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What would one call someone who opposes those goals, if not a racist?
Careful, you’ll get shouted at for saying things like that!!!
What would one call someone who opposes those goals, if not a racist?
I was very lucky a great aunt was married to a board member of pan books, so twice a year we got a tea chest of every new paperback title they published. I became a book hoover reading a novel in one sitting sometimes. Became big sci fi fan reading Heinlein , Bradbury, Asimov et al in bulk when 10 up. Also used to surreptitiously nick mums copies of Harold Robbins, red hot for a pre teen in 1973.
Erm, or could it be the other way round ?Careful, you’ll get shouted at for saying things like that!!!
For decades, mixing sport with politics was a bad habit attributed to the Soviets and its satellite states. It was shunned at. Nowadays we are all too happy to step in, in a similar way.What would one call someone who opposes those goals, if not a racist?
But the question was, if those English Football fans who actively boo an explicitly anti racist gesture by the players, are not racist, then what are they?For decades, mixing sport with politics was a bad habit attributed to the Soviets and its satellite states. It was shunned at. Nowadays we are all too happy to step in, in a similar way.
A lot of people experience or practice sport, and consider it relaxing. They love football for the game itself. Should they now be forced to show their commitment to a cause ? Or even be banned if they are in the stadium just for having some good time ?
I’ve written many times here, and I maintain that such actions are 100% useless and hypocritical bull. Remember how many people said during confinement that they’d never take the plane again for holidays ? Currently people are queuing up for tickets. Remember those who said they’d never buy vegetables at a supermarket again ? What I can confirm is that a few weeks ago I wanted to buy local asparagus, they are more or less twice the price but to us it’s a no-brainer (well my girlfriend is a farmer’s daughter…). Impossible to find, only stuff from Spain. At one place I asked the shop assistant, he told me he had stopped ordering them as they usually ended in the bin, being considered ‘too expensive’ by the customers. Hold on, how many times do we cook asparagus in a year, maybe twice ? For a family of four that would make an extra expense of at least £10 per year, consider this !!
All this to say once again what I think of lip service. And this is IMO a very woke thing.
Same as that of tea in China.What the price of asparagus has got to do with the question?
For decades, mixing sport with politics was a bad habit attributed to the Soviets and its satellite states. It was shunned at. Nowadays we are all too happy to step in, in a similar way.
A lot of people experience or practice sport, and consider it relaxing. They love football for the game itself. Should they now be forced to show their commitment to a cause ? Or even be banned if they are in the stadium just for having some good time ?
There are certainly racists among them, but by far not all. Some are there for football and want games to remain what they are: games. And If I were there, I’d probably not boo at the gesture as it’s a bit silly indeed, but inside myself I’d shake my head over such newly institutionalized anti-something gestures. Resolving the problem takes more than that.But the question was, if those English Football fans who actively boo an explicitly anti racist gesture by the players, are not racist, then what are they?
The answer is in my last sentence.What the price of asparagus has got to do with the question?
There are certainly racists among them, but by far not all. Some are there for football and want games to remain what they are: games. And If I were there, I’d probably not boo at the gesture as it’s a bit silly indeed, but inside myself I’d shake my head over such newly institutionalized anti-something gestures. Resolving the problem takes more than that.
Sorry, but I really don't get that. Why would you boo, or shake your head at an anti racist gesture? Yes, it is a gesture, and by the nature of gestures is unlikely to change anything on it's own, but it is a symbol of support for anti racism. Why would anyone object to supporting anti racism, if they're not anti anti-racism?There are certainly racists among them, but by far not all. Some are there for football and want games to remain what they are: games. And If I were there, I’d probably not boo at the gesture as it’s a bit silly indeed, but inside myself I’d shake my head over such newly institutionalized anti-something gestures. Resolving the problem takes more than that.
I'm not so sure this will happen any time soon as there seems to be a movement to politicise and divide people.
For decades, mixing sport with politics was a bad habit attributed to the Soviets and its satellite states. It was shunned at. Nowadays we are all too happy to step in, in a similar way.
A lot of people experience or practice sport, and consider it relaxing. They love football for the game itself. Should they now be forced to show their commitment to a cause ? Or even be banned if they are in the stadium just for having some good time ?
I’ve written many times here, and I maintain that such actions are 100% useless and hypocritical bull. Remember how many people said during confinement that they’d never take the plane again for holidays ? Currently people are queuing up for tickets. Remember those who said they’d never buy vegetables at a supermarket again ? What I can confirm is that a few weeks ago I wanted to buy local asparagus, they are more or less twice the price but to us it’s a no-brainer (well my girlfriend is a farmer’s daughter…). Impossible to find, only stuff from Spain. At one place I asked the shop assistant, he told me he had stopped ordering them as they usually ended in the bin, being considered ‘too expensive’ by the customers. Hold on, how many times do we cook asparagus in a year, maybe twice ? For a family of four that would make an extra expense of at least £10 per year, consider this !!
All this to say once again what I think of lip service. And this is IMO a very woke thing.
Let’s leave it at that, I say. We will have to agree to disagree, and what is written is not entirely untrue, also Tonys last post has some very good elements in it.Sorry, but I really don't get that. Why would you boo, or shake your head at an anti racist gesture? Yes, it is a gesture, and by the nature of gestures is unlikely to change anything on it's own, but it is a symbol of support for anti racism. Why would anyone object to supporting anti racism, if they're not anti anti-racism?
The answer is in my last sentence.
All this to say once again what I think of lip service. And this is IMO a very woke thing
only wakes like asparagus!We cook asparagus every week, it is a staple veg here, been loving fresh asp season only local is so far as what Tesco supplies tho
only wakes like asparagus!