Interesting reactions to Kermit's post/link.

It seems there is a UKIP politician (not voter) whose distaste for black people is such she wouldn't sit next to one at a meal.Presumably none of the pro-UKIP posters on here would vote for her if she stood as a candidate in their council elections.

If anyone on here wants to defend her sentiments as being no kind of any problem in a politician of any party,then fair enough and I wait with bated breath to hear why and how.

But,a reaction of just suggesting Kermit is inferring every UKIP voter must be like her (which would be nonsense) is something he plainly wasn't saying in his post and does seem to be a stock response of some about any concerns expressed about why some people with questionable views might be attracted to UKIP.

Similarly,the suggestion that her seemingly abhorrent racism equates to suggesting all labour/tory voters must condone child abuse or tax avoidance is plain silly,as plain silly as suggesting all UKIP voters are racist,which is precisely what Kermit didn't suggest.

Of course its valid to query a politician who advocates fighting tax avoidance if they themselves engage in it and there have been plenty of psts on here dong just that.Politicians are hypocrites,what's new? But,that hardly equates to a politician refusing to eat with a black person,or does in some people's eyes?Her behaviour /views isn't hypocrisy but something far more insidious.

We avoid tax, almost all of us, in some way when we can.Has anyone on here never stayed 5 minutes over at a parking meter and not paid extra,thus avoiding a parking tax imposed by a local authority? Smokers/drinkers never brought in more duty free cigs or booze than the duty-free limit? Would that be the same as any of us being racists? Would that mean none of us could oppose multi-nationals avoiding tax through clever schemes thought up by expensive accountants?

Plainly, loads of people intending to vote for UKIP are not motivated by racism or an antipathy to other cultures or even by an antipathy to immigration,but it seems some may be motivated in part by the first.

The question of why UKIP appeals to such people is interesting and valid.

Edited by legaleagle (22 Feb 2015 1.10pm)