You talk of the role of the media and, for me, it is the media who have failed us and allowed these rotten slime-balls to fester long enough to produce some kind of rancid, mutant fruit. The media’s portrayal of the BNP has been as immature and irresponsible as the party itself. Snide put-downs, aloof commentaries and venomous personal attacks are not the foundations for rational political debate. In fact, I would argue that this can only aid their cause. What better way to articulate your feelings of disenfranchisement from mainstream politics than vote for the whipping boys of the popular press. For some reason, when it comes to the BNP, the press seems to assume that it has the right, and even duty, to think for you. And no-one likes this. We are told day after day that the party is full of crack-pots, racists and crazed delusionals. But this the problem. We could very easily work this out for ourselves. Have you ever seen the BNP’s manifesto, partial or otherwise, printed in a national newspaper? Broadsheet or otherwise? No. And this is as comforting for the BNP as pure mink briefs. ‘Tough on immigration’ and ‘British jobs for British workers’ are how many people see them. And these are perhaps two useful ideas. The rest, the BNP voters will assume, is nothing but media hype. It’s not until they see the words from the horse’s mouth that they can see the greasy, wart-riddled scales of the party for what they really are. I wonder how many BNP voters know about their localised apartheid policy and in what detail.
The press need to stop treating both the BNP and the British public like they are morons. They are not morons and we are not morons. A balanced debate on their policies would see them crumble like a Rich Tea in a tsunami. It would be easy. I read a good point today from a blogger who questioned why a party with an isolationist framework and an objection to multiculturalism would stand for European parliament at all. And this is just the smallest hole in the world’s most vile-smelling Swiss cheese.
Their mask hides the most ugly and horrifying features, but it’s time we stopped mocking the crudeness of this mask and actually take it off.
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