Has anyone else noticed the increase in ( extreme ) right wing postings on FB?

I assumed it was people bombing kids concerts, mowing down pedestrians, stabbing innocents in the middle of the streets that got people's backs up...

Most of which happened under labour and Tory governments.

 

Not to be un peu pedantique but it was his English translator who attributed the quote to Voltaire . More apt for this discussion i would think would be his credo:"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers". Hopefully this doesn't turn out like Shearer v Sharma.

 

... perpetuating the myth that all immigrants/muslims are terrorists. of course, fear is usually at the heart of knee-jerk responses but press and governments echoing the racist rhetoric of britain first/edl etc was and is not a responsible response and only increases the bigotry.

 

...and yet they are mostly used by right wing groups. so less 'virtue signalling' (though i don't see a problem with virtues) and more fact.

 

arse

true.... national flags are disproportionately used by nationalist groups (as they're national symbols i would assume) and in particular right wingers like BF, EDL etc and therefore patriotism ('are country') becomes synonymous with racist agendas.

though the nazi salutes against St.Georges flags

 

So what about all the England flags that are flying at the moment?

They can also represent pride in your country which I would say is rather more widespread than the more extreme examples quoted.

 

Tough - I'm proud to be English/British and "and therefore patriotism ('are country') becomes synonymous with racist agendas." is complete twaddle to put it mildly.

 

Must be the first time - let's not make a habit of it.

 

We was against slavery till it suited some to employ them on next to no wages and terrible conditions ,now it’s the who’s going to pick our fruit n wash up brigade , before they came we did the work ourselves oooooops sorry not politically correct that is it . Sometimes you have to live in real hard times to appreciate wealth . Greed route of all evil .

 

But this Nationalist group is ok to use a flag because (allegedly) they are left wing?

 

Bloody racists, they come over here take our national anthem and flag

 

I'm left wing and just as proud of that as of my nation but ultimately I'm an internationalist.
In regards to social media a voice does not entail an audience.

 

yes it is... but to deny that they have become synonymous with the right is daft. the edl logo is a st.georges flag.

yes football.... and a lot of the old away day bruisers are now tommy robinson etc supporters too. i guess they got banned from the stands and wanted to find another fight...?