Farage: The Text-Book Islamaphobe – Beastrabban\’s Weblog

Last week Nigel Farage was criticised again for his comments about Muslims following the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo staff in Paris and the attack on a Jewish supermarket, writes the Beast.

150122farage-paintingThe Fuehrer of the party for the over-50s had said that while he recognised that the extremists were only a minority of Muslims, nevertheless there was a problem within the Islamic community that had allowed them to arise. Critics claimed that Farage had accused British Muslims of forming a fifth column within Britain itself.

This is actually text-book right-wing Islamaphobia. Literally. One of the anti-racist sites I was reading a little while ago stated that right-wing politicians and xenophobic groups had accused Muslims of forming a ‘fifth column’ in Britain promoting terrorism.

Which is precisely what the Kipper Duce had done.

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15 Comments

  1. Marcus de Mowbray January 22, 2015 at 1:12 pm - Reply

    “The Party for over 50s” ? Blimey, I’m nearly 60, but have no time at all for Fartage and his Idiot Brownshirts!

    • Mike Sivier January 22, 2015 at 2:40 pm - Reply

      See my response to Andy Robertson-Fox.

  2. Andy Robertson-Fox January 22, 2015 at 1:23 pm - Reply

    “…party for the over-50s…” please do not be so insulting to the many rational thinking senior citizens who despise this indvıdual’s polıtıcs.

    • Mike Sivier January 22, 2015 at 2:39 pm - Reply

      Fair point. I think the Beast should probably have said “party for the over-rich, under-intelligent over-50s” – then we could all agree.

      • Andy Robertson-Fox January 22, 2015 at 2:48 pm - Reply

        Age and fınancıal status are ırrelevant

        • Mike Sivier January 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm - Reply

          No, they aren’t!

          • Andy Robertson-Fox January 22, 2015 at 3:16 pm

            So, by your defınıtıon, someone who ıs under fıfty and over rıch or over fıfty and destıtute supports a party other than UKIP.

          • Mike Sivier January 22, 2015 at 3:46 pm

            No.

          • Andy Robertson-Fox January 22, 2015 at 3:53 pm

            Mıke, I accept the maın thrust of thıs artıcle but and can understand why doubts about an ındıvıdual’s ıntellıgence mıght be raısed but cannot see why age and fınancıal status are ımportant ın determınıng one’s polıtıcal vıewpoınt.

  3. Barry Davies January 22, 2015 at 1:28 pm - Reply

    Really Mike you are getting desperate twisting facts to suit your own views. This comment is one being made by all parties e en your beloved eussr that there is a small faction of extremists, who are pretending to be pushing their own views in the name I of Islam, and you think that people who know and repeat this who by their actions are not decrying the religion or the majority of its followers is a fascist. I think we can all see who is the real fascist Mike.

    • Mike Sivier January 22, 2015 at 2:38 pm - Reply

      Would that be the person who deliberately misreads an article in order to make a false point?

  4. beastrabban January 22, 2015 at 3:55 pm - Reply

    Sorry for the offence caused by the remark about Farage’s party being for the over-50s. Of course it isn’t, and you’re right, most of the over-50s despise him. I made the comment because, according to analysts of UKIP, most of their supporters are over-50.

    • Mike Sivier January 22, 2015 at 3:58 pm - Reply

      Cheers.

  5. Andy Robertson-Fox January 22, 2015 at 4:23 pm - Reply

    I commented on Beastrabban, too, who has now clarıfıed the remark, thank you.

  6. hstorm January 22, 2015 at 7:12 pm - Reply

    There is clearly something wrong with the native white British community when it allows things like this to happen; –

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/02/cumbria-shootings-slaughter-countryside-derrick-bird

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