No, Ian. It is another Monotheistic monolith. What is monotheism for when most cultures for thousands of years embraced plurality of gods and faiths? It is about control, pure and simple. The first monotheistic culture which really took off was Judaism. They were rejected as they see it as they set out the belief that everyone else worshipped false gods. Up until then you could worship whatever ridiculous idol you wanted. The advent of Judaism created something new - religion than united through ostracism of non-believers. It is the only faith that maintains itself as both a race and a religion. As such, it annoyed many but really had little ability to attack the basis of polytheistic life. Because you couldn’t join even if you wanted to. Then the writers of the Bible struck a genius idea. Monotheism, but adding some more books and making it IMPERATIVE to spread the faith. They rebranded it Christianity and ignored the racial part. All Islam is is another fine tuning of this Imperialist religion. It also relies on the denial of all other faiths, but goes even further and says we are all born Muslim and those who do not believe need to be reconverted. Why? Because faith is nonsense designed to further imperial aspirations.
I distinctly remember it being cited as being a factor at the time when another female MP and colleague of Jo Cox was interviewed on Radio 4. You may be right about the time frame but the murderer did make anti immigration declamations at the time he committed the crime. I just feel that Farage contributed to the environment which facilitated the murderer's warped perception of the world. I concede that I should have worded by post more carefully but the point was that Farage ferments hatred and he cannot expect special treatment if he has inspired protesters to do things like burn down hotels housing immigrants. In the past extemist politicians like Enoch Powell were quickly challenged. It is disappointing that the BBC give Farage the chance to make unsupported and provocative statements. He should not expect special treatment and trust that the reduction in security will make him dial down the message.
We were in the midst of Brexit and people wanted so much to link it to Brexit itself but the reality is this guy was a nazi and had been slow building for nearly 20 years. Even the Guardian while admitting at the time of the case that he was a slow burner could not help themselves but keep adding Brexit references into it but the truth is this guy was mental, had spent 20 years collecting, researching, buying stuff, reading US stuff on KKK and other groups like that! You seem to forget that at the time of the Brexit campaign everything bad was attempted to be linked to Brexit! especially from publications very vocally against it. It might sound right for someone to think "Brexit inspired him to act on his impulses" but that cannot be said with any truth. His statements of Jo Cox being a traiter to the nation were 100% wrapped up in non EU "entrants" to the country and almost zero to do with being in or out of the EU! People of colour, not Polish speaking whiteys.
I think monotheism only became about control when it became organised. As you might have guessed, I love Roman history and I guess there was probably a period of 250 to 350 years when it was not organised. The initial hostility stemmed from the Idea of one god being shocking and this did not gain wider acceptance until Constantine. It was also the reason why the Romans disliked Judaism although I think that you also need to look at the political situation in Palestine in 1st century which was akin to the Balkans in 1990s. Adrian Goldsworthy has written about the different Jewish factions fighting against each other in the first century and he came to the conclusion that he wax sympathetic to the Romans ! I also understand that Mohammad is a credible historical figure unlike Jesus...the latter actually more likely to have been the leader of a Jewish sect /faction at the time. He know Jesus was genuine but probably a very different person than that portrayed in thr New Testament.
Which is what Christianity is. And Islam. And modern Judaism. Since the idea of one God was weaponised against those with many gods, it has become a key facet in nationalistic world building.
Look back on that time now. Corbyn stood side by side with Cameron in grief. Then look at the disgrace Trump has made in weaponising grief. The world has tumbled.
If you want an example of how anti Brexiters (Pro Brexiters did this kind of false straight line linking too) wanted to link this poster to Joe Cox's death then a good example is an LSE blog written the November after the vote, complaining about how these Brexit and Joe Cox's murder were not being (officially) linked, contained this snippet within it: "A few days before the murder of Jo Cox, Nigel Farage stood before an anti-immigration poster with the slogan ‘breaking point’; the poster bore an eerie resemblance to a Nazi propaganda movie." So this sounds pretty feasible.............apart from the fact that Farage actually stood in front of that poster in the morning of 16th June 2016 and Joe Cox was killed just before 1pm on the same day! So not a few days before at all! A few hours is stretching it! It is unlikely, although not impossible, that Thomas Mair saw that poster before he decided "Today is the day." Was Joe Cox killed because of her political views? Yes there is no question about that, but it was more to do with actual long running immigration policy and not because she supported remain.
The only thing I will say, and I really don’t think Brexit was a particular trigger for him, but witnesses said he shouted: Keep Britain independent! As he committed the attack. So heightened feelings during Brexit probably played a part.
Ian, you’re edging into the world of cobblers again I’m afraid. The Qu’ran and associated hadiths etc are so riddled with inconsistency and hypocrisy, they make the Old Testament read like a viable historical document. You’re a bright chap, and if you’re genuinely interested in such things, I’d implore you once again to read Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Quereshi (a devout Muslim). I think you’d find it fascinating and that you’d learn a lot.
