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9 hours ago, The_Kincardine said:

Booing doesn't make you a racist.

Booing anti-racism protests makes you at least open to accusations of racist sympathies at the very least. 

Nice re-tread of the "following a team whose fans sing bigoted and sectarian songs doesn't make you bigoted or sectarian" stance, there. 

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5 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

There's a difference between saying it's virtue signalling and booing.

I do think it has become tokenistic but I don't think it's acceptable to boo either.

It sends complete the wrong message.

You could argue that any ‘action’ is tokenistic.  Personally I think it’s a good, clearly visible show of support.

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People should keep taking the knee whilst it continues to wind up racists.
Not to mention the odd fleeting moment of amusement when you get to ask a conplete fucking brain donor what, specifically, are rhe aspects of Marxism he/she feel it neccessary to be so vocally against.... During an anti racism protest
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46 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:

People should keep taking the knee whilst it continues to wind up racists.

This culture war shite takes attention away from the real issues. Instead of the focus being on institutional racism it is on football. The the anti racist position becomes supporting the knee rather than supporting police reform. 

It's the same with Palestine. As soon as public opinion was clearly against Israel recently all the media and political attention in the USA and Europe went onto alleged anti Semitic incidents in their home countries. These kinds of dramas are cooked up to serve power.

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You could argue that any ‘action’ is tokenistic.  Personally I think it’s a good, clearly visible show of support.
I am somewhat cynical when it comes to commercial organisations backing actions.

Many are pushing it because it is more to do with their business image then any fundamental belief in anti-racism.

It can get to the point where people are going through the motions - taking the knee etc but nothing else happens.

It needs to be seen as just one part of the campaign not the only part.
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1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said:

People should keep taking the knee whilst it continues to wind up racists.

Anything that might contribute to the facist Patel having an aneurism is good news imo.

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22 minutes ago, Baxter Parp said:

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I'm not at all sure that my life has been enriched with a brief online education on "mulesing" but thanks all the same.

Imagine doing that far a living!

 

 

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2 hours ago, Detournement said:

This culture war shite takes attention away from the real issues. Instead of the focus being on institutional racism it is on football. The the anti racist position becomes supporting the knee rather than supporting police reform. 

It's the same with Palestine. As soon as public opinion was clearly against Israel recently all the media and political attention in the USA and Europe went onto alleged anti Semitic incidents in their home countries. These kinds of dramas are cooked up to serve power.

They're not gonna get resolved mate might as well just let the bigots out themselves as such in the meantime.

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Just now, Detournement said:

Unmasking bigots in a country where 13 million people vote Tory seems like a mug's game. 

 

of course it is but if you start dismissing exercises as pointless we're going to be left with f**k all mate might as well just do the shit that's amusing to you

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52 minutes ago, Baxter Parp said:

 

I thought that said Beer tarrifs will be lifted for a horrible second there. Keep Australian piss water out of are country!

There is loads of weird stuff going on with agriculture farms just now. The Tories deindustrialsed us are they mental enough to deagriculture us?

 

 

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