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Thread #123139 Message #2715946
Posted By: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
04-Sep-09 - 01:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: Legal action over BNP membership
Subject: RE: BS: Legal action over BNP membership
""Far from being fascists, their background is the labour movement. [..] They are not fascist thugs. The BNP leadership are fascist thugs, but they are the only ones who will listen. The major parties just call their legitimate concerns "racism."
I don't personally know, whether the 'concerns' of such working class people are 'legitimate' as I don't myself see a massive influx of immigrants. For my own part, I suspect that the concerns of such people, have been generated by the Media.
But whether those concerns be legitimate, or no, in a Democracy they do have a right for those concerns to be heard and addressed, and not to have them automatically labeled 'fascism'. For if their concerns are dismissed as fascism, then they will be alienated from more moderate parties and policies, and turn to those who *are* fascist, who will welcome them home with open arms.