Some of the arguments against here are making a number of assumptions:
1) that those listed face the prospect of serious physical harm, even murder
2) that there is going to be some kinda mob frenzy against those on the list
3) that anyone using the list is incapable of distinguishing the "innocent children" from the diehard activist.
Well...
1) How many fascists have been murdered by "the reds" in the UK? some may get a beating, perhaps, and this may or may not be right, but murdered? hmmm...
2) I'd be surprised.
3) Well. you have been perfectly capable of spotting that theres kids, I think others can too. The list also helpfully has notes to assist in determing the committment of the member anyway.
Besides as noted above, the widespread dissemination of the list lessens the chance of really planned physical attacks but places responsibilty for the consequences in the hands of a much wider constituency than just the hardcore antifa. That is probably a good thing, no?
I don't think
many of the many named on that list will end up getting beaten up, but a few will, as will a few of their family members who aren't BNP supporters. Most people won't turn to volence, but that doesn't mean nobody will! Murder hasn't been mentioned by anyone but you.
You reckon? You might regard the BNP as akin to paedos...but how many working class people actually share your views?
Some do, some don't - and why are you only asking about working class people?
But at
work it would be seen as a pretty big deal if someone were a member of the BNP. I wouldn't want to work with a BNP member myself, but I wouldn't want someone to lose their job because they were stupid enough to join this party - depending on what their job is, of course.
See, I've known several people who've voted BNP and might even have joined up, and most of them were stupid rather than hardcore racists.
To be frank - I am surprised at the number of tears being shed for mistaken old pensioners, little children etc.
So maybe, just maybe a couple of 'innocents' get done. Thats how the balance of forces sometimes works out. its not fair, any more than the actual victims of the generalisations made by idiots in the BNP.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Butchers and Fed makes pertinant points about the dangers of this disclosure - weaknesses of resorting to tactics such as this by anti-fascists or state (if that is the case), and the potential upsets internally for the BNP. The unfortunate side-show of possible 'innocents' getting done over is irrelevant. Sorry like but some fools only learn the hard way - unfortunate though that is.
Those are good points by Butchers and Fed.
I'm not sure what
positive effects the leaking of this list could have, if any. Maybe there will be some famous people or politicians on there, and it's good that they're made public (since they depend on their image for their job), but that doesn't mean the whole list beng out there is going to be helpful.
not to mentin the fact that - if joing the BNP means your kids get hassle of some other kids of school, dont join the fucking bnp. the most totally spurious reason for not 'leaking' this so far
Er, but the
kids didn't ask for their parents to join the BNP, so why should they suffer? It's not about the parents being upset when their kids get trouble for this, it's about the kids getting trouble for this.
Anti-racism really is a huge thing at schools these days, among the kids, not just the staff. It'll be a really big deal if these kids' schoolfriends find out that so-and-so's name is on the list, and quite a few of them will be beaten up, no doubt about it at all.
