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Thread #161183   Message #3828120
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
22-Dec-16 - 04:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: A new political low take 2
Subject: RE: BS: A new political low take 2
Who mentioned personal abuse about the exchange between Farage and Cox, Keith?

Farage commented "Terrible news from Berlin but no surprise. Events like these will be the Merkel legacy."

Brendan Cox replied "blaming politicians for the actions of extremists? That's a slippery slope Nigel" Which, in my opinion and in that of the articles author, is quite a logical thing to say. How can a criminal murdering innocent people be blamed on Merkel?

Farage responded with what we are actualy discussing; that Cox "would know more about extremists than me" because of his links to the anti-fascist organisation Hope Not Hate. This is the first low. Equating Hope not Hate to an extremist organisation when it blatantly is not and then accusing a man who has just lost his wife to extremism of having extremist links. Maybe to you that is acceptable behaviour, but not to many others. Now, quoting directly from the article

Then came Farage's sidekicks. "When are we allowed to say that Brendan Cox is a total arse?" tweeted the Breitbart columnist James Delingpole. "I'm sorry about his wife but he chose to massively politicise it. Who does that?" asked Ukip bankroller Arron Banks, accusing Jo's widower – rather than the far-right terrorist who killed her – of politicising her death.

I find this a disgusting thing to do. How would you feel, if you had just lost someone in such circumstances, to be accused of extremism, to be told you was cashing in on their death and then be called a total areshole for complaining about it?

If you find it acceptable then I think I may have discovered the reason we cannot easily communicate - We operate on totally different moralities.

Cheers

DtG