Keep It Dense, Keep It Futile, Yeah?

A strange new trend has developed recently, one of dousing political figures in various delicious brands of milkshake. It has of course fired up discourse between the commentariat and pundits trying to paint these incidents as violent, border-line fascist action designed to curtail free speech by "the left/liberals/insert right-wing boogeyman here". This is ostensible bollocks and it's a red-herring to boot because it's typically the case that the person making these claims has expressed a detestable opinion and is personally offended by the response of their audience rather than actually being a victim of anything; it's a means deflecting criticism. Conservatives and the far-right love trying to play the victim card. Celebrity voices such as Gary Lineker and Julia Hartley-Brewer have condemned these acts with placative banalities such as "You shouldn't throw milkshake over people you disagree with!" and "The way to voice your contempt is at