BG MEP Calls Metalheads “Drug Addicts”, They Respond In Kind

The recently elected for MEP journalist-turned-politician Nikolai Barekov on Sunday called a group of metalheads “a pack of drug addicts”, because they jeered at him. 

On his way to the press centre on Sunday night Barekov and his retinue passed by a night club in the center of Sofia, Bulgaria, where was taking place a concert of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. The fans gathered outside the club started hooting and taunting Barekov, but, according to reports, the unexpected meeting was brief and otherwise non-violent. 

“I passed by a pack of drug addicts on my way to here,” Barekov told the journalists in the press center. 

On Tuesday the Bulgarian-language website OffNews published an open letter of the fans to Barekov: 

““Esteemed” Mr. Barekov,

We are the people who jeered at you and your retinue, when you passed through the underpass in front of the Mixtape 5 club, where was taking place a concert of one our favorite bands. 

We are writing to you to let you know, that we jeered at you not because we were high on drugs or inadequate. Since you decided to become a politician, you should realise that when people tell you clearly that they don't like you, you must seek the problem within you. The reason for our reaction were not mind altering substances, but our honest opinion on you and your actions. 

We understand that our black clothes and long hair may have scared you a bit, but your reaction is not appropriate for a European politician. We know that for you anything different from chalga maybe looks weird and illogical, but the truth is that we have gathered to attend a concert, which to us has a lot more meaningful and cultural message than your entire populist...