I have to say I don’t get the big deal over the

Comment on Reasons to Vote British National Party by David.

I have to say I don’t get the big deal over the posting name, yes it’s going to wind up die hard BNP supporters, but that’s no different to when BNP supporters post things like Liebor, lib/lab/con voters are traitors and things that suggest you aren’t patriotic if you don’t vote BNP!

Then there’s ending the vast majority of comments with Vote BNP, how is ending a comment with “Vote BNP” any different than having the name “Vote No To BNP” or similar?

I don’t know about how Vote No To BNP feels about ending his posts with Vote Conservative, but when I’ve ended the odd comment with Vote Labour I’ve felt stupid! It shouldn’t be needed in a debate, you put your point across and leave it to the reader to decide who to vote for. If your arguments are strong and valid they should speak for themselves. I note the lower quality comments are the ones that tend to include the “Vote BNP” within them. It does come across as desperate, “I can’t form a valid argument, I know Vote BNP”.

Just to distinguish the difference, I’m not talking about commenter’s that explain why they vote for a party, just the ones that paste it in a comment (sometime in the middle of a comment) when it wasn’t needed to make a point.

Not that I’m going to force a name change on anyone who doesn’t use offensive words, but if I did wouldn’t I also have to insist on no more adding “Vote BNP” (or any other party) within comments?

You know even if I did change his name and he agreed to post new stuff under a new name, (no way for me to force him) there would be nothing stopping him posting Vote No To BNP at the end of every comment and as long as his comments are valid (not just one line with half of it Vote No To BNP) I wouldn’t delete it.

BTW Some posters have used BNP in their names, a “Vote Yes to BNP” and “Richard the BNP Meerkat” spring to mind, doesn’t bother me as I’m far more interested in what they have to say. Richard the BNP Meerkats comments for example are far more interesting than what Terence posts, but I don’t automatically jump down Richard’s throat because he has BNP in his posting name.

IMO the reason why some (so not all) BNP supporters keep bring Vote No To BNP’s posting name up (it’s come up a fair number of times) is they can’t handle him in reasoned debate. They’d find something else to complain about if he posted under a name like Bob as well: UAF troll, paid by the Tories, he’s a Marxist Commie Fascist :-), he’s me, I’m him, he’s a fully paid up member of the NWO and Common Purpose secret society, wink, wink funny handshake…..

David