Nigel Farage tells right-wing US event that ‘religious sectarianism’ is new threat in UK | The Independent
by Disillusioned_Pleb01
Nigel Farage tells right-wing US event that ‘religious sectarianism’ is new threat in UK | The Independent
by Disillusioned_Pleb01
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And he’s right, I might not like the man, but that doesn’t stop him being correct
If you can’t see that anti muslim sentiment is going to drive the far right in the coming decade then you’re blind. That’s not just the UK either. It used to be Jews they railed against.
Ah yes, because we have never had religious sectarianism in Britain before have we? Nooooooooo.
none of them including farage can tell that their little union flags are upside down, somehow quite fitting
Says the guy who hopes the aforementioned sectarianism will renew his political career.
Religious sectarianism is a potential threat to everyone, but I guess he conveniently glossed over the very real threat coming from the same people he was talking to
I’d love him to walk out to this tune, just changing the lyrics slightly;
https://youtu.be/pEmX5HR9ZxU?si=4J6nb85tsqkcZXIC
And the grift goes on….
Brexit marked the spread of fundamentalist truculence from Northern Ireland to the mainland. The fundamentalists use religion as the lever.
I agree, we’d all be better off if we just banned all religion.
Religious sectarianism has been in the UK for litterally hundreds of years
I think he means the “wrong” kind of religious sectarianism though.
Or I could be wrong and he’s telling a bunch of ultra conservative, religious nutters that secularism is the way forward.
But I suspect I’m not.
Religious sectarianism and culture wars driven by whom, exactly…?
The arsonist is now warning the world about the strange outbreak of fires.
More demagoguery and bullshit from pee-wee Trump in a flat cap and a Barbour jacket.
Fascism usually takes problems that exist that they want people not to think about or hold people accountable for, so they point the finger and draw attention to other things or inflame tensions in order to divert them from the issues that should be addressed towards things that are of less significance.
Historically, antisemitism has a been a driving force for and used by the far-right. Obviously this isn’t possible (feasible) nowadays, so they switch targets from Jews to Muslims.
Cause and effect.
90% of suspected terrorist threats in this country are Radical Islamists.
It’s time to have an open discussion about this. Can Muslims and British people really live side by side without any conflict? Or is it just wishful thinking?
Can tell this southern softy has never been to Glasgow or norn Ireland if he thinks sectarianism is a ‘new threat’ to the UK…
Hang on, let me pause what I was doing to listen to Nigel Farage.
The man who brought us Brexit.
Good job Nigel. Get back in your box.
Religious sectarianism? Completely new in the UK. Nope, never seen it before *sweeps Northern Ireland under the carpet*
All I really understand about all of this is that Nigel Farage is a weapons grade cock knocker.
I mean based on the recent terrorist pandering it sounds true
More identity-based garbage to deflect attention from real danger: dirty corrupt government.
Wish the bastard was in handcuffs. Cunt has done so much damage to this country.
Before he blocked me and edited his comment I received this from /u/ GaseousSneakAttack when I disagreed with his comparison of Muslims to White Supremacists. These are the sort of people going around threads like this spreading hate:
“There’s that spineless word ‘plenty’ again. Can’t wait for Muslim sex gangs to rove around Ireland soon enough, maybe your non-EU citizen girlfriend will get one of those coveted victim of trafficking visas!”.
Obviously a very well adjusted individual.
We all have our thoughts on what threat the West is facing, we may not like guy but he does not mince his words.
“The problems facing the working class of the UK aren’t caused by the corrupt, grifting 1%, it’s the [insert religion/race here]!”
It’s mad to think he can this while ignoring how London set up an apartheid sectarian Stormont government as a bulwark against secular republicanism.
Someone’s been reading Michel Houellebecq
Regardless, even if he’s right it likely won’t matter due to our electoral system. If that changes then it becomes more of a worry.