BNP claim moral high ground by reprinting offensive cartoons
Lancaster UAF | 04.02.2006 18:40 | Anti-racism | Culture | Social Struggles
The BNP have accused the British press of cowardice for refusing to carry the cartoons which have caused a storm of protest and anger throughout the Muslim world, and claim not to be afraid of any possible rebuke from 'Islamophile' foreign secretary, Jack Straw, by reprinting the cartoons on their website.
In a display of anti-Islamic bravado obviously inspired by Griffin and Collett's acquittal at Leeds Crown Court earlier this week, the BNP states that it '...is not afraid of any threats of jihad or fatwas issued against us' and that 'we have the courage to show our countrymen just what the source of the fuss is...'
The BNP - ever-ready to fan the flames at the first sign of trouble - are flagrantly attempting to generate more trouble by provoking the Islamic community by reprinting these cartoons. Desperate to cause more dissent where none should exist, Griffin has allowed the webmasters of the BNP website to stir things up needlessly, no doubt hoping to cause enough outrage against the BNP that he can then spend the next six months droning on about being denied his right to free speech again. Of course, when Griffin refers to free speech, he means the freedom to insult, lie and provoke.
It is not cowardice that stops the British press reprinting these cartoons - it's common decency and the wish not to cause offence by going up against one of the tenets of another's faith. The BNP are unable to see this because their rabid hatred of anyone who isn't white blinkers them to reason and humanity.
On this occasion they might have taken a step too far. Clearly, they are deliberately provoking the Islamic community into a response of some kind. There have already been angry demonstrations against the showing of these images throughout Europe - are the BNP hoping to incite anger against themselves? If so, it can only be because they want to use that anger to forward their own racist and anti-Islamic agenda, demonstrating cynicism of the worst and most manipulative kind.
While claiming the moral high ground, the BNP have, once again, shown that they truly occupy the lowest.
In a display of anti-Islamic bravado obviously inspired by Griffin and Collett's acquittal at Leeds Crown Court earlier this week, the BNP states that it '...is not afraid of any threats of jihad or fatwas issued against us' and that 'we have the courage to show our countrymen just what the source of the fuss is...'
The BNP - ever-ready to fan the flames at the first sign of trouble - are flagrantly attempting to generate more trouble by provoking the Islamic community by reprinting these cartoons. Desperate to cause more dissent where none should exist, Griffin has allowed the webmasters of the BNP website to stir things up needlessly, no doubt hoping to cause enough outrage against the BNP that he can then spend the next six months droning on about being denied his right to free speech again. Of course, when Griffin refers to free speech, he means the freedom to insult, lie and provoke.
It is not cowardice that stops the British press reprinting these cartoons - it's common decency and the wish not to cause offence by going up against one of the tenets of another's faith. The BNP are unable to see this because their rabid hatred of anyone who isn't white blinkers them to reason and humanity.
On this occasion they might have taken a step too far. Clearly, they are deliberately provoking the Islamic community into a response of some kind. There have already been angry demonstrations against the showing of these images throughout Europe - are the BNP hoping to incite anger against themselves? If so, it can only be because they want to use that anger to forward their own racist and anti-Islamic agenda, demonstrating cynicism of the worst and most manipulative kind.
While claiming the moral high ground, the BNP have, once again, shown that they truly occupy the lowest.
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