Pride festival criticised for ‘throw milkshake over Farage’ game
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/26/chesterfield-pride-nigel-farage-milkshake-game/
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Pride festival criticised for ‘throw milkshake over Farage’ game
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/26/chesterfield-pride-nigel-farage-milkshake-game/
Posted by PinkNews
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So throwing milkshakes over a politician is inciting violence but a politician from the same party advocating giving out medals for stamping on peoples heads is OK.
Got it !
The easiest way to test if this is horrific or not is to change the names and personalities.
How would you feel if it was chuck a milkshake at Kier Starmer, Rishi Sunak, etc etc.
In this case, those don’t seem terrible either, so the issue doesn’t seem significant.
> The game allowed festival-goers to pick from different coloured sponges, representing different flavours of milkshake.
Well this just sounds tasteless.
We used to immortalise political figures by burning effigies of them on a bonfire.
this is just weak in comparison.
Raise your game.
In that case, I’m getting my Diane Abbott piñata and cricket bat out for my birthday.
I remember the firefighters in my town burning an effigy on Tony Blair, sticking politicians’ faces on dart boards, or using them as targets in funfair games is old hat. Nobody cared about this stuff.
Farage and his ilk are perpetual victims constantly whinging that the public and media don’t pay them the required amount of deference. Get a grip lads.
Remember this? [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/03/video-british-troops-firing-jeremy-corbyn-poster](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/03/video-british-troops-firing-jeremy-corbyn-poster) The right need to grow a backbone
When did people become such utter PUSSIES about mocking fascists, God
Meh. It’s no different to throwing sponges at a hob goblin at a fete.
That’s not funny guys, Farage almost lost an ear to that milkshake.
I for one, am fully in favour of throwing soft commestables at politicians as a general rule. I think it is a tragedy that we let it slide into disuse for as long as we did.
I might make exceptions for things like pig’s blood on Jewish/Muslim politicians, and other such situations where it might communicate objections to things other than their political opinions, or substances which might actually cause serious physical injury, but I would still say that pelting them with edibles is acceptable until proven otherwise.
Next story: Pin the tail on the donkey advocates for animal violence
I’m just amazed that somebody can chuck a milkshake 3,000 miles.
I was genuinely surprised by the reaction on Reddit last time Farage got milkshaked. On this sub, the majority of posts were like “Wahhhhhh, we can’t start approving of political violence!” and “People are trying to assault and intimidate political rivals – this is one step away from political assassination!”
It was as though people were throwing bombs or knives at Farage and trying to murder him, rather than just making him look like a laughable, pathetic, milky nazi.
If you will believe that this incites violence you will believe anything.
“Speaking to the Derbyshire Times, Richard McAllister, who did not attend the event but says he saw a picture of the stall online”
Well Dicky boy, what I suggest is you go outside. Once there, look around and see if you can spot some grass. It’s the green stuff on the ground. Place your hand palm down on it.
Pansy ass snowflake would have a seizure if spitting image was still on the air.
“Oh no, they made a game of throwing milkshakes at me.” Bitch I used to beat Thatcher with sticks then throw her on the bonfire.
“Oh my, they threw a drink at me.”
Back in the old days the Tory’s were dodging bombs at their conferences.
It’s not like it used to be is it. This generation of politicians have gone soft. /S
Iirc I thought food throwing was a legitimate form of protest? We’ve been doing it a very long time
Umberto Echo missed a trick, we’ve identified another hallmark of nascent fascist movements: hating fun
Like a great many people I just don’t like Farage but to threaten him or assault him or any other politico is just wrong. The bill for that could be too great for democracy to pay.
Still banned from UK politics sub for finding milkshake over Farage hilarious…
Because defending Hitler is free speech, but laughing at Farage getting cum all over him and shamelessly walking – is inciting violence?!
Absolutely agree. Food wastage is a terrible thing when people are going to food banks.
Bricks are better for his and the environment as they can be reused.
Why? He had no problem with leave.eu making a video of them attacking EU politicians & rhetoric that directly led to the death of Jo Cox.
This twat can fuck right off!
Someone really needs to ask him on a interview on live TV about this and if he has a double standard where him and all his mates on the right are allowed to be as hateful and vulger as they like without scrutiny, while the left and progressives must all be paragons of virtue and scrutinized at every point as he very much seems to believe that. I’m rather sick of him getting soft ball questions whenever he pops up while also being given so much air time.
Something, something, Farage fucked around and found out.
Surprised they didn’t jail the girl for 5 years because it inconvenienced him.
How dare they use it for a fun thing that only hurts Farage’s fweelings. If you are affected by Farage’s feelings being hurt, please donate to his wallet so he can cry himself to sleep with your money.