Comments on: Big Question: Numbskull Party http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2009/06/14/big-question-numbskull-party/ Challenging the Zeitgeist Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:03:03 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TW http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2009/06/14/big-question-numbskull-party/comment-page-1/#comment-20965 TW Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:36:37 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=2593#comment-20965 Part of the problem with debates about the ideas of madmen (BNP, Creationism etc) is that it achieves their goal for them. You can not debate the BNP without debating about the BNP which gives them an air of legitimacy and allowing them to create the illusion that there is controversy or weight to their arguments. Sadly, there is also no alternative - failing to debate plays to their cause equally. (I have a third way™®© though. Come the revolution they will all just be shot in the name of democracy...) Part of the problem with debates about the ideas of madmen (BNP, Creationism etc) is that it achieves their goal for them. You can not debate the BNP without debating about the BNP which gives them an air of legitimacy and allowing them to create the illusion that there is controversy or weight to their arguments.

Sadly, there is also no alternative – failing to debate plays to their cause equally.

(I have a third way™®© though. Come the revolution they will all just be shot in the name of democracy…)

]]> By: The Fascists at Prayer » Why Dont You Blog? http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2009/06/14/big-question-numbskull-party/comment-page-1/#comment-20955 The Fascists at Prayer » Why Dont You Blog? Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:20:02 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=2593#comment-20955 [...] I had to do it, didn’t I? After finding out about the Racist Rev, the failed BNP candidate who was also a self-defined as not a BNP member, I had to find out more [...] [...] I had to do it, didn’t I? After finding out about the Racist Rev, the failed BNP candidate who was also a self-defined as not a BNP member, I had to find out more [...]

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