John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT
“Theresa May has told the BBC it needs to explain its decision to broadcast a joke about throwing acid at politicians.
“Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has accused Jo Brand of inciting violence following the comment on a Radio 4 show”
Much as I dislike Farage, I cannot accept such words.
Words about throwing battery acid at someone are not a joke in any sense of the word.
They are vicious, threatening, and darkly suggestive to the weak-minded.
The milk-shake stunt was in the best tradition of British off-beat humor and protest. Monty Pythonesque.
Genuinely funny, keeping Farage on a bus under threat of having milk shakes tossed at him.
But this "joke" is not amusing. It’s almost like something from Trump’s foul mouth.
