And this is indeed part of the problem. Firstly "defund the police" is largely a goal of the American BLM Movement (which remember is where it originated and where the problems are more obvious than here) the intention is not to "abolish" the police which is the way it seems to be interpreted, but to reduce some of the spend allocated to the police and to spend that money rather than on (often) militaristic methods of oppression and suppression but to spend the money on projects to reduce inequality of opportunity.
I don't listen to Talksport so whatever Simon Jordan is I don't know. Many pressure groups are "political" with a small "p", whether it is the Women's Institute campaigning for better bus services or the BLM movement arguing for equality. And this is the important thing they are not wanting to send white people to concentration camps, though Lord knows they would have good reason to, they just want equality. So let's not have the polticical excuse. Anyway since when did football fans get worked up about creeping Marxism. Mind calling BLM in any way "Marxist" is pitifully ludicrous and shows how led by the right wing media they are.
One thing I hear quite a lot from this "demographic" (of which, I should stress, I am a part as a 60+ balding white man) is they are tired of having xxxx "rammed down their throats" this applies not only to racial equality but also gender equality, LGBT+ issues etc., etc. anyone who sympathises with the plight of these minorities is "woke" or a "Social Justice Warrior" as if those things are in some way bad? It seems to me that they are raging against the dying of the light, this isn't their world any more, it never really was, I feel sorry for them mostly as they are just confused angry people. They seem to share common ground on Brexit and Trump and their profiles on Twitter are defined by multiple Union Flags and St. George crosses where they endlessly confirm each other's bias.
I'm not sure what difference there is between being "racist" and "explicitly racist" is, but booing players taking the knee is a racist act. Also by doing so they have validated the need to continue to do so. Whereas we as led by Britt had decided it was just a gesture (and I thought he was right) when white people stand up and boo players of their own team for protesting at inequality it validates the protest. It isn't pointless they have just demonstrated why it is important to do it. That it annoys them is important.
And it has, we're on here talking about it. What I think needs to be done is to send a simple message back "no that is not acceptable". I was horrified that Millwall and QPR would not "take the knee" tonight. But it sounds like they will. Perhaps the Millwall fans showing a proper respect of the protest will be the best possible outcome, and we can move on. Will they?
Let's see...
