I don't think EDL are stupid, some one had to stand up and bring to the attention of a sleeping population that we have an enemy within, Islamists.
Before the EDL, we had no idea there were Islamists. thanks...

Now you may and probably do disagree with our methods but it was the only option available, to shout as loud as possible and cause the state as much trouble and money as is possible.
We actually don't disagree with your methods. The Egyptians and Tunisians used similar methods, the world was behind them and inspired by them. That's not the case with the EDL.
Would EDL have got the front page if we had held candle light procession or held badly attended seminars. NO, it would not, we would have been ignored, well we're not ignored now are we.
Islamic terrorists say the same thing, their metods get front page attention. This doesn't validate the ideology or give it any credibility.
We have forced discussion of the problem and people are waking up, hopefully in time for something to be done.
No, you havn't. This was already being discussed long before the EDL.
When we see firm action being taken then EDL will disband and leave democracy to solve the problems.
Action such as?
You cannot grind down the working class in this country and not expect us to react, we were once the backbone of Britain and we have been relegated to the side lines by Thatcher and Blair and possibly by Cameron as well and we are not standing for it anymore.
We were once the factory workers, the miners, the fishing industry, farm workers and we have been dumped.
Shouldn't you be advocating for an increase in the minimum wage?
Once upon a time we workers were united and strong we could bring down governments and they had to listen to us.
Now our unions have been stolen from us by the middle class, mostly public sector workers and our political party, the Labour party hijacked by the same middle class college boys, who regard us with contempt.
So...Islamism is the enemy, because they want to work outside the law, bring down the government and replace it with Shariah. Do you know why? Because they don't have support. You don't have enough support either. In total EDL members and Islamists make up probably 1 million people. Neither of you stand a chance I'm afraid.
With such contempt that they tried to replace us with people from all over the world, people who would work for slave wages, people who were unaware of their rights, all to please big business, why because we made sure via unions that we would not work for slave wages, so they got rid of us, made sure the education system didn't educate, stopped training us so that our young were not fit to work, no jobs for us in the NHS, only public sector our young can do now is to sweep the bloody streets or die in the army.
I, for one would like EDL to change direction and target all those traitors in Westminster who have betrayed us as well as the Islamists.
Traitor is a legal classification, it does not apply to people who think differently than you.