I agree. Grown men not switching on to watch someone taking a knee is pretty pathetic. Booing someone else's right to protest is pretty pathetic, too.

Still want the political kudos associated with supporting England, though.

What we need is a unique thread about taking the knee. Everyone should have another opportunity to say again what they said on the numerous other threads.

Thank you OP for the opportunity to regurgitate.

Why the faaack are you using Wilf Zaha's quotes to justify booing players taking the knee?

I'm shocked tbh. Rev supporting the actions of a black man 🤔

comment by Lubo - Super Dooper Liam Cooper (U14008)
posted 1 second ago
I agree. Grown men not switching on to watch someone taking a knee is pretty pathetic. Booing someone else's right to protest is pretty pathetic, too.

Still want the political kudos associated with supporting England, though.
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Yep, it’s all pathetic, just like having a Post deleted because someone hasn’t got the education or communication skills to debate or discuss the contents

Almost as pathetic and witnessing grown men acting like sheep

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why the faaack are you using Wilf Zaha's quotes to justify booing players taking the knee?
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Why, doesn’t it fit with your wokeism agenda

comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - Super Dooper Liam Cooper (U14008)
posted 1 second ago
I agree. Grown men not switching on to watch someone taking a knee is pretty pathetic. Booing someone else's right to protest is pretty pathetic, too.

Still want the political kudos associated with supporting England, though.
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Yep, it’s all pathetic, just like having a Post deleted because someone hasn’t got the education or communication skills to debate or discuss the contents

Almost as pathetic and witnessing grown men acting like sheep
----------------------------------------------------------------------I'm glad you also see and acknowledge how grown men booing people for kneeling also comes across like them acting like sheep, too.

You're really on the ball today! It's unusual for you...

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 5 minutes ago
Why the faaack are you using Wilf Zaha's quotes to justify booing players taking the knee?
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Besides, it was a quote from the BBC

comment by Lubo - Super Dooper Liam Cooper (U14008)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - Super Dooper Liam Cooper (U14008)
posted 1 second ago
I agree. Grown men not switching on to watch someone taking a knee is pretty pathetic. Booing someone else's right to protest is pretty pathetic, too.

Still want the political kudos associated with supporting England, though.
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Yep, it’s all pathetic, just like having a Post deleted because someone hasn’t got the education or communication skills to debate or discuss the contents

Almost as pathetic and witnessing grown men acting like sheep
----------------------------------------------------------------------I'm glad you also see and acknowledge how grown men booing people for kneeling also comes across like them acting like sheep, too.

You're really on the ball today! It's unusual for you...
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It’s called freedom - free to take knee, free not to, free to clap, free to boo , free to agree, free to be disgusted

Perhaps those against taking the knee, should take the knee in protest. Then everyone is happy as they are taking the knee for one reason or the other..


More seriously though, people become desensitised to these sorts of things. It is no longer impactful but i do not think there is any reason to protest against it as some still find it to be an important gesture.

Public floggings of racists on the pitch b4 kick off, now that could work

comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why the faaack are you using Wilf Zaha's quotes to justify booing players taking the knee?
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Why, doesn’t it fit with your wokeism agenda

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Because you've taken it totally out of context and acted like he agrees with all these idiots who think that players saying "racism is bad" is too controversial and political

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 seconds ago
Perhaps those against taking the knee, should take the knee in protest. Then everyone is happy as they are taking the knee for one reason or the other..


More seriously though, people become desensitised to these sorts of things. It is no longer impactful but i do not think there is any reason to protest against it as some still find it to be an important gesture.

Public floggings of racists on the pitch b4 kick off, now that could work
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Taking the knee will as much controversy as VAR will in this tournament. I've heard more about kneeling than about the actual teams playing ffs. Leave politics out of sport I say.

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why the faaack are you using Wilf Zaha's quotes to justify booing players taking the knee?
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Why, doesn’t it fit with your wokeism agenda

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Because you've taken it totally out of context and acted like he agrees with all these idiots who think that players saying "racism is bad" is too controversial and political
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As I say, the above is a direct quote from the BBC - I’m not sorry if it offends you, you just need to maybe grow up

comment by Shaun M - Everywhere you go, always take Rapinha with you! (U9955)
posted 1 minute ago
Taking the knee will as much controversy as VAR will in this tournament. I've heard more about kneeling than about the actual teams playing ffs. Leave politics out of sport I say.
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And that is exactly what BLM.org want and are pushing for - they want to cause division through their extremist views

And sadly, far too many people have bought into their stance, without having any understanding whatsoever of their political agenda

I'm not offended at all I think it just highlights how clueless you are if you're going to use his position to justify your own when the two literally couldn't be any further apart

Kneeling solves nothing, just causes agro and division. Its a political symbol and a section of society don't like it. I'm a big Euro's fan and I wanna listen to coverage about the games and goals, not kneeling and booing

comment by Shaun M - Everywhere you go, always take Rapinha with you! (U9955)
posted 46 seconds ago
Kneeling solves nothing, just causes agro and division. Its a political symbol and a section of society don't like it. I'm a big Euro's fan and I wanna listen to coverage about the games and goals, not kneeling and booing
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As I say, it was cut and pasted from the BBC - I didn’t write the article and I didn’t redact it either - it’s word for word a BBC article

I didn’t use his position - the BBC did to highlight a point

Trust that helps

^^^^

that was in response to Christopher, not Shaun M

Ah so you're not using his position in bad faith to back up your own views you're just using an article that uses his position in bad faith to back up your own views

That's totally fine then - and not at a hypocritical considering you have an article running right now about how corrupt and bias the BBC is

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
Ah so you're not using his position in bad faith to back up your own views you're just using an article that uses his position in bad faith to back up your own views

That's totally fine then - and not at a hypocritical considering you have an article running right now about how corrupt and bias the BBC is
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I’m totally impartial

And an absolute advocate for free speech

He’s a complete clown Christopher, I wouldn’t waste you breath.

comment by Shaun M - Everywhere you go, always take Rapinha with you! (U9955)
posted 10 minutes ago
Kneeling solves nothing, just causes agro and division. Its a political symbol and a section of society don't like it. I'm a big Euro's fan and I wanna listen to coverage about the games and goals, not kneeling and booing
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You know what else causes aggro and division.

Racism, and people feeling powerless against it.

There's a pretty large section of society that don't like this either.

Let's call it... the majority.

comment by Legacyton 125.2 (U8879)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Shaun M - Everywhere you go, always take Rapinha with you! (U9955)
posted 10 minutes ago
Kneeling solves nothing, just causes agro and division. Its a political symbol and a section of society don't like it. I'm a big Euro's fan and I wanna listen to coverage about the games and goals, not kneeling and booing
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You know what else causes aggro and division.

Racism, and people feeling powerless against it.

There's a pretty large section of society that don't like this either.

Let's call it... the majority.
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They’re non powerless against it though - that’s a self pitying cop-out

There’s plenty happening in our world today to stamp out racism, and I’m all for it

Sadly, taking the knee is nothing more than pointless, ineffective gimmick - but it allows the wokes of our world to believe they’re actually doing something

comment by 🇬🇧 ThE ReVoLuTiOn Is HeRe 🇬🇧 (U22182)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - Super Dooper Liam Cooper (U14008)
posted 1 second ago
I agree. Grown men not switching on to watch someone taking a knee is pretty pathetic. Booing someone else's right to protest is pretty pathetic, too.

Still want the political kudos associated with supporting England, though.
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Yep, it’s all pathetic, just like having a Post deleted because someone hasn’t got the education or communication skills to debate or discuss the contents

Almost as pathetic and witnessing grown men acting like sheep
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Yes Rev, but you do come over as a bit of a flag 5hagger.

What is it about taking the knee that sends grown white men into such paroxysms of anger and hate? I know what it is and it's not pretty.

It's the same reaction to Meghan Markle, Greta Thunberg, Marcus Rashford, migrants, The EU......

Seriously, why do folks get sooooooo worked up?

And why boo the team you purport to support? It's such a paradox, that it just makes me smile when I think about it.

Then when the opposition to those that are anti taking the knee starts, it usually takes the form of personal abuse about wokies, defunding the police, Marxism (which particular part of Marxist philosophy do you disagree with ), commies, liberals and lefties.