Well you can its just things are taken the wrong way on here all the time. I'm not defending the EDL - or anyone who dislikes anyone down to their skin colour or nationality only - I'm saying a) I don't know what the EDL stand for ( Are they ALL totally far right?) b) my point remains....I just want these radical Muslims out of England. Don't we all??
Roy you cannot argue with them. It will be never ending frustration for you and by the end of it they will have convinced you that you are a genocidal maniac who wants to put people in gas chambers.
You must understand their mentality.
They believe they are morally superior to you.
They believe in a world where everybody is holding hands happily together - an admirable belief.
But in order to continue to believe this they must do two things:
1) Pass off every single atrocity committed in the name of Islam as being "just a few nutters" and nothing to do with Islam.
2) Call anyone who disagrees with them a racist.
You can point out many statements of fact, highlight how erudite you are on these matters vis-a-vis themselves. It will not change anything though.
Or you can point out that you simply want the Islamic community to wake up to its own problems and stop being treated like a spoilt child whose mother will continually defend and excuse their actions, thereby increasing the poor behaviour of said child.
There is nothing you can say to change their opinions.
It is an existential conflict.
They seek to maintain their sense of superiority over you.
They are happy now and feeling very self-congratulatory. They believe they have obtained a confession from you that you are an EDL member, and now rejoice in their victory that you have been shown to be a "fascist" - whatever they perceive that to be.
This has renewed their belief in their acute awareness and insight.