Oh dear

[djm4_lj]

I understand the temptation, but I very much doubt that anything Nick Griffin could have said in his press conference could have got him the publicity and made him look good to those who voted for him as being pelted by eggs outside Westminster. Doing this just makes him look like a martyr.

As a Liberal, I disapprove of treating any democratically elected representative this way, but even if you don't, I challenge you to convince me that this sort of protest doesn't just play straight into the BNP's hands. They want to be seen in the media being attacked and silenced - a lot of their core support are people who feel that they have no voice, so anything that looks as though this is a deliberate conspiracy to silence them will ring true.

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[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

What makes you think we haven't already? Or don't already know about and have experience of dealing with various anti-fascist orgs? I for one have, and I'd have guessed that most people on this post have also.

Good lord, I guess the anti-fascist movement must be almost as obscure as the BNP!

(You might also want to think about the *kind* of publicity it gives them - or is any publicity good?)

[babysimon]

I would assume that by "people" palmer1984 means "people who voted BNP" or more generally "people watching the news" rather than "people reading this post". Your first paragraph seems to imply the latter - sorry if I'm miss-reading you.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Possibly. But it's so general it's hard to know. And are they reading this? Who is being advised here?

At any rate, that doesn't alter my point - what makes one think these "people" haven't already? Assuming voters-you-don't-agree-with are stupid or ignorant never strikes me as a good tactic.

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

I'd have guessed that most people on this post have also

"most people on this post" being, of course, not even vaguely the group that Rachel was talking about.