More than 100,000 join Tommy Robinson rally, as counter-protesters demonstrate

[SouthBayDem]

Source: BBC

More than 100,000 people have joined a march in central London organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, with a counter-protest by anti-racism campaigners also taking place.

The "Unite the Kingdom" rally gathered at Waterloo before heading to Whitehall where they heard speeches, including from tech billionaire Elon Musk.

While the first half of the day was largely peaceful, the Metropolitan Police later said officers had faced "unacceptable violence", with projectiles thrown at them. Nine people have been arrested.

Meanwhile, about 5,000 people joined the nearby counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR).

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydezxl0xlo

[Wonder Why]

1. So much for the Brits looking down on us for the Klan marches in the '60s. 100K racists in this country

would now be called a Republican National Convention. And trump couldn't get anywhere near those numbers unless one counted the empty chairs.

[AZJonnie]

2. Tendency to Fascism is clearly part of the human genome, especially so in males.

It is, by no means limited to any particular culture or population. It might be statistically most prevalent in the genes of male white people, but there is a roughly equal % of the population that reliably adheres to the general fascist viewpoint in every race, creed, and culture, all throughout history in fact. China, India, Saudi Arabia, doesn't matter where you look, there's fascists (even if, in the case of China, they call themselves "communists" ).

Similarly, though, one can also depend on a fairly fixed % of liberal people in any population as well. Unfortunately, inherent to liberal views is the idea that "our side" should not intend to "dominate/dictate" to everyone else, whereas the opposite is true of fascists. In this sense, it's not really a "fair fight", sadly.

[markodochartaigh]

4. Here is a great, free ebook by a Canadian professor:

https://theauthoritarians.org/

[hedda_foil]

3. The Brits have had their fascists too.

Oswald Mosley in the '30s.

[pecosbob]

5. I'll just leave this here...

They all came out of the woodwork on the day the Nazi died.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Any relation to Tyler Robinson or Mr. Epstein?