02-05-2016, 12:23 PM
(02-05-2016, 11:52 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I felt the reporter was pushing the Nazi thing a lot more than what the actual response was.... Their founder had some ties but none of the others supporter being Nazi. I felt it was overblown. And the media jumps on any chance to throw out Nazi. Just like here the media loves to plaster people with the confederate flag if they sense any racist behavior.
You may have inferred that, but I didn't get that from the article. This isn't the Guardian, we're talking about the FNC of the UK. They brought it up but definitely didn't push it.
(02-05-2016, 11:52 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: To me that part is irrelevant anyway. How police/politicians are going to handle these groups is more interesting going forward. This is where I wanted this conversation to go instead of getting hung up on a label that a reporter is pushing.
On the ground you will have some police that will sympathize, and some politicians as well (thought fewer of them). The problem is that it isn't just the immigrants that appear to be frightened of them. It's going to be hard for groups like this to maintain any sort of goodwill, for lack of a better term, if their fellow countrymen aren't comfortable around them, either. The politicians and police will take note of that.
Side note, if you didn't want this thread to be about the label, then your first comment on the article shouldn't have been "I guess neo Nazi is the label they are giving any group of white Europeans who are standing up against migrants now."
Leading off with that just guaranteed that was the direction it would go.
