So is suppression of free speech. Unfortunately you cannot caveat free speech: "free speech is fine as long as I agree with it".Originally Posted by are we there yet
Racism will always exist and we will always have to live alongside it. It's disappointing - from the point of view of a non-racist - that the BNP have won a platform to spread their message further, but the way around that isn't to ban the BNP. It is to address the root cause of their success:
- Economic downturn always leads to greater success for those of extreme political views
- Disillusionment with the existing political mechanisms
- Anger at the behaviour of our elected representatives
- Lack of a sensible, workable immigration policy
- In areas of high tension as a result of poor integration, an effective community integration policy (very hard to make work without it looking like tokenism/pandering/contrived)
To name a few. Plenty to be getting on with then.
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