To be shocked and frustrated with the Islamophobia that's bursting out all over Facebook today?

[Seekingsense]

Following the awful tragedy in Woolwich today.

I have seen everything from "We want our England back" to "Kick out all the foreigners" to "Islamic infiltration of the UK" etc. I have paraphrased as some of the stuff is so horrible I do not want to repeat it.

This is from normal everyday people and lots of them. Is this really what people think?

I, like most people am horrified by what has happened to this young soldier in Woolwich, but why is everyone so quick to blame an entire religion for it and to jump on the 'kick out all immigrants' bandwagon.

What can we do about it? Ignore, delete, post, report?

YABU. These men who act in the name of Islam expressed themselves yesterday in Woolwich, some people express themselves on facebook.

Give yourself a cookie for having a right-on Guardian opinion though. Give yourself an extra cookie for posting here!

And without being sarky - YABVU to be "shocked" - have you not had the slightest inkling over the last few years that things were going in this direction? Seriously? Where do you live? The Cotswolds?

Can u blame people for knee jerk reactions and anger? It's human nature. Lets not lose sight of what happened yesterday. Our sympathies should be with the victim and all our armed forces.

Apparently no being a racist twat is having a 'right-on Guardian opinion'.

I never knew we got cookies for not being racist twats, that's awesome.

Can u blame people for knee jerk reactions and anger?

Yes I can, it's dangerous and has already led to attacks against innocent Muslims.

Our thoughts should be with the innocent people dealing with the fallout of this, Muslims included.

The 'Britain First' Facebook group is a hotbed of racism and illiteracy this morning. My favourite comment? ''The government needs to take acton NOW!'

No craps our thoughts should be with the victim their family and the armed forces

I'll just keep posting this Because it barely made the news......

YABU. These men who act in the name of Islam expressed themselves yesterday in Woolwich, some people express themselves on facebook.

Give yourself a cookie for having a right-on Guardian opinion though. Give yourself an extra cookie for posting here!

Awfully sorry your cerebral cortex has been cut.
Thanks for the cookie, much appreciated, I like being rewarded for not being a bigotted moron.

No craps our thoughts should be with the victim their family and the armed forces

So, basically, fuck the innocent people being targeted because of this we shouldn't care about them too? Why? Because they're Muslim?

ODFOD.

No craps our thoughts should be with the victim their family and the armed forces
Or everybody. The victims family, the muslim population who are going to be made to suffer mindless violence for the mindless violence of others (EDL) and anybody else caught up in this.

Stupidity reigns on all sides it seems. EDF Energy are being given flack on twitter for 'their' protest last night...

So, what do you think we should do threesypeesy - deport all criminals to an island somewhere?

You need to be able to see further than your own nose to realise that ignorant comments about people going back to their country, as if people born in the UK are incapable of psychopathic crimes will cause general bad feeling in our communities. This is not about race. But some people choose to make it about race because they are racists and dying for an excuse to have a racist rant.

Exactly Dawndonna.

Mmmmm this not being a racist is lovely!

Well it actually works both ways. We live in SE London, dp has just text saying someone shouted "racist" at him as he went for tube.

He has a skin head and looks a bit rough. He is not a racist he is ginger and doesn't like it. The whole thing is fucking pathetic

EagleRiderDirk I recommend you enjoy it with a not being a reactionary bigot too.

Jesus, I despair at the mindless bigotry on this site, I really do.

Ooo, punctuation, too!

Jesus, I despair at the PC nonsense on this site I really do.

Then why don't you just FTFO and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Or even better, join this site. Probably much more to your tastes.

People who say 'PC nonsense' usually mean they are annoyed that it's no longer socially acceptable to be a bigot in public.

seeker thanks for posting that. Unsurprisingly I hadn't seen it. I will post on FB.

lottieandmia
'I don't care what race or religion those evil men are but to do something so horrific to one of our soldiers is unacceptable and they shouldn't be in this country' - maybe they're thinking put them on a boat to Australia...

Chipstick I don't blame people for being angry with the killers. I DO blame people for being angry with whole religions, races and immigrants as a result of what these men did.

Someone said on Facebook that the killing overshadowed the fact people were inciting hatred against Muslims. I have to disagree. What happened yesterday was tragic and sick but the

YADNBU! It's vile. I actually feel that the ignorance of far too many people in this country is sickening.

I actually felt the need to tell one particular 'friend' she was vile and that her spew was misinformed and damn right racist and offensive. This from someone who had previously been in an IAG role within the community and is currently attempting to secure a similar role

They tried to justify their vitriolic spew and that just made me

I plan on spending time erasing such filth from my Facebook today.

Potential violence and hatred could have much greater repercussions.