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Racism Part two


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1 hour ago, Graham t said:

Here's a thought....

If a Premier player had decided he simply did not believe in the political objectives of BLM and had refused to wear that shirt with the BLM motif would he...

Be sacked by his club

Attacked in the street by people who felt insulted by his stance

or

allowed freedom of choice...

'Regards'

VLD.

Can we phone a friend?

"Sincerest thoughts"

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3 minutes ago, choffer said:

Fair play for holding your hands up on that one. What about the claptrap about leading black sportsmen and actors “stating that BLM was a crock of s**t”?

I don't feel I can say anymore on those previous posts as it has been shut down. The passion shown by posters was nice to see though....

VLD.

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2 minutes ago, Graham t said:

I don't feel I can say anymore on those previous posts as it has been shut down. The passion shown by posters was nice to see though....

No it hasn't.

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4 minutes ago, WhatAboutTheFinish said:

Of course there is precedent for refusing to wear other symbols that the PL deem to be worthy causes though.

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Yeah, but that’s because the poppy is political.

Whereas nobody can really object to equality.

 

Haaaa! Who did I get? Who did I get?

 

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3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

nobody can really object to equality.

Unless by some extreme form of contortionism, you can dress equality up as a politically motivated movement. But sure, nobody would do that. 

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1 minute ago, chrisp65 said:

Yeah, but that’s because the poppy is political.

Whereas nobody can really object to equality.

Haaaa! Whodid I get? Who id I ge

I'm not sure that really works as a 'whereas'.

If the poppy is political (and it is) then BLM is political (and it is).

People should have a choice as to whether they are forced to wear political slogans, especially when they go to work.

 

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1 minute ago, choffer said:

Unless by some extreme form of contortionism, you can dress equality up as a politically motivated movement. But sure, nobody would do that. 

Of course 'equality' is politically motivated. And so it should be.

 

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1 hour ago, Graham t said:

Here's a thought....

If a Premier player had decided he simply did not believe in the political objectives of BLM and had refused to wear that shirt with the BLM motif would he...

Be sacked by his club

Attacked in the street by people who felt insulted by his stance

or

allowed freedom of choice...

'Regards'

VLD.

I would hope that he would be allowed to openly express his views. 

I'd then hope that everyone with an ounce of decency was then allowed to openly express the view that said player was a massive dick as a consequence. 

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1 minute ago, snowychap said:

I'm not sure that really works as a 'whereas'.

If the poppy is political (and it is) then BLM is political (and it is).

People should have a choice as to whether they are forced to wear political slogans, especially when they go to work.

 

Of course, I completely agree.

I’d added another line in white text.

 

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19 minutes ago, ml1dch said:

I would hope that he would be allowed to openly express his views. 

I'd then hope that everyone with an ounce of decency was then allowed to openly express the view that said player was a massive dick as a consequence. 

Of course, it is called freedom of expression. It's what democracy is all about. 

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VLD.

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9 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

Huh

 

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The fact that it now has three Conservative MPs reflects the deep disaffection with the status quo felt by many in the area.

From that article, they really are thick word removeds

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2 minutes ago, bickster said:

Do you actually have a point you'd like to make?

Yes, that was it........It doesn't have to be 'racism' it's about allowing people to disagree and debate openly without fear of reprisals just because they may have a different point of view.

Thanks for the replies,

VLD.

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26 minutes ago, snowychap said:

Of course 'equality' is politically motivated. And so it should be.

 

On reflection, you are of course correct. I think the point I was making (inelegantly) was that some seek to decry the cause of equality because it is political. By calling it political it invalidates “their” arguments. 

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