Yeh I watched it. I watched and I enjoyed to be honest… People were clamouring in the name of “free speech” and BBC impartiality for Griffin to get up there and get up there he did. And Dimbleby grilled him on both sides, then he was nicely finished by Baroness Warsi but the finest moments were Bonny Greers oh-so-easy put downs. He was outclassed sitting next to her.
Now what upsets me is all the BBC Have Your Say hoo-ha saying “but he was villified…” “he was unfairly treated…” “it wasn’t democratic…”. Sorry people, it was a show where people need to back up their statements and he was challenged on some of the horrific things he has said, and rightly so. He tried misdirection, poor attempts at humour and outright lying but ultimately he cannot deny what he has been filmed saying. Just catch this youtube video referenced on QT when describing Griffins attempts to make the BNP mainstream-acceptable and electable. There are other videos out there of BNP members saying nasty things and you can look at their website to see what they really stand for. I don’t believe you can express the views he is on record as expressing without having them challenged by people who are your peers (politicians) or betters (historians who actually know about the evidenced history of this nation) and so he was challenged. Had Abu Hamza or David Icke been on QT (bet they wouldn’t all be crying “free speech” then…) they would have been challenged on their hateful views.
People don’t seem to understand the dangerous slope we are on. Hitler wasn’t taken seriously, and then he started to get well known, got some influence… built up a reputation, said populist things and guess how that ended: very badly for 6 million Jews and about 11 million others. I get very passionate and upset, and let me tell you why: Griffin represents the people out there who have decided to hate me because of my race. People in my own country who think that because my father is brown like chocolate and my mother is almond fair I am therefore less important to this country than people whose parents are both white. Nevermind that my immigrant family has supported itself since being in this country, nevermind that my father and my uncles are employers not the “they’re coming here stealing our jobs” gremlins you hear about, nevermind that my family are all British citizens, all educated taxpayers who contribute to this nation, quarrel about the City/United rivalry in Manchester, pay congestion charges in London, have staycations in British B & Bs, have holidays in Spain, celebrate Christmas and New Year as well as Diwali… Nevermind all that. We are brown people, and to some BNP supporters out there that makes all of us worth less than one pasty-assed white tax dodger living off benefits for life when they could be working. So your contribution isn’t important but your colour is? That is, of course, almost unbearably depressing for me. I’m fine if people don’t like me because I am abrasive or annoying or prettier than they are (it happens), but it pisses me off that people say I’m worth less than they are BECAUSE I TAN MORE EASILY.
People of all colours and backgrounds work hard to make a living and contribute to this country. You get layabouts of all colours too. You get gays of all colours, talented artists and sports stars of all colours, barmaids and builders and doctors and dentists and nurses and nutritionsists and secretaries and strippers of all colours… and of course you get racists of all colours. However, the vast majority of people in Britain (over 92%) self identify as white, and unless there are a whole lot of black people lying, that means the “whiteness” of Britain is not under threat. So who is under threat?
The non-whites. The non-mainstream. The hard working brown people of Britain whose legitimacy as British people is being called into question by an elected party under the leadership of Nick Griffin. People like me.
I have a PhD to finish, so that I can find a job and start earning. I want to get way way up the career ladder, to try to make a real difference, not just for my personal achievement, but also to challenge those who hate me without ever having met me. I want to show Britain that I love her and that I am one of her assets, so I can look at people like Griffin and ask them, what makes you better than me?
