"But two men who hack a soldier to death and then stand there waiting for the police to come and shoot them are never mentioned as being thick. "
I wouldn't describe them as thick because I don't think it's severe enough. 'Deranged' is more in the right league - and ABers have regularly described the attackers in similar terms. Nice try though.
"I agree with VHG many are prepared to label the EDL yet have no personal experience of any harm they have done. "
Some ABers do, actually, as you would know if you had read the thread.
"They are also prepared to condemn them for using the horrific murder of that young soldier to somehow get their own particular message over. "
Because the EDL don't seem to care all that much when members of their own organisation commit murder - a group of 4 in Lincolnshire, and Cameron Schofield in Bolton were all convicted of murder and were all proven EDL affiliates, according to the police.
(details here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCFu4MXoeKFDJBVMfPegvQqiDL91Q8jg_ZOyhe7VgV4/edit?pli=1)
Were the EDL outraged? No. Did they protest? No. Did they make any noise whatsoever over these murders? No. They weren't convenient deaths. They weren't consistent enough with what the EDL says about Britain to be important.
But when a truly horrific murder comes along that happens to suit their agenda, they're all over it like flies on honey.