Whatâs
Wrong Today:
The
news is awash with the sad story from London where 2 apparent Islamists hacked
a British soldier to death in front of horrified Londoners.
So,
what to do when a man is killed in the streets where you live?
The English Defence League, a far-right street protest movement that opposes what it considers to be the spread of Islamism, Sharia law and Islamic extremism in the UK, issued a call to put “feet on the street” in an obvious call for vigilante retaliation on innocent Muslims.
Tommy Robinson, leader of the far
right English Defence League, has called for supporters to go to Woolwich, a
section of London where the murder took place. Robinson sent a message to his EDL supporters through his
Twitter account, which is run by his second in command:
The English
Defence Leagueâs call led to more violence in South London after yesterdayâs
attack:
supporters of the English Defence League threw bottles at police and
chanted anti-Muslim slogans in Woolwich hours after the murder of one man and
the shooting of his two suspected assailants.
Apparently,
about 100 men including some wearing balaclavas printed with âEDLâ, engaged in
running battles with police for less than an hour.
Although UK Muslim groups and leaders were swift to condemn the attack,
knowing theyâll be in the bigotsâ sights, but it may have been too late. According to the wonderful humans
quoted below, you are now permitted to call for the mass slaughter of all those who
practice the same religion that the killers (probably) practice. The Wrongologist curates for you from among the racist, violent reactions in England, as compiled
by Public Shaming:
So, the terrorists won. Thatâs who
wins when there is anarchy. It doesnât matter if it is Iraq, Afghanistan,
Turkey, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Lebanon, or Boston; society
wants a peaceable environment, while terrorists want anarchy.
When Londoners fight among
themselves or single out a group for hate after a triggering event designed to
inflame the bigots on the other side, the terrorists have won.
“They made me do it” is never a winning argument.
I think you can always find crazies on Twitter after such a horrible event. It is wrong to paint with such a broad brush
@Tim: Agree you can find bigots everywhere on Twitter and not just in London. The difference is that these dregs on Twitter in the UK led to Mosques in Woolwich, Braintree (Essex) and Gillingham (Kent) being
attacked last night while anti-Muslim extremists threw bottles at cops.
Nothing justifies what happened to the soldier. Nothing excuses targeting Mosques.