Seriously weird.

By the way I wasn't the least offended by your comment and he just demonstrates his weirdness by imaging I was.

Praising someone else's contribution is a nice courtesy. Why on earth would that upset me?

Stick around. People like you are needed here.

I respect religious views, even though I don't agree with them. If they bring comfort then I am happy for people. What I don't think ought to be respected by anyone are the kind of scientifically inaccurate assertions that are promoted by the creationists.

Deriding political views here, as with any exchange here, is in an entirely different category to that involved with footballers "taking the knee".

No-one who comes here has to. If they do they can answer in kind any comment. With the exception of the site owner we are all equal here.

The footballers are supported by their employers. They are in their space and not ours.

Show them all the disrespect you like on here. As many have in this thread. If you do it at the grounds, where you are a paying guest, you take a big risk.

Ah, so when you called people indoctrinated loons it was out of respect for their views. I see.
How does disrespecting footballers’ gesturing equal disrespecting the message they are supposed to be conveying?

Who are these “creationists” and what is your specific objection to this compared to any other religious view?

Do you think creationists wanting schools to be banned from teaching about evolution doesn't mean they deserve being described as "indoctrinated loons" in a forum like this?

I wouldn't though attend one of their meetings and start to boo. That would be disrespectful. See the difference?

By all means criticise the footballers action here. That's up to you.

My point is, and always has been, that booing it whilst they are doing it, is showing them disrespect

If the creationists just kept things in their own churches and homes I would agree with you. They don't. They involve themselves in politics and try to change public policy over schooling. They are much criticised in scientific forums, so I am far from alone.

If the players stood on their heads and waved their legs in the air in support of Donald Duck I might take the p**s on here, but I wouldn't boo at the ground. I might laugh, especially if that's what they wanted.

If they gestured in support of Brexit, or anything else, I would just let them get on with it. I certainly wouldn't boo. I might try to investigate why later. I would listen to their reasoning when questioned. I doubt though whether your analogy is valid as I would expect they are as divided on Brexit as everyone else. They seem pretty united on supporting the current gesture.