by Thundertaker » Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:49 pm
The EDL doesn't have a formal membership, hence any old nutcase can join and claim to be EDL. I admire Tommy Robinson for what he has done, although some of the members are racist idiots I will not deny. The EDL charter is non racist and far from fascist, and Robinson has taken steps to purge it of Nazis, even to the point of getting arrested for hitting one. Despite his often poor articulation, he has grasped the problem pretty well. I will reiterate what I said earlier, this isn't about Muslims per se, it is about Islam, which is a violent and repulsive ideology, not all or most Muslims, who are for the most part ok. Unfortunately, this is in spite of their faith, not because of it. A significant number take the evils of Islam very seriously, and everyone seems more concerned about falling over themselves to appease these people than address the root cause of the issue, which is the religion itself. It is not a religion of peace, it is a religion of submission.