The reason why the media has not labelled the assassination of British Labour MP and mother of two Jo Cox by the hands of white supremacist Thomas Mair a terrorist act, is because he is white. Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death outside her surgery by Thomas Mair last week, who during his first court appearance gave his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain.” His defence lawyers with the help of the media are painting a picture of a man with mental health problems. The culture that he is brought up in is British but his hatred toward others makes him the same as a terrorist. The Huffington Post reports: Mair is known to be associated with “Britain First,” a far-right anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-multiculturalism, anti-[insert colour] party created by members of the now largely irrelevant British Nationalist Party. He also has an infatuation for Nazi swag, poring through neo-Nazi reading material and making homemade guns. This is the same organization whose leader, Paul Golding, embarrassed himself on national TV earlier this year by turning his back to the newly elected Muslim mayor of London Sadiq Khan during his victory speech. This is the same organization that [...]
