Nigel Farage afferma di non aver mai abusato razzialmente direttamente di nessuno
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87lx0981nro
di JeremyWheels
Nigel Farage afferma di non aver mai abusato razzialmente direttamente di nessuno
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87lx0981nro
di JeremyWheels
26 commenti
It’s bizarre how doggedly he sticks to the maga technique of ‘never admitting you’ve made a mistake’. It would be the easiest thing in the world to say ‘You know what, I was an idiot back in school and I’m really sorry if I offended anyone.’ But he won’t even say that.
Admitting a mistake is a sign of ‘weakness’ to populists, and populist candidates always, always, always try to portray themselves as ‘strong.’
No, he said he never “intentionally” hurt anyone.
That is wildly different from directly.
He could’ve picked a more believable lie, even some reform voters admit the guy’s a racist
Probably because he does it behind their back so he doesn’t get caught
“I’ve only ever indirectly racially abused anybody”.
Can someone translate?
the word directly is a weird inclusion…surely most people can say that sentence without throwing in an ambiguous term…
The fact you need to dig up decades old things he said or did as a teenager no less. Prime time for any normal human being to make one too many racist jokes and be edgy. Is truly a pathetic attempt to discredit him.
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Just racially abused all foreigners at the same time , especially those of colour
> “I’ve never directly racially abused anybody. No.”
Sounds like he’s saying he only racially abused people behind their backs.
Do we really need to debate whether Reform harbours racists among their ranks and foster divisions within society?
Let’s focus on their lack of real (fully costed) policies and the fact that they push foreign agendas (Russia; US Christians extremists) that go against UK interests and British values.
Has this guy had no PR training at all? If he wants even stronger support then he needs to admit he has racially abused people. His fan base will love him even more.
>When asked if he would apologise to the people claiming he had been racist towards them, Farage replied: “No, I’m not, because I don’t think I did anything that directly hurt anybody.”
That tells you everything you need to know about the wanker.
Happy to be racist indirectly, giving him enough wiggle room in his own mind that he can claim to not be racist and believe it.
Directly seems to be doing a lot of heavy lifting there
Unsure why the photo is Farage channelling Ricky Bobby…
It’s like the bullies who never said anything but niceties to their victims, but encouraged their entourage to be evil.
It’s such a weird half-admission. I can’t stand the traitor, but I thought he’d answer this way, way better.
I used to shit my pants when I was really little. I don’t do it now.
Oh! He hasn’t actually said it to a black persons face? That’s all right then. All those other demeaning comments about someone’s race, and his attempts to incite racial hatred are just tickety-boo then!
This is not going to stop people voting for him, they want immigration fixed and will support whoever will do it for them, twat or not
Of course he hasn’t. He makes every effort not to because it’s frigging illegal .
He knows exactly how to stay this side of the line.
So just indirectly then? What a stand up guy only doing it in the closet.
His “well you wouldn’t” response to the interviewer saying he didn’t understand what he meant by this crap defence summed him up perfectly. Petulant grifting twat.
So “ I say racist things all the time, but not to anyone’s face”
Of course he wasn’t a racist kid, leading all the weaker ones in bullying the isolated.
Of course he didn’t grow into a jingoistic populist adult who preys upon the minorities.
And last week I heard of a bear that didn’t shit in the woods.
So anything is possible no matter how improbable
I feel like the headline (and majority of the article) is focused on the wrong thing. I truly could not care less about what a man in his sixties may allegedly have said when he was a child.
However I do care about this:
>He also ruled out holding an investigation into his own party, following the jailing of former Welsh Reform UK leader Nathan Gill for taking pro-Russian bribes.
the word “directly” doing a lot of work in that sentence.
“I’ll be racist about someone behind their back but never to their face”