I am a regular who has name changed for this thread.
I would like to have a discussion about EDL. I want to know exactly why people find them so abhorrent and why it is such a taboo subject.
I dislike militant Islam, it is a dangerous movement and it really frightens me. A family friend was killed in 9/11 and it was a horrible horrible tragedy.
I have two mixed race children, my DH is mixed race, I would not say I'm racist or xenophobic.
As far as I can gather EDL oppose militant Islam, and this alone.
Why does this make them racist? Surely militant Islam, although a very small proportion of Islam, should be opposed?