Yes Good morning back to blogging had some time off!
Watching in disbelief at Nick Griffins performance on the BBC question time five days ago has given me food for thought as to think about as people, how we really understand what respect and dignity is, when it means broadening our horizon on equality and diversity and inclusion issues.
Watching question time I was very surprised that I was glad that Nick Griffin had the chance to use free speech and to capture his opinions and the ideology of his party. These can be summed up in the themes of the 3I’s of Ignorance, Indifference, and Inaction. His performance on question time was given away by his body language that he was not at all congruent with his answers.
The British people can make up their minds, with eyes open that as a society we cannot hide behind the 3I’s of Ignorance, Indifference, and Inaction. To marginalise minority groups, it reminds me of X men the movie. The plot is centred on the conflict between the X-Men mutants who have learned to control their powers for the greater good of mankind and a group of evil mutants, fighting each other and the world that fears them.
The Nick Griffins of this world are the political leader’s of extremist parties, in this case the BNP. Are creating fear and panic.
The political background in the movie consisted of the government pushing to enforce "mutant registration," which would label mutants and strip them of the right to attend public schools or lead normal lives. According to the movie's circumstances, it wouldn't be a far stretch to replace the label mutant with that of any other group discriminated against during the history of mankind.
Beware of the BNP.
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