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Nigel Farage has milkshake thrown over him after launching general election campaign
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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What do stunts like this really achieve? Do they prove Farage wrong or show his followers why he’s so problematic? When someone resorts to violence to make a point it devalues everything they are making a stand for. It says “I couldn’t explain what’s wrong with this persons politics so I just threw something at them instead”
Firstly, it's not a particularly violent act. Pouring a small cup of dessert on someone should not be considered a violent assault. It's less offensive by a large degree than spitting on someone.
I get where you're coming from with it seeming like a desperate act of frustration, but that action in itself is saying something. If every politician started getting milkshaked regularly it wouldn't be the case that the public suddenly believes the politicians are all correct, it would be a message that something is deeply wrong.
On Farage in particular though, where is the forum to get a point across in any other way? Farage has never been elected to a local position, only ever as as MEP trying to sever ties with the same parliament he was elected to. He has his own right wing propaganda TV station. How are you supposed to reach his audience? He has no accountability whatsoever. Milkshake