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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
There's no two ways about it, racism still only works one way in Great Britain.
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As far as the law's concerned, it's there to protect everyone. There have been prosecutions in Scotland, in which the English have been targets of racial hatred, for example.
The bigger problem seems to be with the establishment in general. The bodies and people who run our political system, police force, media etc.
Perhaps our councillors think it's nothing to do with them. After all the poppy burning took place in London.
They are too blind to see that us, with a large Muslim minority of residents, would have been an ideal place to organise a 'Not in Our Name' protest/petition/whatever. It could begin to heal the hurt and fear that's been caused by a few idiots.
If politicans don't latch on quickly, to the fact that here is real fear regarding the erosion of our democracy, it will lead to a growth in support for extremism, at both ends of the spectrum.
Germany in the twenties was in economic meltdown. People looked for leadership. Sadly there was someone there, offering people, who up until then had been liberally minded, a direction to go in.
We'll just have to wait, to see if anyone here offers the promise of a solution.