Lebanon voted against their fascists; Britain elected a few

[DanaC]

A few years ago during the run up to an election, a friend of mine was delivering Hope not Hate leaflets in one of the BNP's target areas. The BNP bussed in a bunch of their activists from all over the country and rhings got nasty. Ended up with the police having to escort the Hope not Hate leafleters to safety.

There have been numerous incidents involving sudden unexpected beatings of leafletters.

In a speech to his activists, referring to their big push for the North a few years ago, Griffin said (I am paraphrasing, but I htink I get the quote almost right:

"The battle for the hearts and minds of the North will not be won at the ballot box. It will be won on the streets with boots and fists"

[morethanpretty]

Originally Posted by DanaC

A few years ago during the run up to an election, a friend of mine was delivering Hope not Hate leaflets in one of the BNP's target areas. The BNP bussed in a bunch of their activists from all over the country and rhings got nasty. Ended up with the police having to escort the Hope not Hate leafleters to safety.

There have been numerous incidents involving sudden unexpected beatings of leafletters.

In a speech to his activists, referring to their big push for the North a few years ago, Griffin said (I am paraphrasing, but I htink I get the quote almost right:

"The battle for the hearts and minds of the North will not be won at the ballot box. It will be won on the streets with boots and fists"

Sounds like he's inciting violence against his opponents in order to scare up votes. Was he reprimanded for this kinda of hate-talk?
For me its a fine line to censor 'hate-talk' and freedom of speech. I believe in America the only type of speech that is punishable, is talk about overthrowing the government. Of course there are plenty of examples where the freedom violated on a regular basis.
Although I agree that the extremist groups often incite violence with lies and hate-speech, I don't want speech censored, even that. I can see how it could turn into overall censorship way too quick.