Croatia refuse to take the knee in Euro’s

Quoted from Yoda

Croatia have announced they will not take the knee, good on them.
I hope they smash our woke losers.
Does anyone know where you can buy a Croatia shirt.?

What are you scared of?

What worries you about a group of people giving a demonstration of their anti-racist views & solidarity with people who continue to suffer daily racism and discrimation?

I have a theory that some white people who grew up in poverty, who didn’t do very well at school, who left with little or no qualifications and have spent their lives moving between poorly paid jobs and being unemployed’s only solace in life was the thought “well at least I’m not black”.

But suddenly the majority of people in the country want everyone to be treated equally and not based purely on the colour of their skin. But that would suddenly leave those sad, bitter white people who have done nothing with their lives and only sense of pride was in “not being black” at the bottom of the ladder.

I’m not suggesting for a moment that you fall into that category, but I am interested why some people are so angry and scared about a diverse group of 26 successful young Englishmen making a stand against racism.

After all if it’s okay for you to spout your opinions on this message board why is it not okay for the England football team to show their opinion on racism and discrimation in this country by taking the knee?

It seems that freedom of speech only matters when you agree with what the other person/people are saying.

I am genuinely interested what makes people so angry and want to boo taking the knee. I am fortunate that I received a very good state education and went to a Grammar School, but other than it shows the person is racist I can’t think of a good reason why people object to taking the knee.

And that question is open to anyone opposed to taking the knee, why are you so angry at the idea of treating people equally?

Oh and I don’t want that pathetic excuse that BLM are all Marxists.

FFS, here we go again. I get that we should not censor debate but please, whether you like it or not, keep all the "taking the knee" stuff on the one thread so the board does not get clogged up with multiple threads on the same subject.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

What are you scared of?

What worries you about a group of people giving a demonstration of their anti-racist views & solidarity with people who continue to suffer daily racism and discrimation?

I have a theory that some white people who grew up in poverty, who didn’t do very well at school, who left with little or no qualifications and have spent their lives moving between poorly paid jobs and being unemployed’s only solace in life was the thought “well at least I’m not black”.

But suddenly the majority of people in the country want everyone to be treated equally and not based purely on the colour of their skin. But that would suddenly leave those sad, bitter white people who have done nothing with their lives and only sense of pride was in “not being black” at the bottom of the ladder.

I’m not suggesting for a moment that you fall into that category, but I am interested why some people are so angry and scared about a diverse group of 26 successful young Englishmen making a stand against racism.

After all if it’s okay for you to spout your opinions on this message board why is it not okay for the England football team to show their opinion on racism and discrimation in this country by taking the knee?

It seems that freedom of speech only matters when you agree with what the other person/people are saying.

I am genuinely interested what makes people so angry and want to boo taking the knee. I am fortunate that I received a very good state education and went to a Grammar School, but other than it shows the person is racist I can’t think of a good reason why people object to taking the knee.

And that question is open to anyone opposed to taking the knee, why are you so angry at the idea of treating people equally?

Oh and I don’t want that pathetic excuse that BLM are all Marxists.

Nail and head…

I've never been a fan of singing allegiance to the UK monarch at the start of England games but it's never stopped me supporting England.

FFS not again.
Could we move this thread to please.
Enough is enough.

Quoted from TAGG

FFS not again.
Could we move this thread to please.
Enough is enough.

To please who?

Just to clarify, I don’t care what colour people are I just think taking the knee is problematic,controversial and unnecessary. Achieved nothing but further problems

Quoted from GrimRob

I've never been a fan of singing allegiance to the UK monarch at the start of England games but it's never stopped me supporting England.

Always been part of my argument…

I'm not one little bit racist but it's being rammed down our throats - nearly everytime you turn the TV on there is a non-white facing you

Quoted from GollyGTFC

What are you scared of?

What worries you about a group of people giving a demonstration of their anti-racist views & solidarity with people who continue to suffer daily racism and discrimation?

I have a theory that some white people who grew up in poverty, who didn’t do very well at school, who left with little or no qualifications and have spent their lives moving between poorly paid jobs and being unemployed’s only solace in life was the thought “well at least I’m not black”.

But suddenly the majority of people in the country want everyone to be treated equally and not based purely on the colour of their skin. But that would suddenly leave those sad, bitter white people who have done nothing with their lives and only sense of pride was in “not being black” at the bottom of the ladder.

I’m not suggesting for a moment that you fall into that category, but I am interested why some people are so angry and scared about a diverse group of 26 successful young Englishmen making a stand against racism.

After all if it’s okay for you to spout your opinions on this message board why is it not okay for the England football team to show their opinion on racism and discrimation in this country by taking the knee?

It seems that freedom of speech only matters when you agree with what the other person/people are saying.

I am genuinely interested what makes people so angry and want to boo taking the knee. I am fortunate that I received a very good state education and went to a Grammar School, but other than it shows the person is racist I can’t think of a good reason why people object to taking the knee.

And that question is open to anyone opposed to taking the knee, why are you so angry at the idea of treating people equally?

Oh and I don’t want that pathetic excuse that BLM are all Marxists.

Good post but you might want to change some of your wording so that the people you talk about can actually understand it.