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Thoughts on the BNP and their ilk
Nov. 19th, 2008 09:16 pmA few years ago I tried to work out what was going on in these people's heads. I alted on one of the UK's extreme nationalist/racist boards, and played a female character so they'd open up to me. *
It's fear. The kernel at the heart of all of them is fear. Fear of change, fear of strangers, fear of not being the big dog. And it's fake fear: it's the same fear your Mum will feel when you bike across town, because she imagines it to be more dangerous than it really is.
Fear leads to the Dark Side, as Yoda sez, and wise he is.
* Yes, this was a "now wash your soul" kind of exploit. For a lesser depth of contamination, you might want to read the BNP manifesto; do it while the oleaginous Griffin is pleading that they're just another political party and this is all a witch hunt. Prepare some unicorn chasers for afterwards.
It's fear. The kernel at the heart of all of them is fear. Fear of change, fear of strangers, fear of not being the big dog. And it's fake fear: it's the same fear your Mum will feel when you bike across town, because she imagines it to be more dangerous than it really is.
Fear leads to the Dark Side, as Yoda sez, and wise he is.
* Yes, this was a "now wash your soul" kind of exploit. For a lesser depth of contamination, you might want to read the BNP manifesto; do it while the oleaginous Griffin is pleading that they're just another political party and this is all a witch hunt. Prepare some unicorn chasers for afterwards.
