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 Lombardinho  London 05 Dec 20 10.17pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
And predictably, it has had the exact opposite effect. It's almost like someone wants to divide us or something. I think you may be on to something there, Hrolf.
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| Matov 05 Dec 20 10.17pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
But why is that wrong? I am actively in opposition to BLM. They are the antithesis of every thing I believe in. Now I support their right to exist, and to express their views but I also support the right to display opposition to that. They booed. They did not throw missiles. Would you like to see booing made illegal? Have any fan who boos thrown out? Banned?
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell. |
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| DanH SW2 05 Dec 20 10.18pm |
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Originally posted by Matov
But why is that wrong? I am actively in opposition to BLM. They are the antithesis of every thing I believe in. Now I support their right to exist, and to express their views but I also support the right to display opposition to that. They booed. They did not throw missiles. Would you like to see booing made illegal? Have any fan who boos thrown out? Banned? We fundamentally disagree in why they are taking a knee so we are never going to agree in this.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 05 Dec 20 10.18pm |
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Vicar of Dibley
One more point |
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Teddy Eagle  05 Dec 20 10.19pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
It's your claim that's the nonsense. Few people are even aware that there is a political movement which uses "Black Lives Matter" as it's title and exploits the empathy that has developed over the events earlier this year. It's the sentiment that black lives matter, and not that movement, that is involved and the players are uniting in a joint show to show they all care. Whether it makes things better or has run its course, are other considerations, but the motivations of those involved ought not be questioned and those who boo them deserve all the condemnation they are getting. Footballers all care? 220 of them every week? OK.
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| Matov 05 Dec 20 10.21pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
Again, ask the players why they are doing it. It is not for the organisation.
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| Spiderman Horsham 05 Dec 20 10.23pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
The players taking a knee is about anti-racism. If you boo it you are a racist. It really is that simple. You do talk some b****cks. What was wrong with “ kick it out”? Not supporting BLM makes you a racist ffs. I think you need to grow up
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| Matov 05 Dec 20 10.23pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
We fundamentally disagree in why they are taking a knee so we are never going to agree in this.
But perhaps you know better? LOL. How very colonial of you.
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| Lombardinho London 05 Dec 20 10.23pm |
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Dawn is a national treasure.
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| Eaglecoops CR3 05 Dec 20 10.24pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
Again, ask the players why they are doing it. It is not for the organisation. Yes, but the whole point is that the players should be more in tune with the fans and not an external organisation with a political agenda. I accept that at the start it may have been unclear as to what was going on but they are not stupid and they should have distanced themselves from that awful organisation.
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 05 Dec 20 10.24pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
But everyone that did is a racist prick. Edited by DanH (05 Dec 2020 9.27pm) says the expert on such matters. that is very sexist language coming from you Dan, a self confessed feminist ?
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 05 Dec 20 10.25pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
But most will not do it because they know it’s wrong. Not because the Palace PR team have had a quiet word and said ‘you know what mate, this might not be a good look for the brand’. You can not be in agreement with it completely and what it stands for. But to actively boo it is to say you believe the opposite in what it is for. I think you would like to believe it’s most but I wouldn’t be so sure. Also, it’s far less the brand people will worry about than the individual consequences of not towing the line could have on them. It is ubiquitous for extreme ideologies to have monikers to place on and condemn those who dare break rank. Secondly, I would again say it shows naivety at best to think that the booing in this context is solely to oppose what you are defining as anti-racism and promote racism. In fact it would go well beyond naivety, worryingly so.
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