tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35095812.post6405973798556898931..comments2023-10-22T15:29:00.395+00:00Comments on journeymanblog: Farage - fool or Fascist ?Journeymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06537094981931276738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35095812.post-30105135019299580352013-05-23T06:23:22.756+00:002013-05-23T06:23:22.756+00:00I don't really think Farage is a Fascist. It w...I don't really think Farage is a Fascist. It was guilty of a bit of alliterative hyperbole.<br /><br />But he is a thoroughly nasty reactionary who speaks for a section of the middle class and most importantly is becoming a pole of attraction for working class Tories.<br /><br />That makes him dangerous - particularly in the kind of xenophobic climate that the events in Woolwich will now doubt no add to.<br /><br />And yes - I agree that in answering that climate liberal multiculturalism is no substitute for working class solidarity.Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537094981931276738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35095812.post-67024780038659417482013-05-22T10:32:38.759+00:002013-05-22T10:32:38.759+00:00I cannot understand why the left are so hostile to...I cannot understand why the left are so hostile to working class populism. I know political argument is scarce on the left, which usually takes the form of demonising opponents, but the hostility to populism is often shared with a condescending attitude to the working class who are seen as dummies, easily persuaded by right wing arguments. Very often there is a grain of sense in the arguments of populists, which might be worth extracting. I cannot speak for Farage, but it should be clear he is not a fascist, or a Nazi as portrayed by many on the left. His appeal is to the middle classes of the Tory shires and to the many working class Tories - Disraeli's Angels in Marble. The left would do well to evaluate his policies, dump the bad ones and see what is useful in the others. But instead we will see false accusations of racism, xenophobia, and nationalism. Working class people have historic traditions which give them roots and whilst it is fashionable among multiculturalists to denigrate all traditions, people still belong to their roots. Misinformation, and silly tactics as performed by the yobs in Farage's recent visit to Scotland, merely serve to ridicule the left.Dr Llarreggubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35095812.post-7488721086541024712013-05-19T09:26:40.485+00:002013-05-19T09:26:40.485+00:00Thank you - I think it was a freudian slip - I mus...Thank you - I think it was a freudian slip - I must have been getting confused it with FALANGE !Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537094981931276738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35095812.post-85877883190360676722013-05-17T18:04:22.385+00:002013-05-17T18:04:22.385+00:00I think he spells his name FARAGE rather than FARA...I think he spells his name FARAGE rather than FARANGE. The latter is a bit funny though because it sounds like something out of star trek which has the obvious advantage of dangling a little hook in the water for trekies to bite at. But in truth his name is spelled FARAGE. And this is the important bit. You should always pronounce it to rhyme with CABBAGE. And not the affected French-sounding pronunciation the twat himself seems to prefer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com