Opponents of immigration/multiculturalism should merely call this blowback. US foreign policy in the Middle East led to blowback on 9/11 and now the consequences of mass immigration (‘colonisation’ as ABB put it in his court statement on Monday) has resulted in blowback in Norway. Many people who despised Bin Laden could at the same time believe the left’s 9/11 blowback argument because a lot of what they were saying was undeniably true.

The reaction should be as follows: “The governing class’s determination to continue its policy of mass immigration coupled with its suppression of all legitimate resistance to this policy led to blowback in the form of ABB. The members of the governing class, including the parents of Labor youth group, need to ask themselves ‘Why do they hate us?’. In order to prevent similar tragedies by desperate individuals and groups who believe their voices are not being heard the government and the media must allow for an open debate on immigration with those who oppose government policy permitted to participate without fear of abuse and/or legal sanctions.”

Such a moderate sounding statement by nationalists will win favour with ordinary people and put the left in an awkward position. It should go without saying no nationalist parties or activists should endorse the attacks but there’s also no need for grovelling or any other displays of weakness.