Irrelevant grandstanding

[Mike Weaver]

I live in that part of England where the racist British National Party has 
been gaining local council seats. We had race riots in the region last year 
stirred up by white aggression against the Asian communities. I read the 
letters in the local papers which reveal that continuing polarisation 
between parts of the white communities and their Asian neighbours.   I see 
the Left in the form of local trade unionists,  socialists and community 
organisations giving support to the minorities. I see the Right in the form 
of the BNP and others blaming their woes on immigrants, rather than 
challenging the extremes of wealth and poverty which drive migrations.

  What Jbor calls
 >one-dimensional and boring, just an excuse
 >for irrelevant grandstanding and ad hominem.

is what happens in the world I inhabit, where social tensions polarise and 
lit crit don't mean a shit. Most struggles simplify to two sides.

It means other issues get sidelined - my partner's daughter being called a 
racist bitch by Asian lads harassing her in the street because she ignores 
them - the secular v fundamentalist tensions. It means there are plenty of 
issues for people detached from the blood and pain to ponder the 
complexities thereof, the unending inevitability of the struggles etc etc. 
But for many many people there is no luxury of declaring them boring - fire 
bombs and beatings don't get categorised that way.

I challenged Prozak on his choices because twice now he has posted links to 
neo-fascist websites and the second time proposing that our Mr Frame choose 
between two. Now either he is so politically ignorant as to genuinely not 
be able to tell the difference between National Socialism and Socialism or 
he is playing extremely dubious political games.
Saying I'm trying to
 >to cow me with his political correctness
is a cop out as is
 >this is for informational purposes only

I'd like to know what sort of "information" he was hoping to impart. And 
I'd still like an explanation of the choice he offered JB.
If he wants to say moo that's his choice not coz I'm telling him to!

And the march through London was full of cheer, music, and friendship, 
unity in diversity - and there were well over a million of us and we make 
no claims to political correctness just political commitment.

  
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