bin at Farage

Thankfully the rocks missed him and I hope everyone else is safe on that bus

IMO, Farage should now get police protection

https://x.com/IamMukhtar/status/1800493683709714562

[Post edited by MNHQ to correct typo]

Excactly that and this is why I have posted against similar comments.
In certain parts of England, there was a time when it was a regular news item re acid attack

I believe eve NF stated the same ie for a moment hew thought it may have been acid

Its never right to throw anything at anyone

Ohhh all of a sudden that makes a lot of sense 🤣

Update. Thanks

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/12/nigel-farage-man-charged-after-objects-thrown-at-reform-uk-leader-barnsley

Wow that escalated quickly 😄

The suffragettes did far more than throwing empty coffee cups at their targets.

Just observing...

What you are basically saying here is that people can throw stuff at people I don’t like.

Can you really not see how self-absorbed this is?

Whatever you believe, there will be plenty of people who strongly disagree with it. Is it ok for people to throw stuff at you and politicians you support?

The intent of throwing is to intimidate ( it was a liquid, it could have been acid), shame and show contempt.

We need a society where we can debate and counter ideas with argument and ideas and evidence. We can disagree without open hostility and hatred. That’s a sign of a mature democracy.

No one has the right to decide what other people can listen to, as long as what they are saying is legal. These attempts to harrass, intimidate and silence those one disagrees with need to stop.

Where did I say acid was ok?

That would be fucking awful and I would never advocate for it. There is a line and that's over it.

Please calm down as the other poster never said anything of the kind and that is a fact

Clearly the other poster is stating and what I said earlier - the victim does not initially know if its acid or not (you can imagine the panic of this), do you understand now??

It’s the threat of it. Throwing liquids is an act of intimidation. It’s to make clear to the victim that they are vulnerable, can be harmed and are hated. This time it’s water, next time it could be acid.

to say throwing milk or whatever is okay but acid is not, is expecting the recipient to have a high degree of trust in people who are clearly expressing their hatred of them.

Just observing what?

Two wholly unconnected events?

MNers frequently refer to the suffragettes in the highest of terms. They used considerable violence to protest against the actions of government, politicians, leaders and the Established order.

I don't think that's a false equivalence at all.

I was thinking aloud.

Didn't say I approved.

Not entirely unconnected.
The suffragettes had no vote so very little way of getting their voice heard.

We do thanks to them.
We can choose not to vote for Farage...we don't have to throw paper cups at him.

Well what else are we in the far left supposed to do to stop the rise of the far right? Calling people racist just doesn’t work anymore. The poors just won’t listen to their betters and so it has come to this. We need to show them who to vote for by throwing things at the people we hate so that they know that we won’t tolerate violence in our society.

We need to show them who to vote for by throwing things at the people we hate so that they know that we won’t tolerate violence in our society

: ))))

So well put.

Don't know if it has already been shared, but Brendon Cox was visibly upset by people attempting to laugh off or condone what happened to Nigel Farage.

So glad that he has said this - some of the foolish posters on here need to listen to him.

So you are advocating violence??

No.
I'm quite clearly saying that there is no need for violence, we can demonstrate our views peacefully by voting.

so what was you trying ti say and I quote
"not entirely unconnected"???

Oh for heavens sake - I was commenting on two previous posts. I said that the suffragettes and the Farage incident were not entirely unconnected.

Because of the suffragettes campaign we have the vote and so there is absolutely no need for violence - we can express our opinions at the ballot box not through throwing things.

I don't know how much clearer I can be for you.

Only just got back to this thread and seen your query. No, it's a description of the unspeakable Nige. Whenever I see him I'm irresistibly reminded of the works of H.P.Lovecraft.

no worries - someone else explained it on your behalf. Thanks for coming back.
Since reading your post and the answer from another MN