England footballers taking the knee

seawolf,

Yes, it is a serious reply and not a cheeky wink.

Democracy is intrinsically a choice, (Southgate's), whereas being required to do something, (in this context) it could be argued is in some ways autocratic. I respect your views, but in this case disagree.

I agree we live in a democratic society, so if fans disagree with the England players kneeling, so they should be allowed to boo. It depends on your political stance on Black Lives Matter (BLM). Imho, kneeling by the England footballers is not about showing solidarity against racism. Kick It Out is and what an excellent organisation this is.

Instead, kneeling is showing subservience to BLM who are an extreme left-wing, anarchist organisation who wish to smash Capitalism and society's pillars that keep this financial system in place and seek anarchy to bring through their political cause. They have wilfully caused billions of dollars worth of destruction in America, want to defund the police, and cynically under the guise of racism, use this to manipulate the public's emotions creating division amongst the populace which is precisely what they are gunning for.

Listen to the football fans booing the Irish players below. Why not do what Ireland's opponents, Hungary, far more respectfully do and point to a 'stamp out racism badge' on their shirt sleeve?

I feel embarrassed for England when the players kneel. Whether Southgate is naive or simply deluded re: BLM, I am not clear. And now The United Kingdom teams, I would suggest, are becoming the butt of jokes and derision from a majority of the sides in the Euros who are refusing to kneel throughout the tournament. I don't have a racist bone in my body. I am all for stamping out the racist pox, but for goodness sake, find a better, less demeaning and humiliating way of doing it.

The usual left wing patronising comedy from Newsthump. There's two issues for me which I'm confident many people agree with. Firstly, the knee is a political gesture not only linked to Marxism but also to black power. They could not have chose a worse gesture to copy than that one. It doesn't matter how many times they say it's about equality only, change it. Stand up like a man for a start.

Secondly, there is no problem with racism in this country, and certainly not in sport. If the odd moron, out of millions who could, calling Rashford a nasty name on social media is what you call a big problem, especially these days, you're deluded. People are also sick of being told what to think. Being told you're racist if you don't support anti racism or homophobic if you don't support gays is highly irritating.

This is a free country, there are so many bigger issues than a bit of name calling. Like poor old Christian. Stand up and play the game you sorry b******s.

randall,

NewsThump.com describes itself as "a left wing British news satire website that publishes spoof articles about current events." It is similar to other British news satire sites such as The Daily Mash and Spoof Magazine. So, the article you have highlighted is a spoof. Is that your complete intention?

News today is primarily political. Mainstream journalists are political hacks being paid to follow either a left wing or right wing narrative. There is no centrism anymore. There are far more left wing than right wing hacks today as the "forces that control humanity" wish for a left wing narrative to carry out their New World Order or Globalist agenda. Anyone who disagrees with this agenda and is "media influential" is often called a conspiracist or "far right". The Globalist political template aimed for is China and its Communism or Marxism politics, depending on your viewpoint.

Re: Taking the kneel, my humble advice is always look at both sides of the argument. If you only read the MSM, then you will be influenced to accept that taking the knee is about showing solidarity against racism rather than being sub-serviant to the Marxist movement, Black Lives Matter.

To address this imbalance, here is another side to the argument.

www.infowars.com/posts/orban-defends-hungarian-fans-who-booed-take-a-knee-labels-gesture-a-provocation/

randall,

...amongst all this wall of drivel

You certainly know how to create an intelligent and rational debate. 

giphy.com/explore/dying-laughing

Yes. If you place into Google 'Black Lives Matter Marxism', it comes up with 40,100,000 results.

As a typical example, Black Lives Matter co-founder, Patrisse Cullors, said in a video from 2015 that she and her fellow organisers are “trained Marxists”, making clear their movement’s ideological foundation.

nypost.com/2020/06/25/blm-co-founder-describes-herself-as-trained-marxist/