While the rich fleece the last of Britain’s wealth and store it offshore- over 50 trillion pounds offshore (50,000 billions) offshore – the unfree press and social media paid for trolls spread racism and nationalism blaming “immigrants and Muslims” for people getting poorer. Basic distraction tactic.
Far right groups of a particularly White American composition in the US tend to align pretty heavily with “traditional American values”, much of which is tied to the US as a Christian nation. Islam is antithetical to that viewpoint and so any growth will be pushed against. Especially since Muslims are heavily associated with immigration and the “downfall” of Europe, which aligns into their secondary pillar of belief (immigrants are bad for the cohesion of American society).
Given those two points and the fact that this mosque is intended to be a “mega mosque” in the heartland of America, it’s pretty obvious why they would have a big issue with it. It represents two major things they believe they are fighting against.
Edit: I mistook this for another project being rallied against in the US. The points above are pretty similar to those in the UK, especially the secondary one (immigration to Europe being bad and destroying it/it’s cultural identity). My apologies.
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Racists will be err racist? Name of the beast.
While the rich fleece the last of Britain’s wealth and store it offshore- over 50 trillion pounds offshore (50,000 billions) offshore – the unfree press and social media paid for trolls spread racism and nationalism blaming “immigrants and Muslims” for people getting poorer. Basic distraction tactic.
Far right groups of a particularly White American composition in the US tend to align pretty heavily with “traditional American values”, much of which is tied to the US as a Christian nation. Islam is antithetical to that viewpoint and so any growth will be pushed against. Especially since Muslims are heavily associated with immigration and the “downfall” of Europe, which aligns into their secondary pillar of belief (immigrants are bad for the cohesion of American society).
Given those two points and the fact that this mosque is intended to be a “mega mosque” in the heartland of America, it’s pretty obvious why they would have a big issue with it. It represents two major things they believe they are fighting against.
Edit: I mistook this for another project being rallied against in the US. The points above are pretty similar to those in the UK, especially the secondary one (immigration to Europe being bad and destroying it/it’s cultural identity). My apologies.
People are afraid of what they don’t understand. They cover up their fear with anger because they think it makes them look strong.
Reminds me of this skit from Ali G show and how these racist respond