There was a moment of beauty in this terrible anti-Muslim pogrom, and that was the counter protest by many, many, many good British people who stood and stared the right wing fascism down! The collision of social media hate algorithms, loneliness, social isolation, white fragility, and white supremacy has spawned an ugly violence that Muslims have had to face. The frustration many British feel towards refugees when these refugees have had to cross Europe to get to them is understandable, how can you seriously claim to be fleeing persecution and still argue Greece isn’t safe enough? The moribund response from Government has allowed these frictions to explode, but understanding the fictions doesn’t lead to any justification of what has happened here. This spastic eruption of violence of ignorance must face a tempered response, not anything that generates righteous grievance.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2024 05:11 UTC