Racism is bad
There. I said.
As for these well-intentioned performative gestures, they are weak AF and unlikely to make any difference whatsoever. It’s an unoriginal, unscrutinised box ticking exercise, similar to the laughable “when the fun stops, stop” stickers that blend into the background of all the gambling adverts. As if that’s going to do anything to a hopelessly addicted gambler.
Saying that, more is being done by football clubs to make examples of fans who racially abuse players (both from the touchline, and on social media) so hopefully progress is being made. If ‘taking the knee’ is discontinued, will that be seen as a victory for racist cunts?
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Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Thu 24 Jul 2025, 10:42,
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Of course it will, because it is actually that.
If the clubs banned everyone booing the knee then that would send an appropriate message, but football biz people are not very bright, evidently institutionally racist, so probably don't see anti-anti-racism for what it very obviously is, or at least cynically pretend not to recognise it when that's profitable.
I know someone who was actually affected by that gambling slogan to stop all kinds of harmful behaviour, btw. Simple slogans work, just look at the 52%.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Thu 24 Jul 2025, 21:24,
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The 52% were united by the simple slogan not converted by it
And you're right to bring that group of the population into this discussion, "it wasn't just racists that voted to leave europe...".
I assume a good deal of the people they hope to convert, counter-productively view this as having woke BS rammed down their throat and push them further away.
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