http://www.davidnikel.org.uk/blog/2009/09/edl-march-to-go-ahead A Liberal Democrat campaigner in Birmingham Ladywood Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.davidnikel.org.uk/blog/2009/09/edl-march-to-go-ahead/comment-page-1#comment-588 anti rasicst Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:17:35 +0000 http://www.davidnikel.org.uk/?p=459#comment-588 The problem is if Muslims turn out in an anti-demo, the focus of biased media will be to label all muslims there as extremists, watering down the fact that the ones who are actually insiting the hatred and extremism are predominantly white british extremists who mostly happen to be christians, but the term christian extremist will never be published in any press, it seems so much easier to highlight the word muslim or islamic extremist than christian extremist. The problem is if Muslims turn out in an anti-demo, the focus of biased media will be to label all muslims there as extremists, watering down the fact that the ones who are actually insiting the hatred and extremism are predominantly white british extremists who mostly happen to be christians, but the term christian extremist will never be published in any press, it seems so much easier to highlight the word muslim or islamic extremist than christian extremist.

]]> http://www.davidnikel.org.uk/blog/2009/09/edl-march-to-go-ahead/comment-page-1#comment-265 Claude Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:35:01 +0000 http://www.davidnikel.org.uk/?p=459#comment-265 I agree with you. Both protests should be banned. The police tried the tolerant approach once, last month, and it backfired completely. I personally witnessed scenes that I never thought I'd see in the city centre. So I really don't get West Midlands Police's renewed optimism. I'm seriously puzzled as I'm sure many residents, city centre workers (i.e. bar staff) and shopkeepers are. I agree with you. Both protests should be banned. The police tried the tolerant approach once, last month, and it backfired completely. I personally witnessed scenes that I never thought I’d see in the city centre. So I really don’t get West Midlands Police’s renewed optimism. I’m seriously puzzled as I’m sure many residents, city centre workers (i.e. bar staff) and shopkeepers are.

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