rjw63 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 04/06/2021 at 14:17, sidcow said: To be fair with the Villatalk penchant for slating any kind of popular easy listing music artists, I'm suprised there isn't more support on here for the backlash against Richard Marx. "Hazard" is a rather excellent tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomav84 Posted June 6, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 heres a thought. if this booing continues, how about zooming in on the faces of the booers in the crowd? be some difficult conversations with their employers on monday morning and would soon stop it. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ciggiesnbeer Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 Imagine being so racist that you cant bring yourself to remain silent for a few seconds while normal people unite against racism. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2021 I wonder what the proportion of those who, while definitely not racist, are so incensed at a match being delayed by ten seconds while players show solidarity against racism also leave early to make sure they can get a pint at half time and/or get out of the ground promptly at full time. And I wonder those who boo the kneeling because they don’t like the cause coped with the “kick it out” campaign material promoted on advertising boarding for the time it did. Must have been pretty hard going for them. If it is because they’re feeling “preached to”, maybe we should remove charitable causes being promoted at matches too. I don’t need to be preached at because some kids are having a hard time of it. I’ve come to watch the football, Acorns... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Mark Albrighton said: I wonder what the proportion of those who, while definitely not racist, are so incensed at a match being delayed by ten seconds while players show solidarity against racism also leave early to make sure they can get a pint at half time and/or get out of the ground promptly at full time. And I wonder those who boo the kneeling because they don’t like the cause coped with the “kick it out” campaign material promoted on advertising boarding for the time it did. Must have been pretty hard going for them. If it is because they’re feeling “preached to”, maybe we should remove charitable causes being promoted at matches too. I don’t need to be preached at because some kids are having a hard time of it. I’ve come to watch the football, Acorns... The fact that this type of situation is the only one that causes a backlash is very telling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ciggiesnbeer Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I wonder what the proportion of those who, while definitely not racist, are so incensed at a match being delayed by ten seconds while players show solidarity against racism also leave early to make sure they can get a pint at half time and/or get out of the ground promptly at full time. And I wonder those who boo the kneeling because they don’t like the cause coped with the “kick it out” campaign material promoted on advertising boarding for the time it did. Must have been pretty hard going for them. If it is because they’re feeling “preached to”, maybe we should remove charitable causes being promoted at matches too. I don’t need to be preached at because some kids are having a hard time of it. I’ve come to watch the football, Acorns... Everyone who booed is 100% a racist. I dont care what they tell themselves we all see them as the racists they are. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: The fact that this type of situation is the only one that causes a backlash is very telling. no amount of mental gymnastics will convince me otherwise 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 FREE MARKETS oooh oooooh oooh ooooooooooooh FREE MARKETS oooh oooh oooooh oooooooooooooh They came from Adam Smith Or arguably Friedrich Hayek FREE MARKETS oooh oooh oooooh oooooooooooooh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: The fact that this type of situation is the only one that causes a backlash is very telling. Yep. Let’s say the players across all the leagues agreed to support Marcus Rashford and adopt a similar pose indefinitely in order to back his campaign to help kids be fed. Are the supporters booing and jeering in that scenario? They’re being preached to, after all. Somehow I doubt we’d be seeing the same sort of negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I’m not in any way trying to make excuses for people but is there an element at all that the kneeling has become somewhat synonymous with lockdown football and that people just want a return to normality? Afterall, the first time the kneel took place was the first game of project restart last season (our game of course, now infamous in its own right for what happened with Hawkeye). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I’m not in any way trying to make excuses for people but is there an element at all that the kneeling has become somewhat synonymous with lockdown football and that people just want a return to normality? Afterall, the first time the kneel took place was the first game of project restart last season (our game of course, now infamous in its own right for what happened with Hawkeye). if this is the case (and I am certain it isn't) then these people have a very odd way of expressing their contempt of unusualness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 It would be interesting to see a Venn diagram of objection to taking the knee and objecting to Covid precautions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I think kneeling has gone on for too long and should naturally evolve into something less polarising (for example, clubs stick "United against racism" on shirts or something like that) but I think you have to be an idiot to boo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 maybe they should start pretending that they're checking if their shoe laces are tied. would confuse the hell out of these morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I’m not in any way trying to make excuses for people but is there an element at all that the kneeling has become somewhat synonymous with lockdown football and that people just want a return to normality? Afterall, the first time the kneel took place was the first game of project restart last season (our game of course, now infamous in its own right for what happened with Hawkeye). I think the fact that the people who boo cite the Marxist boogeyman and "politics" etc suggest lockdown football isn't there problem. Even if it were, for one, it's such an immature thing to complain about, not least because we're still not even completely out of lockdown football. We're only filling 1/10th of most grounds at the moment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted June 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2021 For me if you boo your a racist, simple as that. Is a lot of other ways you can express your dislike towards taking the knee like going to the bathroom or write a journalistic piece explaining your hatred of Marxism or even better dont go to watch football 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 iTs MaRxIsM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I would love Villa fans to take the knee at the first home game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobzy Posted June 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2021 5 hours ago, colhint said: I would love Villa fans to take the knee at the first home game. Some of our fans already booed taking the knee when we played Chelsea. Sadly, none of any of this is surprising. There’s a large underlying current of racism in society and “taking the knee” has been the first (that I can remember, anyway) major active anti-racism symbol at sporting events. The racists don’t like that being “shoved in their faces”. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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