Should extremists be given a chance to prove how stupid they are?

[DodgyAgent]

They will let Tommy Robinson speak. But dodgy agent would be too right wing for them.

[BrilloPad]

If you look at the left wing tyrants that want to stop him then they are as good a reason as any to let him speak.

They will let Tommy Robinson speak. But dodgy agent would be too right wing for them.

[DodgyAgent]

If you look at the left wing tyrants that want to stop him then they are as good a reason as any to let him speak.

[vetran]

BBC News - Protest at EDL founder Tommy Robinson's Oxford Union talk

Of course sometimes you just want to deny them any publicity.

In this case, were it not for the current uproar, his visit might have gone unnoticed. So the current protest is probably not the best way forward.

If he has committed a crime then lock him up, he hasn't recently so he can speak (within legal bounds) anywhere he likes.

I doubt the weak minds of students at Oxford will be taken in. Its nice to see a white racist getting some stick reminds us its not just men in mosques who are whipping up hatred.

[xoggoth]

Is he? He supposedly left the EDL because of the way of the way it was attracting too many violent right wingers rather than opposing Islamist views.

Islamism in the West should be opposed. It is contrary to every enlightened attitude - rational law, equality, democracy, freedom of choice, that we have been working our way towards for centuries.

Only now does the government seem to be taking the issue seriously. If they had taken action earlier instead of ignoring the problem the EDL would probably never have formed.

[BrilloPad]

BBC News - Protest at EDL founder Tommy Robinson's Oxford Union talk

Of course sometimes you just want to deny them any publicity.

In this case, were it not for the current uproar, his visit might have gone unnoticed. So the current protest is probably not the best way forward.