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Originally Posted by Damien
While I don't mind/care the BNP being allowed onto Question Time, I don't see the problem in denying a platform to fascists? This is not a violation of free speech, it's about not giving them a megaphone from which to promote their agenda.
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It's not upto the BBC to say who can, or who cannot, use this platform. They are a public service broadcaster. The BNP are a legal party.
They could have just continued not to invite them, but now they have they must see it through
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I also think the people who subscribe to these views do so due to anger, ignorance, racism or a combination of the three. I don't think they can be reasoned with or the ideology defeated with debate and fact.
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Same can be, and is, said about Islamic Extremists and the fighting in Afghanistan. But this much I am certain of, there will be no victory in Afghanistan and eventually we will have to talk to the Taliban.
In the end the only way to resolve differences is with reasoned debate and fact
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More importantly he will frame the context of the debate before he answers any question. He won't answer "Are mixed marriages a good/bad/indifferent thing?" he will pretend the question is "Should we preserve British culture?". He won't answer "Did the Black British Solider injured in Iraq deserve the Victoria Cross?" he will pretend the question is "Should Black Solders be given the VC because they are black?". He frames the question so that he gives a responsible, non-racist, answer and pretends that the answers to those questions are what have caused the BNP to be called Racist. Strawmen ahoy.
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Well Mr Dimbleby should be ready to ensure the questions are answered as put to the panel, that is what he is there for after all.