When is a fascist not a fascist?

[Kralizec]

I dislike and abhore everything the BNP stand for and quite happily campaign against them, however this new group that has just been set up, 'Unite against facism' is not only counter productive, but plainly, stupid. It has been set up in haste by a random assortment of trade unions and left wing groups, which fail to see the big picture. Making the BNP seem somehow victims, making their supporters - hardened ones or not - feel somehow that this in itself shows exactly why they should vote BNP. You cannot stifle freedom of speech to save freedom of speech, it is complte lunacy of thought. Their continuing stupidity, by stating they will continue to hound the BNP, just goes to show how they need to be condemned by the major parties - just because they are anti BNP does not mean they shouldn't be held up to the light of reasonable behaviour.

IA, if you think a demonstration against fascism which uses intimidation and eggs means the people demonstrating are fascists, you not only have one very wrong impression of fascism but moreover a very narrow view when judging people's actions.

People who equate these people with fascists don't care a lot about what ideas they claim to have. The Soviet Union was a lot closer than fascist Italy than the paradise it was on paper. While they would deny it, these anti-fascists are untolerant and against freedom of speech