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Fundamentally, I agree with you. But I disagree with some of your other tangential views, so I'm afraid all I have to say for now is BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It's probably not the best analogy in the world (the BNP is a political party, BLM isn't etc) The problem is, there's a simpler explanation for it, which is that some people - even people who don't consider themselves to be racist! - just don't seem to like anti-racist protests. And so if you...

For some reason I was thinking of Mark Bosnich before someone mentioned Di Canio!

You're using my logic on a ridiculous comparison that doesn't make any sense, it isn't really working. I think we all agree it's important to listen to the players who are leading and taking part in this movement. If any of them have said they're doing this as a political statement, then we can...

Why not give it a go and see if people agree! Personally I feel more comfortable defending the right to kneel than I do defending the right to give Nazi salutes.

Your Hitler argument would be in spectacularly bad faith, so yeah, I'd feel quite comfortable not comparing it with this.

I've been quite clear in not calling you a racist, so maybe you don't need to be as upset as you say you are. Plenty of other people have already tried to point you in the right direction, but if you're still looking for more articles which explain why raising a fist isn't always an...

It's not really hard to separate it. I've seen football fans attack police officers and spew political nonsense before, but it's quite easy to separate them from the normal, peaceful majority. Unless I had a grudge, of course. And again - the guys protesting are literally telling you that it's...

Just answer the question and stop whining about having your feelings hurt, plenty of other people on here seem capable of having the conversation.

You realise the Millwall players released a statement last night saying very clearly that it has never had anything to do with politics? First Team squad release statement Let's not do the white power vs black power thing now. I'm guessing you know the difference between the two movements, and...

....does it rhyme with Tropicana? (That is genius though) Gustavo Hamer loves City Goals and headbutts, there's enough for everyone He runs the show for Coventry But don't worry, you can fight him I'll see myself out

Catch up, we've literally been doing this for pages now, kneeling for equality for five seconds isn't a political statement. I don't have a problem with fans making political statements, so long as the politics aren't hateful. What were the Millwall fans trying to say? I'm sure it was a...

So you think just changing the slogan would persuade Millwall/Colchester fans not to boo next week?

So OK - you change the slogan, make the movement more polite, dial back the rhetoric even further. Even tamer than kneeling with a raised fist for five seconds! Maybe that will be enough for the white guys who are complaining. What happens when someone takes issue with the next set of protests...

How do you think it feels to Dabo and Rashford? Or should we wait to hear from them until we’re done with your feelings first?

If you’re curious about why black people in the UK feel like they need their own BLM movement, there are plenty of articles about it: Why activists brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the UK (No, of course they’re not the same reasons as the US movement, where things are arguably much...

I don’t really think it’s been hijacked....it’s a leaderless mass movement that thousands of people have supported. If someone conveniently chooses to focus on the actions of a few violent pricks on the fringes, rather than the consistent actions of the peaceful majority then I have to wonder if...

You really expect me to take that argument from Millwall fans, who’ve been bleating for years about how they shouldn’t all be judged by the actions of a violent minority?

Anyone with an internet connection can learn about the Black Power salute and what it meant to people in the 60s. But if you choose to use that knowledge as an excuse to automatically write off or undermine racial protests in 2020, rather than taking a minute to understand why people like Dabo...

I think before you even get to the open dialogue part, you have to know you’re being heard, and are being supported. If people are booing you for trying, and those who say they support you won’t even defend you, what hope do you have in getting to the dialogue part? I’m sure there are players...