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Originally Posted by dda
If one has any faith at all in the electorate then allowing the free airing of views by idiots should make it easier for the citizenry to make an informed decision to ignore them. Look at some of the individuals who post here. They are allowed to say what they will and that informs the rest of us that they should be ignored. Same can work with politicians.
If you don't have any faith in the citizenry, then you are an elitist bastard who thinks that they are above the average man and should be making decisions for them. This is the most dangerous lunacy of all.
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The problem is two-fold,
1) the debate is not sensible and certainly not based on the evidence. It, like all politics, is about appealing to the emotions and bypassing rationality.
2) The general thrust of society is to make emotions based on opinion and not on the evidence. This is not a consious decision most people make, but is the natural starting point for forming an opinion.
This is all really and anfd it needs to be rectified and without it, 'idiots' like that BNP can make actual progress by having an oppertunity to spout their emotioally-fueld bigotry.