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IAmNotARobot, I think my main point is about air time, publicity. The EDL are on the news more and more, and this helps them to grow. People who feel angry and want an outlet for their frustrations latch onto a group like the EDL and their anger seems, to them, more justified because it is shared by that group.
You are right that everyone knows they do not represent the whole. But sometimes we need to state the obvious. When the news report tells us the EDL are violently protesting against the woolwich murder, this over shadows the efforts of others to promote a peaceful reaction. So the peaceful reaction needs to be louder. They are growing, we need to make them look small.