Murdoch et al are pushing far right extremism

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/26/anders-behring-breivik-multicultural-failure
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Despite the fact that Anders Behring Breivik was not permitted to publicly justify his actions in public on Monday, a scrambling defence of his repertoire of prejudice is already in full swing. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Bruce Bawer, who is quoted by Breivik in his manifesto 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, emphasises his repeated warnings that a rightwing extremist may use violence to address "legitimate concerns about genuine problems". Bawer blames mainstream politics for failing to address the corrosion of Europe by Islamicisation and multiculturalism, meanwhile The Jerusalem Post cautions that "Oslo's devastating tragedy should not be allowed to be manipulated by those who would cover up the abject failure of multiculturalism".
Racism is often justified as an aberrant reaction to understandable provocation; the focus on "multiculturalism" in the aftermath of the Oslo tragedy draws attention to contemporary racism's most elastic alibi. The "failure of multiculturalism" is an article of faith in European politics and, like all acts of faith, it depends on the acceptance of an underlying mystery. Despite the denunciations of this "failed experiment", there has never been a time in Europe where multiculturalism was the dominant ideology. As Ralph Grillo has argued, state practices, in the few countries that have adopted them, are characterised by a "weak" patchwork of policy initiatives and aspirational rhetoric. Yet critics have consistently assumed the damaging existence of a coherent "strong" form, which is always "unbridled".

The political class should reflect before responding to the tragedy in Norway, particularly when "austerity" politics may make the scapegoating of immigrant-descended and Muslim groups worse. No easy connections can be made between the recorded thoughts of a killer and the complex circulation of political ideas. However, writers who have consistently warned of the need to defend an ailing civilisation have questions to answer when a massacre is explicitly justified in their terms. And mainstream politicians, content to lazily peddle an exaggerated story of multicultural excess and Muslim difference are not exempt from this criticism.

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Excellent read - someone should tell Bawer and the RW politicians that the Muslim population in Norway is 2% of the total population - some fucking threat.
They are pushing this hate. Legitimate concerns my ass! :puke:

[librechik]

1. Here's a solution, Europe: Live and let live.

Violence is not a solution. it's a worsening of the problem.