[Closed] The EDL program on BBC3 last night?

Part of me thinks the documentary makers chose who they filmed in order to make a point, not that they particularly needed to. The young lass from the north east was particularly tragic, and seemed very needy / vulnerable. The UAF protesters weren't portrayed too favourably either. This all looked a bit similar to other recent tv programmes that simply vilify the working class in a big fat gypsy wedding stylee.

I was driving along the promenade at Llandudno last year and saw an EDL protest.
Oh the irony.

English Disco Lovers?

surely more comedy satire than real life?

i laughed out loud when the blonde tart left the courtroom.

and their eloquence when discussing heated topics really helped them make their point.

the one with all the piercings is at least able to distance herself from her idiotic mother and father-in-law...

sad.

how come the BBC never make documentaries on the scams and idiots who works for labor/conservaties/ lib dems. We hear about it all the time in the paper but never on TV.

Having stated in my previous post that I thought the lass from the north east had, well, issues, I have to admit that I larfed my arse off at the selfie she took dressed as Hitler, and the subsequent bollocking she got from one of the other members. Quality, but still wrong on oh so many levels. It does seem likely that the EDL will, like every other far right group, splinter and disappear, especially now that Tommy Robinson's left.

I watched it, and i despaired. What hope do we have when there are people like that living in our world. They were so uneducated i couldn't believe it was true at times

"i don't like it when people talk in a foreign language,, cause they might be saying lets kill him"

"there's so much to remember, it's really tricky to know whats right and whats wrong" when that lass got told off for dressing up as Hitler.

If you have trouble understanding that dressing up as Hitler and performing the Nazi salute is not right, you may as well give up now.

I think that despair is probably the right way to describe how I felt watching this. FFS, I have a 9 year old son with learning difficulties, and his moral compass works far more effectively than the people on that programme. It seems like a case of the not so bright being led by bitter people looking for someone to blame for the way their lives turned out.

It's laughable, as they are like the extremists that they oppose (maybe less bombing). Fundamental nutters are idiots no matter what creed, background or colour. It's frustrating that this gubbins goes on.

It's hard to know where to start but as usual with this types of groups they seem to target simple minded vulnerable people and feed them bullshit. I think probably the worst character in the documentary was the father who kept doing ridiculous publicity stunts whilst wearing Burkhas etc.
The lass from Middlesbororgh as already stated wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and seemed so gullible It was unbelievable . She seemed to seek out the EDL to make friends . Very sad individuals and a pretty bleak reminder of how mixed up society has become.

Don't see the need to make a program based on gender about supporting one political party, both genders have the vote, so why the surprise that some females support the EDL?

Bigotry is usually developed by ignorance, and supported by the ignorant.

I think they are all really intelligent and coherent

The two in the background haven't got a clue where they are, or why?

Blimey

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I think Matt Johnson summed It up over 20 years ago .

When you cast your eyes upon the skylines
Of this once proud nation
Can you sense the fear and the hatred
Growing in the hearts of its population

And our youth, oh youth, are being seduced
by the greedy hands of politics and half truths

The beaten generation, the beaten generation
Reared on a diet of prejudice and mis-information
The beaten generation, the beaten generation
Open your eyes, open your imagination

We're being sedated by the gasoline fumes
and hypnotised by the satellites
Into believing what is good and what is right

You may be worshipping the temples of mammon
Or lost in the prisons of religion
But can you still walk back to happiness
When you've nowhere left to run?

Andif they send in the special police
To deliver us from liberty and keep us from peace

Then won't the words sit ill upon their tongues
when they tell us justice is being done
and that freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun