As a crowd gathered behind him, he said: ‘All of you who throw water are cowards. You don’t actually want to fight for what you believe in.’
One responded: ‘I’ll fight you, b****’, before telling Moffitt to get a job. He said he had one, but was fired from McDonald’s for his political views.
That was when he was kicked to the floor before his phone was smashed and his camera and banner were stolen.
Footage posted on social media shows the group continued to attack him as he tried to retrieve his belongings and ends up in the foetal position to protect himself.
His phone was smashed and some of his equipment was stolen in the assault
Eventually, a Black man he had been debating with steps in to protect him.
I generally don’t condone violence, and I would have preferred it if the crowd had simply ignored this tosser to deny him the platform he craves, but the details of this story make it too fucking funny.
I fully understand you on that. As a society, we SHOULD, be better than that. At the same time we are forced to operate at the level of the lowest common denominator. The reason truthfulness and honor matter to us, is that we know where it goes when it fails. When our opponents both abandon those, and have too much sway to be ignored, we must operate on their level.
We shouldn’t take too much enjoyment from it, but it needs to be done. The British veneer of civility has always been that, a veneer. It’s a mutual agreement to keep things from getting nasty. The hard right has very much broken that agreement already. They need to be reminded why the agreement has held for so long.
I generally don’t condone violence, and I would have preferred it if the crowd had simply ignored this tosser to deny him the platform he craves, but the details of this story make it too fucking funny.
I fully understand you on that. As a society, we SHOULD, be better than that. At the same time we are forced to operate at the level of the lowest common denominator. The reason truthfulness and honor matter to us, is that we know where it goes when it fails. When our opponents both abandon those, and have too much sway to be ignored, we must operate on their level.
We shouldn’t take too much enjoyment from it, but it needs to be done. The British veneer of civility has always been that, a veneer. It’s a mutual agreement to keep things from getting nasty. The hard right has very much broken that agreement already. They need to be reminded why the agreement has held for so long.
“Chat shit, get banged” as Mr Vardy would say
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.