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Nigel Farage: Objects thrown at Reform leader while campaigning

www.bbc.co.uk Nigel Farage: Objects thrown at Reform leader while campaigning

The Reform UK leader says he will not be cowed by the incident, which was caught on film.

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Mr Farage also spoke with shoppers and while standing by a market stall selling eggs, joked that after being covered in a milkshake last week he did not want eggs to be the next thing thrown at him.

Someone ready the eggs
- freeze the egg first and pelt it as hard as possible
  
  Rotten ones would be better. It’s damn hard to get that smell out.
  
  Having been hit in the eye with a frozen egg, I can't condone this as it's like throwing a rock at someone and it really hurts. An unfrozen one is safer and far messier, which makes it funnier.
"I will not be bullied or cowed by a violent left-wing mob who hate our country," he wrote about the incident.

Assumes that:

He is The Country

Only left wingers hate him
- If there really was a "left wing mob" out to get him, I think he would be getting attacked with more than one food item every other day.
He loves this. He loves to play the victim. The underdog. Despite being a being a real life racist rich toff caricature.
- If what he loves is a hurled brick, he's welcome to as many as he'd like.
  
  Frankly I have no patience for 'that's just want they want!' as a kneejerk response to any backlash against diet Nazis. They'll claim victory no matter what happens. That's part of what makes the fascists. The nature of bad faith is that there is no right answer.
  
  If this pattern means the only headlines about this asshole go 'asshole hit by [object]' - great. Beats reporting any of the garbage flying from his face.
  
  I think we need to keep being better than them. Not get dragged into the mud with them.
- Time to neuter the underdog if you ask me.
Nice!
- Yeah, but unfortunately I fully expect some asshat to take it too far and throw something other than a milkshake or other harmless beverage. It would be great if we could just stick to milkshake protests, but humans are garbage.
  
  Well seeing as the girl who threw the milkshake is being charged with "assault by beating", I wouldn't be surprised if people took it further.
Surely they can’t charge all of us with assault, right?
I originally had a switcheroo joke about being an undemocratic Russian stooge, but then I remembered how he and his like stocked the 2016 nutters, and we lost Jo Cox. As much as I don't like the guy no one should be attacked just for standing democratically.
- Stop blaming right-wing violence on backlash against right-wing violence.
- Look at you, being a decent human being.
  
  The majority of people on here seem to think political violence is acceptable purely against people they disagree with. It would be a different story if it was left-wingers being attacked more often though.
  
  Apparently, this means they're also morally superior. Lol.
  
  You don't have to feel the same way about everyone. You can have separate opinions about a fascist punching a lesbian and a lesbian punching a fascist. Their reasons are wildly different.
That thumbnail would make a lovely meme format.
I know he's a big flaming twat and shouldn't get any attention at all but absolute LOL at these comments.

FUCK HIM UP! HUURRRRR! HIT HIM IN THE FACE!

Jesus titty fucking Christ what has happened to people? 😅
- Politician says 'I will commit state violence against an entire demographic.'
  
  People say 'I hope someone else mildly inconveniences that specific public figure.'
  
  Which of these sentiments is more bloodthirsty?
  
  Nice strawman.
  
  My point is that people seem quite happy to condone violence because they don't like the victim. Are you able to comment on that?
- Naw, let them do what is only natural and right by the laws of common betterment.
- among many other things, nigel farage happened to the people.

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