| > Why do you think such things are not what DHH believes in? Because the one thing DHH doesn't do is shut up. He hasn't really been the kind of person who minces words, he says what he thinks, and he is pretty unafraid of pissing people off. If he wanted to make explicit racist statements, it feels like he would make them. My read is that this is broader commentary on civic/cultural integration. There are, fundamentally, immigration challenges that present themselves in modern society, especially when cultural values are different. I don't know that it's wise to believe that everyone will eventually see the world the same way, and we are then left with a question of how to reconcile that as we develop our societies and cultures. Tommy Robinson is a violent anti-Islamic voice -- But, we've unfortunately found ourselves with those voices being the ones willing to speak to the problem that a growing portion of the population feels is unaddressed. I don't think these are easy problems. I also cringe at calling Robinson's march "heartwarming" without qualification. Yet I still am not willing to, without much stronger and more explicit evidence, read into DHH's words and label him a `far-right racist` -- Because I think that label loses effect when it's applied to every person that we disagree with on certain policy issues. |