Who's the Fascist hiding on the left?

Hello, its been a while since a last post but there's been so much going on politically I pretty much couldn't be bothered to comment on it. However, now that revision time is umong us again, this seems much more fun.

This entry is a further development on my opinion of the EDL (English Defence League) and the UAF (Unite against Fascism). This week i've been doing a bit of research into both of the "political movements" which respectfully oppose different things. For those who don't know, the EDL are a political movement who protest against militant islam, islamication of England and Shariah Law. The UAF are a group set up to combat far right groups such as the National Front (NF), British National Party (BNP) and the supposed "far right" EDL.

Anyway, my blog entry is going to be sympathetic to the EDL. From what I can see, from documentaries and publications, they are just a nationalistic movement that oppose the Islamic political movement (yes it's not a religion, its a political movement) and hate the idea that we are losing British values. Fair enough. However any nationalistic or race related politics is automatically shunned as extreme right. Undoubtebly there are some loonies in the group, most of this is coincidently posted on left wing propaganda machines such as the Guardian. But set aside from the racist hooligans that belittle the EDL, it is generally made up of all religions, cultures, political backgrounds and social backgrounds. The thing that gets me most with people who claim that the EDL are "extreme right wing racists" is the fact that everyone in the UK, Europe, USA hates terrorism. Terrorism has its heart at the teachings of Allah and Shariah Law. So whats "racist" about opposing extreme islamic behaviour? Thats all the EDL are. They just oppose militant islam, not all muslims, just extreme characters. The protection of England has been in our blood for thousands of years, what's unnatural about protecting it?

This leads me onto one of my pet-hates, the UAF. In plain and simple language, there a bunch of left wing hippy's who show more traditional fascistic tactics than the EDL. By this I mean that over the (mostly) peaceful protests by the EDL the UAF actually end up causing more trouble and have had more arrests for violent conduct. The thing that I will never ever (ever) understand is how they can get away with blatant racism in their chants of "Nazi Scum, off our streets". To link a street political movement that has in no way shape or form come anywhere near the Nazi tactics is racist. I mean, where's the respect to all the British, American, Russian and even German people who had to fight/live under the Nazi rule. It's a very extreme word and when used in the wrong context is most certainly racist. It also seems as if the UAF oppose freedom of speech, I mean, they turn out opposing marches and demonstrations. Surely they don't want us to speak our mind and show our concerns to the growth of Islam?

That to me is fascist.