(July 30, 2016 at 6:20 pm)Bella Morte Wrote:(July 30, 2016 at 5:42 pm)RobertE Wrote: Indeed it is. Do you seriously think C18 is a relatively new group? They are a simply variation of the old Chelsea headhunters, or should I say the Chelsea Shed boys. The C18 that was found in Ireland had nothing to do with racism for one thing, since it is a protestant group who are anti-catholic, therefore it was sectarianism at best. So, it is a bit off to imply that those of ethnic backgrounds are the only ones being targeted when religious groups, lgbt groups and communist groups are being lumped with them.
Pretty sure they're mostly talking about National Action. But it's still normal, I've seen their posters throughout my city on plenty of occasions. Barely anyone pays attention to them and they always end up getting taken down by a decent member of the public or the police.
Indeed, in all fairness, we are not really like the United States where there clearly is some sort of racial divide amongst various groups. However, in the United Kingdom, many people from many different ethnic groups do get along and I think we have been a great deal better as far as integration is concerned. One of the greatest icebreakers I have ever watched was "Love thy neighbour", where the white guy was always being racist but at the end of each episode, you can guarantee that the black will win. Same with the old Alf Garnett and his ranting and raving, which was comedy gold. Anyone who thinks racism is on the up or the far-right groups are on the up are deluded. Just as communism was a threat years ago with the cold war, nothing really came of it, same with the "rise of the far right", in Europe, nothing really has come of it. People are just thinking that the numbers of incidents have gone up simply because of Brexit.
