I am not English and I don’t know if the BNP is actually racist or not. I do know that that word is slung around in a lot of contexts in which it doesn’t belong, and that American and British Muslim advocates use it to smear and discredit people who dare to speak the truth about the global jihad. But anyway, whether the BNP is really racist or not, this bus driver has been fired because his route had him carrying mostly disabled Muslims (“Asians” in this article) whom he had to make sure were seated properly, etc.
Was he yelling racist epithets at them? Mocking the Prophet? Filling his bus with anti-Muslim literature? Nope: there were no complaints about him. None. His employers just thought that his beliefs, rolling around in his mind up there in the driver’s seat, might offend his passengers.
It just gets crazier and crazier.
From the BBC, with thanks to jonascot:
Bradford city councillor for Wisbey, Arthur Redfearn, drove a bus for children and adults with special needs.
But West Yorkshire Transport Service said it was “incompatible” for a BNP member to transport the mainly Asian passengers every day.
Fellow Bradford BNP councillor James Lewthwaite said his colleague was now considering legal action….
“This is undemocratic, it’s sacking someone for something he might do rather than for what he has done.”
The transport service is a private company run by Serco. Its spokesman said Mr Redfearn had a caring role as the bus driver, which conflicted with his political role.
“He has to strap passengers in and help them in and out of the vehicle,” he said.
“It’s not appropriate for an active member of the BNP to be ‘in loco parentis’ with them.
“Their families might not have confidence in him and that means we would not be fulfilling our duty of care.”
UPDATE: Some people have filled me in on the BNP, and I want to emphasize that I do not support them. However, I also do not support victimizing people for wrongdoing that they actually haven’t committed.