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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
whats happening here though is that gareth and the FA are trying to silence peoples right to peacefully protest against politics being used in sport
People cant be told what they should not be offended about, that's not how it works
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You have that the complete wrong way round. First off, taking the knee was the first gesture in this scenario. I think we can agree that fans weren't booing players before kick-off until this happened, so just by the sequence of events, then England "fans" are trying to shut down a peaceful protest.
And again, why is black lives mattering viewed as a distasteful message - political or otherwise, that should be protested?
To be clear, I agree you have a right to protest against equality, but I've yet to see a coherent or honest reason beyond...Marxism innit.
Poppies are political but I've never seen England fans boo their use, or seen anyone say that politics should be kept out of sport. It's only this one specific instance...