What the hell is a progressive contrarian? Well, when the terms left-wing and right-wing have lost any meaning whatsoever, is there any fundamental fault line that means anything politically any more? The only true differentiator is between those who believe that human progress is both desirable and possible, and those who don't. The real split these days is between progressives and reactionaries. And contrarian? That should speak for itself...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Not a terrorist?
Imagine the headlines - a massive haul of explosives, extremist literature, rocket launchers... But don't panic, because these people are members of the BNP. If they'd have been Asian or Arabic would the reaction have been the same? No, probably not. You don't have to be an Islamist (the last thing that anybody could accuse me of), to point out the rank hypocrisy in the way the media have been pretty much silent on this story.
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