THOSE IN POWER DEFINE THE MEANING OF “EXTREMISM”
I noticed
in the Guardian on the 23rd January edition an article by Peter
Walker, the Political Correspondent, entitled
“New national security unit set up to tackle fake
news in UK”.
The key extracts are:-
“The government is to set up a
dedicated national security unit to tackle fake news and disinformation,
Downing Street has said. The prime
minister’s spokesman said.
One
specific area agreed as needing new resources by the national security council
as part of the NSCR is the spread of fake news, he said.
“We are
living in an era of fake news and competing narratives. The government will
respond with more and better use of national security communications to tackle
these interconnected, complex challenges.
“To do
this we will build on existing capabilities by creating a dedicated national
security communications unit. This will be tasked with combating disinformation
by state actors and others.”
The unit
will “more systematically deter our adversaries and help us deliver on national
security priorities”, he added, saying there was as yet no information on where
it would be based or who would staff it.”
Here is a
link to the original article >>> https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/23/new-national-security-unit-will-tackle-spread-of-fake-news-in-uk
It is worth noting that Oxford Dictionary’s definition of “extremism” is:–
“The holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism”.
Anyone
who is not a fully signed up multiculturalist or, to quote the Judicial
Appointments Commission (on the requirement for judicial office in our cartel
democracy), a person “who can demonstrate a life -long commitment to equality
and diversity” should bear in mind what I explained in one of my previous
articles called “Fight the Good Fight
with all thy might” (here is the link >>> http://robintilbrook.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/fight-good-fight-with-all-thy-might.html) when I
pointed out that now even a scripturally based Christian has been re-defined by
the British Government as an “extremist”!
Also the expression of any view at odds with the official one is likely
to be classed as “offensive” just like the Electoral Commission calling our
slogan “England worth fighting for” offensive.
(click here for my article on that called “UK’s Electoral Commission rules that “England worth fighting for!” is
OFFENSIVE!” >>> http://robintilbrook.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/uks-electoral-commission-rules-that.html)
This
means of course that we are now truly in a political landscape where it can rightly
be called out saying what John Tyndall did years ago, that:-
“The
first lesson is to realise that it is our lack of power not our so-called “extremism”
that is the big deterrent and anyway what is “extremism”?
At
different times across history extremism has meant different things.
So what
has changed since then? Has the truth
changed? Is what was true then no longer
true now? No. What has changed is power. Power then was in different hands and that is
what we are up against. Those who have
the power today…. they are able to determine what is mainstream and respectable
and what is extreme.
We have
to understand that “extremism” is a meaningless term. It is entirely what the current makers of
public opinion decide it will be. No
more, no less.
Our
activity must be geared to the winning of power. That still has to be said to some people…
They are crusaders for the truth but they don’t relate it to necessities of
winning power. It cannot be said
enough.
‘Power is
what must be won.’
First
just a little bit of power, then more power and finally complete power.
Activity
geared to anything else is a waste of time.
But we
one day will be answerable to our grandchildren and our grandchildren are going
to say to us when that great time of decision came what did you do? Did you give in or did you fight?
Are we
going to say to them well the struggle was too severe. The odds were too strong. Perhaps we left it
a bit too late. We hadn’t a chance and
therefore we lost our country, we lost our nationhood?
Or will
we be able to say to them with pride and honour I was one of those who fought
and there were more and more who came and fought with me. I went off into the streets and worked and
struggled for our Cause. We stood firm
like the men at the Alamo, like the men at Rourke’s Drift, like the men at
Blood River. We fought to the bitter end
and we won!”
So it is
worth bearing in mind that what is meant by the word “offensive” is also
changing.
In the
English Democrats Judicial Review Case in which we were judicially reviewing
the Electoral Commission’s removal of our long registered description saying
‘England worth fighting for!’ They claimed this is now offensive. Evidence was produced of the Electoral
Commission’s thinking which read as follows:-
“LE: I
would retain all the descriptions except the ‘fighting for’ one. They all advocate support for England, which
is itself exclusionist (ie, it excludes other parts of the UK). But favouring one part of the UK is an
established policy position that parties can and do hold, not just in relation
to England. If the slogans referred to
the English I would be more concerned, as that is a distinction based on
race. I don’t think you can read
‘English’ into ‘England’ in this instance.
In my view the phrase “worth fighting for” is commonly used and
understood in a non-violent context.
Phrased like ‘ideas worth fighting for’ or ‘relationships worth fighting
for’ are common (try a Google search), and would not be read to mean physically
fighting for them. If this description
was seen in the context of all the others, I think it would be reasonably clear
its intention was non-violent. Seen on
its own, however, as it could be on the ballot paper, I think that it is
arguable that the only way to ‘fight for England’ is a violent or militaristic
way. Seen on its own, I think it can be
viewed as offensive in the context of this by-election. It’s the potential for that to happen which
leads me to conclude that we should remove it.”
So it now
appears that it is okay to say as one slogan does which is still registered
with the Electoral Commission ‘Fighting for Wales’ and of course the Scottish
Party is allowed to ‘Fight for Scotland’, but the English are not allowed to be
“exclusionary”!
I
produced evidence in court of the Oxford Dictionary’s meaning of ‘offensive’
which is defined as follows:-
ADJECTIVE
1.
Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.
‘the
allegations made are deeply offensive to us’
‘offensive
language’
1.1 (of
a sight or smell) disgusting; repulsive.
‘an
offensive odour’
2. attributive Actively
aggressive; attacking.
‘offensive
operations against the insurgents’
2.1 (of
a weapon) meant for use in attack.
‘he is
also accused of possessing an offensive weapon’
2.2North
American Relating to the team in possession of the ball or puck in a game.
‘Shell
was an outstanding offensive tackle during his 15 years with the Raiders’
But
clearly the Establishment wishes to be able to re-define what it considers to
be “offensive” rather than taking account of what ordinary people think or even
what the Oxford Dictionary says that the word means! As per George Orwell’s 1984 “War is peace, freedom
is slavery and ignorance is strength!”
Welcome
to the Age of “Cartel Democracy” in the UK where even our English language has
been co-opted into the Cartel Parties determination to dominate us all and
extinguish English nationhood. Who is
willing to let them win without a fight?