Fascism over the Mersey

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In light of the recent events in Knowsley, it has come as something of a surprise to discover that Liverpool has a rather serious far-right problem. Until now I had been labouring under the evidently false impression that Liverpool was in fact among England’s most staunchly left-leaning cities; what a fool I feel.

Here I was, with a Master’s degree in political philosophy, having spent half a lifetime striving to understand the definitions and nuances of the left/right paradigm, immersing myself in the political writings and thought of everyone from Montesquieu to Paine to Burke, only to discover that it was all for nought. It turns out, the definition of ‘far-right’ is significantly more nebulous than I, or anyone else, had previously believed.

What a shock! It turns out that being labelled as ‘far-right’ can apply to a whole swathe of hitherto entirely unrelated acts and concepts. It used to be the case that being ‘right-wing’ meant subscription to a strictly defined set of beliefs and to be ‘far-right’ an even smaller subset—but it turns out that none of that was correct.

For instance, it used to be the case that wanting your children to be safe was a perfectly reasonable desire, unconnected in any meaningful sense to any specific political philosophy. But, as it transpires, this desire is in reality the reserve of the ‘far-right’... You could have knocked me down with a feather.

In fact, to not want your community flooded with exclusively male, fighting-age migrants who display an undisguised antagonism towards your culture and way of life, and whom have a demonstrable propensity towards unprovoked violence and sex crime, is to be ‘far-right’. To have any real reservation—let alone voice that reservation—about seeing your community flooded with those who make no bones about how they do not share your values or sense of decency, is to be ‘far-right’. A revelation that couldn’t come too soon; best we’re all on the same page, huh?

Furthermore, it seems that according to the vast majority of the corporate mainstream media and our political elite, valuing the integrity of your country in any sense is a ‘far-right’ trait. It is ‘far-right’ if you don’t support the annihilation of your history and heritage; if you want your streets to be safe; if you desire your women folk to remain unmolested. If you notice the invasion and demographic transformation of your country at any level then you are ‘far-right’... How about that?

Further still, it is now a revealed truth that to be at odds with anything which seeks to subvert your society is to be ‘far-right’. If you’d prefer small children to remain innocent, instead of being indoctrinated by globo-homo ‘drag’ acts, then you’re ‘far-right’. If you’re against male rapists being housed in women’s prisons, you’re ‘far right’. If you don’t despise particular authors of wizard-based children’s literature along with all their associated merchandise and spin-offs, then you’re ‘far-right’.

At this point, it is increasingly difficult not to fall under one or more of these categories. With our shining new—and definitely not insane—definition of ‘far-right’, it is increasingly easy to wake up one morning only to discover that you are indeed a fascist. You’re pretty sure you haven’t changed, that your views are much as they always have been, but that you are now in fact a full-blown Nazi. A terrible shock for many, because it heavily suggests that they always were a Nazi.

What to do? How should you process such a disquieting realisation? Well, you essentially have two opinions. Firstly, you can abandon everything you hold dear—your sense of duty to your country and your family, your sense of right and wrong, your very grasp on reality—you can abandon all of that and simply adopt the values and worldview of those who label you ‘far-right’. Though be warned: those values can and will be changed at the drop of a hat, so be careful not to get too attached to them, or internalise them too deeply. Alternatively, you can choose to retain your own mind and sense of propriety and dignity, and simply accept that going forward, globalists and communists are going to slander you with the label ‘far-right’ at every turn.

If it is ‘far-right’ to want to defend your way of life, to defend your country, to defend your family, then so be it. If being labelled ‘far-right’ by radical socialists is the price I have to pay for not being a traitor and moral coward, a living cog in the machine which is destroying the West, then so be it. In that case, I’ll wear the moniker proudly. If this increasingly empty slur is all they have left to hurl at us, then I’ll weather it without shame.