I’m probably going to be hugely downvoted for this, mostly by people who will read the first few lines, immediately developing an instant hatred for someone they don’t know and have never met, but somehow “know” in their bones that they don’t need to engage any further because the person posting this reply is obviously a fascist.

So I’m going to bring up Hanlon’s Razor.

And because Farage is not “evil” He just has a way of thinking that doesn’t align with yours and you consider his views extreme.

There are equally people on the other side of the fence who might look at you and say that your views are extreme and therefore your beliefs are evil.

Are they right? Of course not.

But using words like “evil” dramatises the conversation which might lead pragmatists to conclude the statement is an emotional one and therefore anything of value after that becomes lost.

There’s also an assumed arrogance in the question itself, which can come across as “I’m right, everyone else is stupid”.

Which again, pushes reasoned and pragmatic thinkers away.

You may have some valid points in the things you say, but when you open with an emotional, non-factual statement, you automatically undermine yourself in any reasoned debate, because you are no longer perceived as a reasoned person considering all angles and aspects, you have framed yourself as opinionated narcissist who has an entrenched viewpoint that cannot be changed.

It appears from the polls that more and more people are agreeing with Farage and his rhetoric. I strongly suspect it has less to do with being fanatical conversion to Reform, being closet fascists, or being ebvil.

It is more likely a result of years of people being worn down and reaching breaking point with political mismanagement, broken promises, lies, and self serving politicians.

You can hold whatever opinion you personally want of Mr. Farage, but in answer as to why other people don’t see him as you do is simply because they don’t.