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YT Oxford 11 Aug 22 8.39am | |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I don't know who says that as everyone knows that it's just a tiny minority You still don't get it. Everyone doesn't know. I've heard with my own ears people who've never been near a football ground in their lives comment on how racist football fans are. One, having seen the kneeling on a news bulletin, said to me (when I mentioned at work that I supported CPFC) "I never realised there was so much racism in football...it's shocking...etc etc" Nicholas91 makes the point that the kneeling generates or perpetuates this myth, whatever the actual motivations of the kneelers may be. You and N91 both know it's a minority, as do I. I haven't heard racist language at a football ground since about 1990.
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Midlands Eagle 11 Aug 22 9.09am | |
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Originally posted by YT
I haven't heard racist language at a football ground since about 1990. I believe that the majority of the racism is on Twitter rather than at the grounds
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Nicholas91 The Democratic Republic of Kent 11 Aug 22 9.21am | |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I disagree. The racist side of football is practiced by a tiny minority of thickos I prefer the word 'halfwits' although 'thickos' is just as valid. I did state 'every single person [exhibits racism]' however and you have verbatim labelled them as a 'tiny minority' which I would suggest is an agreement. I would also argue that the identification, sanctioning and removal of a tiny minority requires a concentrated effort and not a meagre gesture to all, every single game. I feel as though I fall into a category of those who do not feel as though they need to be watching players et al kneel to understand 'not to be racist' in any context let alone football. Those that may well need this lesson, in my opinion, will not be won over, educated or change their stances with a 'kneel'. That was my point. There is also the gripe, albeit quite petty, that it can feel as though the majority are being tarred with the same brush as the minority, which can irk and is incorrect and damaging.
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eritheagle Erith 11 Aug 22 10.03am | |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I believe that the majority of the racism is on Twitter rather than at the grounds And apparently the vast majority of it is from overseas accounts as opposed to people who actually attend the matches.
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cryrst The garden of England 11 Aug 22 5.43pm | |
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Originally posted by eritheagle
And apparently the vast majority of it is from overseas accounts as opposed to people who actually attend the matches. Of course but why would sky and the bbc highlight it. Their profound arse licking to blm would have to stop and then social media would cancel them. Aww so sad
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Lombardinho London 06 Oct 22 9.30pm | |
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It's baaaaaack...
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Slimey Toad Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 07 Oct 22 9.21am | |
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The Head of The Premier League has said: "We know more can be done to remove barriers to make football more inclusive and that football will benefit from greater diversity across all areas of the sport." Where and what on earth are these barriers? Are we talking black people, women, trans folk, disabled??!!
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Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 07 Oct 22 10.16am | |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
The Head of The Premier League has said: "We know more can be done to remove barriers to make football more inclusive and that football will benefit from greater diversity across all areas of the sport." Where and what on earth are these barriers?Are we talking black people, women, trans folk, disabled??!! Tell you what Slimey, they're sure as hell not talking about you, me or the rest of the folk on here who just want to watch a football match uninterrupted by any posturing, political virtue signalling. The PL should realise that this feeble gesture will have little or no effect whatsoever on the behaviour of a small minority who will always act like idiots.
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PalazioVecchio south pole 07 Oct 22 11.10am | |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
The Head of The Premier League has said: "We know more can be done to remove barriers to make football more inclusive and that football will benefit from greater diversity across all areas of the sport." well, we do need to make football more inclusive and more diverse. To my knowledge there are zero footballers from the Royal family, the aristocracy or even the kids of Industrialist billionaires. Even those from political dynasties....they seem to do well in the teams of banana republics but not here. Did Ewan Blair ever don the England shirt ? If Colonel Ghadaffi could field a team of his cousins & nephews, why not here ? shockingly poor levels of diversity.
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cryrst The garden of England 07 Oct 22 5.38pm | |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
The Head of The Premier League has said: "We know more can be done to remove barriers to make football more inclusive and that football will benefit from greater diversity across all areas of the sport." Where and what on earth are these barriers? Are we talking black people, women, trans folk, disabled??!! More inclusive to blacks, has he ever watched us the fool. Most of our squad are black and tons of fans arnt white but I don’t ever hear or see anything remotely racist in our ground. Ffs half of my footy buddies around me are black.
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Lombardinho London 07 Oct 22 7.48pm | |
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A scam? I'm flabbergasted.
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dreamwaverider London 08 Oct 22 3.51am | |
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Silva blatantly cheating is for me a far bigger issue for football right now than BLM movement. If football condone openly cheating, which it does, what message does that send to youngsters? The damage an ‘elite’ cheat has on youngsters who spend their lives being influenced by the players is untold.
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