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And you seem to have mixed up the subjects that are being discussed and with whom.

What has this got to do with PL Teams taking the knee? I posted News of a joint statement from the Players and the PL via the BBC. You commented directly on this post. I then replied, to which you are responding about TalkSport's antisemitism allowed to be broadcast live.

Hence.... What?
I probably responded to the wrong poster:
take a Prozac - it’s a nice day out.
 
I think DTM DTM may have had a cyder or three in the sun.

Yesterday said he saw Tyson Fury in the pub, today it might be Anthony Joshua. 🤦‍♂️
 
The taking of the knee began as a one man protest during the playing of the US national anthem- a protest highlighting the disproportionate deaths of African American men at the hands of the police- a very necessary and worthy cause that needed highlighting.

It was a protest by American citizens about a domestic issue within The United States America and its most unfortunate that it didn’t remain just that because having gone viral its meaning has been hijacked by others and left (outside of the USA), nothing but confusion

The taking of the knee in our home domestic professional sports and in Europe will continue to cause division and eventually bring about conflict because this symbol highlighting US police racism has [here] lost its true meaning. It’s not booed because people approve of US police callously killing black men- its booed because its meaning has been lost; and used in tandem with the black power fist also clearly confused.

The head honchos at the FA, The Premier league and The Football league, along with Garth Southgate the yes-man are right out of touch with reality as their reality is lost between the pages of the Guardian newspaper.
I think the booing has encouraged the players to keep taking the knee.
 
I think the booing has encouraged the players to keep taking the knee.
No the neoliberalists that control football today have emphasised compliance and the majority are kneeling with their future careers in mind and not any particular political interest whatsoever. If they were motivated by the political aspect they would ask why a symbol to highlight American police brutality and murder was being used in place of our already in place kick it out organisation- they don’t do that.
 
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No the neoliberalists that control football today have emphasised compliance and the majority are kneeling with their future careers in mind and not any particular political interest whatsoever. If they were motivated by the political aspect they would ask why a symbol to highlight American police brutality and murder was being used in place of our already in place kick it out organisation- the don’t do that.
Nothing will happen to their career if they don't do it, I think several players have stopped doing it already. They've explained extensively why they are taking the knee though.
 
Nothing will happen to their career if they don't do it, I think several players have stopped doing it already. They've explained extensively why they are taking the knee though.
They’re using a gesture designed to protest an American societal issue not a British one.... that needs explaining and explaining fully; even so I will never accept it as it is devisive and deliberately so in my opinion!
 
Was he supposed to be a Spurs fan?
If so, shame on him.... fuck off out of our club...m we don't need cunts like YOU supporting us!
....and if not, it's hardly a surprise!

Shame, cos on the same day that's going on, THIS is going on...

Who do you think is gonna come out best over this???? ... any wild guesses?
 
Was he supposed to be a Spurs fan?
If so, shame on him.... fuck off out of our club...m we don't need cunts like YOU supporting us!
....and if not, it's hardly a surprise!

Shame, cos on the same day that's going on, THIS is going on...

Who do you think is gonna come out best over this???? ... any wild guesses?
What were they supposed to do hang an effigy of him from a lamppost in the Holloway Road?
 
What were they supposed to do hang an effigy of him from a lamppost in the Holloway Road?
No.... they would never do that.... but it just goes to prove the global knee jerk reaction generated from a certain kind of racism....

Give it to The Jews, and it hardly makes a ripple! I literally had to search out what Anti Semitic comment had been said on TalkSport.... and I had to dig deep.... BECAUSE it wasn't the first item (or even the LAST item) on the National News!

Try finding the story on the main news front pages.... good luck!!
Marcus Rashford was the main headline for DAYS....

IMAGINE the world taking the knee (or similar) for Jews? They don't give a fuck, and why would they? Everyone hates fucking Jews....!

IMAGINE an entire wall being plastered with messages of support for a Jewish victim of anti-Semitism in this day an age...? IT LITERALLY wouldn't happen!

The fact that there are even holocaust DENIERS in the world tells you everything.

Yes, there's racism, YES there's anti senitism, YES there's Islamaphobia... it's ALL wrong!
...but look who everyone rushes to suppprt when push comes to shove! There is a global selective reaction to racism.... and it's not healthy.

Racism, Anti-Semitic hatred and Islamaphobia are all spawned from the same ignorant source.... it's ALL abhorrent, and wrong, and has no place in modern society.... yet some of it does, apparently!
Let's see if the TalkSport Anti Semitic comments make the headlines tonight....

Let's see if there's a national outpouring of sympathy for a high profile Jew who's been anti-semitically abused on national radio.... Rich or not, popular or not, Anti Semitic hatred needs to be called out.... publicly, and rationally.

Let's see what happens shall we???
 
No.... they would never do that.... but it just goes to prove the global knee jerk reaction generated from a certain kind of racism....

Give it to The Jews, and it hardly makes a ripple! I literally had to search out what Anti Semitic comment had been said on TalkSport.... and I had to dig deep.... BECAUSE it wasn't the first item (or even the LAST item) on the National News!

Try finding the story on the main news front pages.... good luck!!
Marcus Rashford was the main headline for DAYS....

IMAGINE the world taking the knee (or similar) for Jews? They don't give a fuck, and why would they? Everyone hates fucking Jews....!

IMAGINE an entire wall being plastered with messages of support for a Jewish victim of anti-Semitism in this day an age...? IT LITERALLY wouldn't happen!

The fact that there are even holocaust DENIERS in the world tells you everything.

Yes, there's racism, YES there's anti senitism, YES there's Islamaphobia... it's ALL wrong!
...but look who everyone rushes to suppprt when push comes to shove! There is a global selective reaction to racism.... and it's not healthy.

Racism, Anti-Semitic hatred and Islamaphobia are all spawned from the same ignorant source.... it's ALL abhorrent, and wrong, and has no place in modern society.... yet some of it does, apparently!
Let's see if the TalkSport Anti Semitic comments make the headlines tonight....

Let's see if there's a national outpouring of sympathy for a high profile Jew who's been anti-semitically abused on national radio.... Rich or not, popular or not, Anti Semitic hatred needs to be called out.... publicly, and rationally.

Let's see what happens shall we???
It was a phone in random caller - random callers talk bollocks every day and when they are out of line they are usually very quickly dumped as these broadcasts use
delay system so it isn’t transmitted or broadcasted live.

Was this broadcasted live I don’t know that it was; my understanding ( I could be wrong) is that the dumped comments made it to YOUTUBE I’m still wanting to see the full broadcast but nobody has as yet posted it.
 
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It was a phone in random caller - random callers talk bollocks every day and when they are out of line they are usually very quickly dumped as these broadcasts use
delay system so it isn’t transmitted or broadcasted live.


Was this broadcasted live I don’t know that it was; my understanding ( I could be wrong) is that the dumped comments made it to YOUTUBE I’m still wanting to see the full broadcast but nobody has as yet posted it.
It was streamed live on their Web channel....

Point is, I'm not on Twatter.... i wouldn't have a clue what was posted on there, except it made the National News when Sakha, Rashford and Sancho were abused...

I didn't listen to TalkSport either last night, and was only made aware of this through the THFC website club statement, and you lot on here....

Difference is, THIS won't make it to News At Ten tonight.... or every other news outlet for the next week... and therein lies the problem!
 
No.... they would never do that.... but it just goes to prove the global knee jerk reaction generated from a certain kind of racism....

Give it to The Jews, and it hardly makes a ripple! I literally had to search out what Anti Semitic comment had been said on TalkSport.... and I had to dig deep.... BECAUSE it wasn't the first item (or even the LAST item) on the National News!

Try finding the story on the main news front pages.... good luck!!
Marcus Rashford was the main headline for DAYS....

IMAGINE the world taking the knee (or similar) for Jews? They don't give a fuck, and why would they? Everyone hates fucking Jews....!

IMAGINE an entire wall being plastered with messages of support for a Jewish victim of anti-Semitism in this day an age...? IT LITERALLY wouldn't happen!

The fact that there are even holocaust DENIERS in the world tells you everything.

Yes, there's racism, YES there's anti senitism, YES there's Islamaphobia... it's ALL wrong!
...but look who everyone rushes to suppprt when push comes to shove! There is a global selective reaction to racism.... and it's not healthy.

Racism, Anti-Semitic hatred and Islamaphobia are all spawned from the same ignorant source.... it's ALL abhorrent, and wrong, and has no place in modern society.... yet some of it does, apparently!
Let's see if the TalkSport Anti Semitic comments make the headlines tonight....

Let's see if there's a national outpouring of sympathy for a high profile Jew who's been anti-semitically abused on national radio.... Rich or not, popular or not, Anti Semitic hatred needs to be called out.... publicly, and rationally.

Let's see what happens shall we???
Would you mind explaining what happened? I missed it.
 
Would you mind explaining what happened? I missed it.
Ignorant phone in warrior says anti Semitic thing about Jews in reaction to Daniel Levy playing hardball over Kane transfer.... barely gets a mention .

Equally Ignorant internet warrior says racist thing about black players after the Euros final = national news.

Either it's ALL bad... or just some of it is...
And THAT'S the problem!
 
It was streamed live on their Web channel....

Point is, I'm not on Twatter.... i wouldn't have a clue what was posted on there, except it made the National News when Sakha, Rashford and Sancho were abused...

I didn't listen to TalkSport either last night, and was only made aware of this through the THFC website club statement, and you lot on here....

Difference is, THIS won't make it to News At Ten tonight.... or every other news outlet for the next week... and therein lies the problem!
Prove it was screened live by putting up the full broadcast or have someone put the broadcast up. That way we can all see if the two presenters handled the situation professionally or were as dim witted as depicted in the early post that clearly doesn’t tell the full story- in fact it looks rather like incitement.
 
Ignorant phone in warrior says anti Semitic thing about Jews in reaction to Daniel Levy playing hardball over Kane transfer.... barely gets a mention .

Equally Ignorant internet warrior says racist thing about black players after the Euros final = national news.

Either it's ALL bad... or just some of it is...
And THAT'S the problem!
You’ve definitely got a problem; probably not too keen on black people looking at your ranting on.
 
You’ve definitely got a problem; probably not too keen on black people looking at your ranting on.
No no no... you've totally missed the point. I'm very keen on EVERYONE, believe me!

I'm just acutely aware of the discrepancy between what makes people react, and what doesn't! ...and how very DARE you suggest who I'm keen on and who I'm not...

it's society's reaction to what they think they should be offended by that I have the problem with, not black people ffs!

Show me front page headlines and National outrage from this anti Semitic story.... there is none, and that's telling! It's not about black or white, it's about this Country being happy to let anti Semitic comments still slip under the carpet!

ALL DISCRIMINATION is wrong.... it's just that some people get to cherry pick what they're most offended by!
I repeat, ALL discrimination is fucking wrong!
Whether it's skin colour, religion, ethnicity, ability/disability....
If you can't see that, then YOU have the problem mate!

Please don't make accusations about what I think.... I know full well what it's like to be discriminated against..... I also know when to turn a blind eye, and accept it for 'what it is'.

It's a shame, that's all.
 
Prove it was screened live by putting up the full broadcast or have someone put the broadcast up. That way we can all see if the two presenters handled the situation professionally or were as dim witted as depicted in the early post that clearly doesn’t tell the full story- in fact it looks rather like incitement


There you go.... Happy?

"He's a Jew!"
Not a bat of an eyelid!
 
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