The archbishop of Canterbury has warned Christians they should not be part of any far-right groups, criticising the use of Christian imagery in this summer’s riots as “an offence to our faith”.
Writing in the Guardian, Justin Welby condemned the violent unrest, which he described as “racist”, “anti-Muslim, anti-refugee and anti-asylum seeker”. His intervention follows a week of disorder that began after a mass stabbing of children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last month.
The unrest, during which rioters attacked mosques, police officers and a hotel housing asylum seekers, was whipped up by far-right activists online who falsely claimed that a Muslim immigrant was behind the Southport attack. ...
“Let me say clearly now to Christians that they should not be associated with any far-right group – because those groups are unchristian. Let me say clearly now to other faiths, especially Muslims, that we denounce people misusing such imagery as fundamentally anti-Christian.”
All these articles blame the far-right for misinformation, but I am not sure what that is.
The Wikipedia article on the 2024 Southport stabbing says
that the stabber was indeed from an immigrant family from Rwanda, and the UK law makes it illegal to reveal the
family's religion. So they could be Moslems.
The news media call anyone "far right" if they oppose massive Third World immigration.
So now this leader of the Christian Church of England says that it is unchristian to use Christian symbols and
oppose Moslem crime and immigration?
This is bizarre. It certainly is Christian to use Christian symbols and to resist invasion by Moslem criminals.
Even if they are not Moslems, they are from Rwanda, and are not English Christians.
Mike, Little problem is, everyone who doesn't agree with you is called 'far right' now, and that is most of everyone. My left of center friends have all basically confirmed the Overton Window, they are quite dismayed to find they are now 'right wing extremists' because of badly educated leftist children who don't know any context, just lots of buzz words.
If you study more political history, it might reveal that the extremist in the room is actually you.
It is a problem and it works the other too; anyone who doesn't agree with is labeled a far leftist, Marxist, etc. I agree that we should tighten up our terminology if they're going to be of any value.
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I doubt that many of the far right louts belong to the C of E but it's a positive message nonetheless.
Mike,
Little problem is, everyone who doesn't agree with you is called 'far right' now, and that is most of everyone. My left of center friends have all basically confirmed the Overton Window, they are quite dismayed to find they are now 'right wing extremists' because of badly educated leftist children who don't know any context, just lots of buzz words.
If you study more political history, it might reveal that the extremist in the room is actually you.
It is a problem and it works the other too; anyone who doesn't agree with is labeled a far leftist, Marxist, etc. I agree that we should tighten up our terminology if they're going to be of any value.
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