Now is the time to stop the BNP - 16 Jan

You people's preoccupation with the BNP is laughable. You might as well start picking on the Monster Raving Loony Party - they're about as relevant.

Whatever you do though, don't bother about the real danger facing this country - the genuine extremists, not the bunch of no-hope numbskulls in the BNP. The kind of extremist that blows themselves up on tube trains. The kind of extremist that advocates Sharia law in this country.

I bet this comment won't appear.

Now who would want to post a comment having a pop at Muslims and trying to stop even more people joining what already looks like a massive anti-BNP rally?

Are you getting worried Mr Griffin?

 http://www.yhuaf.org.uk

...No-one would deny that there is a tiny minority of fascists that are also practicing Muslims. These few however are hardly in a position to, nor are they really attempting to create a mass movement and party structure capable of exerting their will on British society.

Although fascists of every colour, race or religion must be argued down and hindered in their efforts to organise, we must prioritise fighting those that pose a genuine threat of success in the immediate to medium future first.

Read some history books.

Tomorrows assembley point for leedsunite will be the centre circle of the pitch of leeds united. Please be there on time .
We won't let the fashist scum sow hatred in our communities.

It's very disappointing that parts of the 'Left' wish to identify with State sponsored show trials. May I suggest that you dress as sheep for your next demo? If not then, perhaps, Lemmings? Clearly you want to set precedents where entrapment and curtailment of freedom of expression are acceptable. Just don't act shocked when such precedents are turned on you by the State. There are ample examples of just this in our recent past after all....

The call for a united anti-BNP response simply masks real divisions in values and vision. Islam is certainly not a monolith but many of its adherents express deeply reactionary views. The latest condemnation of civil partnerships fits a pattern. If opposition to the BNP is the only thing on which we can unite then there is a lot of work to do.

We should accept the right of others to criticise our religious views (even in a way which could be regarded as offensive). What is the alternative? Are we all to tiptoe round one another or pretend that we agree on everything? What a boring, sanatised society we would be! If the price for a pluralist, inclusive and democratic society is having to put up with countering arguments from the BNP then so be it.