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Taking the Knee (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 5, 2022
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PVA

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #36
WestEndAgro said:
Possibly because it had no relevance to football.
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Wearing a poppy on the shirt has nothing to do with football.

Are you fed up of that as well? I'm guessing not.
 
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WestEndAgro

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #37
Think people are getting mixed up with racism and taking the Knee, it's rediculous.
If you believe taking the Knee will resolve anything, put your hand up, then slap yourself.
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #38
It's now a half hearted gesture that sometimes lasts only the length of time it takes a footballer to kneel down and get up again. Some players miss it altogether because they're simply too slow.
When black players start to question its value and openly decide not to do it then it sends a message that it's time to stop.
 
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fatso

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #39
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PVA said:
Wearing a poppy on the shirt has nothing to do with football.

Are you fed up of that as well? I'm guessing not.
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completely different.
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #40
WestEndAgro said:
Think people are getting mixed up with racism and taking the Knee, it's rediculous.
If you believe taking the Knee will resolve anything, put your hand up, then slap yourself.
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I'd like to know what it has actually achieved. Completely unmeasurable . Where it counts is action in the local community, not this. It was fine for a while but because of the nature of it I'm sure many players had had enough after a few months but went through the motions because to do otherwise paints them as something unsavoury. I remember Les Ferdinand calling it absolutely ages ago.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #41
fatso said:
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completely different.
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Hahahaha - typical hypocrisy.
 
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PVA

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #42
fatso said:
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completely different.
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How is it?
 

Johhny Blue

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #43
Maybe for this season we could take an elbow
 

NortonSkyBlue

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #44
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
I'd like to know what it has actually achieved. Completely unmeasurable . Where it counts is action in the local community, not this. It was fine for a while but because of the nature of it I'm sure many players had had enough after a few months but went through the motions because to do otherwise paints them as something unsavoury. I remember Les Ferdinand calling it absolutely ages ago.
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Good point. It lets people who are the target of racism that they have allies, it allows good people to applaud a gesture that is brief but supportive.
whether that is measurable is a moot point but what is probable is that those who are against it are not the ones going to be targeted
 
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Bernie Rhodes Nose

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #45
WestEndAgro said:
Think people are getting mixed up with racism and taking the Knee, it's rediculous.
If you believe taking the Knee will resolve anything, put your hand up, then slap yourself.
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Think people are getting mixed up with taking the knee and sinister political movements.
 

Otis

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #46
rob9872 said:
It would be nice if we continued it when everyone else is stopping and then it would be more powerful and valuable, although I do understand its wider concept had to have a natural conclusion at some point.
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Think about the paraplegic squad, most of which weren't even able to take the knee even if they wanted to.
 

Esoterica

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #47
Evo1883 said:
My missus said that last line about sex , it doesn't work I'm afraid
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Even if she still takes the knee twice a season, it’s better than nothing
 
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Deleted member 2477

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #48
PVA said:
Wearing a poppy on the shirt has nothing to do with football.

Are you fed up of that as well? I'm guessing not.
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PVA

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #49
marcusp said:
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So what's the difference then?
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #50
PVA said:
So what's the difference then?
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Black people are mostly still alive to appreciate the gesture.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Aug 6, 2022
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I'd say I didn't understand why people taking the knee upsets some people, but that would probably not be true...
 
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clint van damme

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  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #52
shmmeee said:
Black people are mostly still alive to appreciate the gesture.
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Unfortunately for some of the contributors to this thread.
 
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