Far Right, Trump fans celebrate murder of UK Labour MP Jo Cox

Naturally, this response hs been most pronounced amongst those on the far right. In the US, that means some of the same people who have been trying their best to whip up anti-Muslim anger in the wake of the Orlando massacre.

sadly, their “best” didn’t need to even be very good.

I’ve lost friends over the reaction to this already.. as their fear drove them to start siding with the idea that all Muslims should be put on “Lists” and somehow have their freedoms restricted.

…this attitude has become all too pervasive in the US; even with people that I would have thought knew better.

The older generation should have parents (or themselves) that recall what the US did to Japanese American citizens during WWII. The younger generation I thought would have been taught by them why that was a bad idea.

I guess authoritarianism Trumps experience and education.

Another disgusting thing people on the right are doing is gleefully crowing about how this is supposedly some sort of checkmate to pro gun control people. As if any of us ever actually claimed that gun control would bring gun homicides all the way down to zero.

I am so incredibly tired of these people, and I can’t even respond accurately to any of the nonsense that they have to say. I wish there was a way to get these creeps off the planet so the rest of us can work toward unlearning a lot of rubbish (because of people like them) so that we can build a better existence.

The older generation should have parents (or themselves) that recall what the US did to Japanese American citizens during WWII. The younger generation I thought would have been taught by them why that was a bad idea.

It’s hard to teach that when you actively block it out. They rarely mention it in US history classes (focusing only on what Germany did to the Jewish people, forgetting it wasn’t just Germany); I can safely say that I was well into university before I ever heard it mentioned in formal education, and that was only in passing. We don’t teach these things when we do them; we only teach them if The Others do, to show why we’re “better.” It’s infuriating. (I’ve been told to tone down my own history/social science classes because of my persistent inclusion of these facts, tbh.)

I’m quite glad that none of the mainstream parties over here have sought to make any political capital out of this horrible act. In fact all political campaigning has been voluntarily suspended for the time being. The only public comments from politicians on all sides have been tributes and expressions of sympathy.

I’m more than a little chilled by the people expressing the sentiment that her death was deserved or is to be celebrated because of her political stance. I mean, seriously, they actually believe voicing opinions contrary to their own and campaigning accordingly merits actual death? Of course, it’s hardly uncommon to see people online wishing death on their opponents, but (much as this too disturbs me somewhat) I like to think that they’re engaging in hyperbole and don’t actually literally want to see them dead; that whatever they might think in the heat of the moment, if some tragedy struck this person down they would in fact be genuinely aghast, shocked, and sad. But when they’re reacting to an actual for-real murder, I can’t see how they could not mean exactly what they say- because it’s not hypothetical, it’s really happened and they’re really pleased.

As well as making me despair for humanity (though I try to remember these reactions are from only a very few people!) it confuses me, because aren’t these the same people who keep shouting about free speech (under the mistaken impression that theirs is being eroded or snatched away)? While free speech means freedom to say what you like and not freedom from all consequences of saying what you like, I’m pretty sure no-one would suggest that free speech doesn’t entail the right not to be killed for what you say. (I guess to be fair it’s people like this that I’ve heard vigorously claiming the right to free speech, not these actual specific people. Maybe they have been against free speech all along?)

There’s pretty much zero doubt by now that the assassin responsible was a Brexit supporter; he was heard yelling “Put Britain first!” during the attack.

Disgraceful.

@Judas Peckerwood

Not so surprising when you consider that a lot of these fascist creeps think that people deserve death simply because of the race or sexual orientation they were born into.

Well, indeed (and I guess as a lesbian I’m one of them). I suppose I’m just… more accustomed to the idea they think that. It’s horrible, but it’s not news to me. Also, appalling as it is, I’m used to the idea that this is how humans work, if we don’t keep examining ourselves and reminding ourselves that that’s not how we want to be: it’s very easy to designate some group of people with different characteristics to us as not really human, so that we’re indifferent to whether they die, and then if we start to see them as a threat, to actively want them to die. What got me about this particular case is that I hadn’t (so far as I recall) seen that kind of dehumanisation applied purely on the grounds of someone’s political views before (as opposed to race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, etc)*; and that it being a specific person with a name, face, occupation, partner, and children wasn’t enough to snap them out of the dehumanisation and bring her back into focus as a person (again, while I’m used to seeing people say they want gay people, black people, etc to die, I like to think most of them wouldn’t genuinely wish death on any members of those groups they encountered as individuals – though I realise that sadly there are a very few who really would go that far, as we saw again only this week).

*Just to be clear, I’m not saying that dehumanisation on the basis of someone’s political views is worse than dehumanisation on the basis of their demographic characteristics, or indeed on the basis of anything else – just that it was novel to me.

taken on a “TRUMP HELICOPTER RIDE,” presumably a reference to a famous scene in Scarface in which a man is thrown from a helicopter to his death.

Oh, heavens no, nothing nearly so benign. That’s a reference to “Chilean Helicopter Rides”/”Pinochet Helicopter Rides”, where Pinochet’s death squads woul snatch suspected dissidents, beat them horribly, then throw them out of a helicopter into the ocean.

Never posted here before, I guess this is some kind of feminist site. The murder of this young woman is absolutely horrible but associating it with Trump is completely intellectually dishonest. Was Trump a misoginist, racist homophobe before he ran for president, frankly no however he is a threat to the Bilderberg establishment now so the demonization must take place. It’s ironic that Jo Cox’s death serves the establishments goals of staying in the EU. It certainly puts a stop to the Brexit movement. It’s also ironic that Trump is being called a fascist its Soros, SJW’s, Obama, the Fed, Centeal Banks Fabian socialists and the Elite who are the real fascists. I actually believed Obama in 08 and voted for him but when I realized he was just carrying on the policies of Bush, CFR and the NWO I jumped ship. Funny thing about “hate speech” in this new dystopian PC world we live in, all historical neo-fascist regimes start w hate speech as a form of censorship and they all end the same way with killing fields(Cambodia), gulags Christian holocost Stalin 65 million and Mao 60 million genocide anyone considered a threat to the state. All I say is careful for what you wish for in an oligarchic fascist state the left will deemed useful idiots. Look around you it’s your right to vote, think and express yourself as you feel fit. As I said I’m not defending these retards who celebrated this young woman’s death however demonizing anyone who feels compelled to vote for Trump as opposed to Hillary who is equally a liar just go back and review her history she has flip flopped and lied her entire career. I personally do not like either candidate and feel sad for where this country is going 20T in debt, TPP, Monsanto, Orwellian surveillance, destruction of middle class, division, hate on both sides and the war machine not to mention the rape epidemic in Europe which incidentally I don’t hear a peep about from the left or American feminists..very sad.. Let me have it, give me your vitriol.

This one struck me really hard for some reason. These people are nauseating. I have no words for any of this anymore, i think.

There’s pretty much zero doubt by now that the assassin responsible was a Brexit supporter; he was heard yelling “Put Britain first!” during the attack.

And yet BF spokes-idiots are bending themselves in pretzels denying there’s a connection:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jo-cox-shot-dead-britain-first-denies-involvement-labour-mp-birstall-shooting-stabbing-attack-a7086001.html

BF is a spinoff of the BNP:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/britain-first-the-far-right-group-with-a-massive-facebook-follow/

K , my ara/antifa duty is done. Back to lurking.

Was this shooter inspired by the Gabby Giffords shooting?

Giffords was shot during an outdoor meeting with her constituents. Jo Cox was shot as she left a meeting with constituents. Of course, when a politician announces a meeting, the world knows for sure where that person will be on a certain date at a certain time. Giffords is a moderate Democrat. Cox was a member of the Labour Party. Both were women. Unlike Jo Cox, Giffords survived being shot; she does have significant brain damage but has made great strides since the attack.

On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area.

Wikipedia, “2011 Tucson shooting”

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And Guest, thank you for taking on that worthwhile work.