Thierry Baudet, the lead of the Dutch far-right party Forum for Democracy, was assaulted on Monday, the party reported on X. According to the party, Baudet was sent to the UMCG hospital in Groningen. Videos circulating on social media show Baudet being hit in a bar with a bottle. A suspect was...
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Widely condemned by all politicians. I have a different view. That kid is a god.damn.hero. That’s how we handled neos in the 80s and 90s. 14-year old, according to witnesses, so no severe consequences from the law. Ok ok 14 y/o in a bar, that’s not normal. But a fascist anti-vaxxer Russian supporter and Qanon nonsense spreader sitting comfy in a student bar… apparantly not considered normal either.
This is a month after he was hit in the head by a Flemish-Ukrainian in Ghent, Belgium. Great city I visited in August, great people, very friendly. That’s like Vivek Ramaswamy getting hit by a Canadian-Ukrainian in Canada.
Thierry Baudet was assaulted upon his arrival at the University of Ghent on Thursday evening, video from the scene showed. He was due to give a lecture at the institution in Belgium. Baudet was uninjured. The FVD leader was hit on the head with an object, according to various media outlets in...
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He’s a non-factor (elections in two days and an older populist reclaimed his voters) and maybe next time use rotten eggs or something.
The background context in these situations here is always this:
en.wikipedia.org
Our first major far-right politician, assassinated in 2002. A brilliant charismatic man. Every rightwing populist since has tried to use that occasion to attack those who demonize them and all (fail to) try and get the numbers he reached in the polls.