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Thread: Taking the Knee
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20-10-2020 09:45 PM #151Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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20-10-2020 09:45 PM #152This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteFollow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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20-10-2020 09:46 PM #153This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteFollow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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20-10-2020 10:25 PM #154This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
"Run along now, black people and that, we've played a long a bit but frankly we find it tedious now, so we've decided that you've had long enough to make your stand. You've not changed anything in the couple of months you've been allowed to do this so it's clearly a waste of all our time, so just go back to being shot at and that until we let you have another go at it"
I have to say that I haven't been in agreement with something as much as this for a long time. Great posts Matty.
Interestingly enough I was discussing the BLM movement recently disappearing from the top mainstream media reports with a colleague who was genuinely surprised that in top flight football people were still taking the knee. It raises a point that those who are unaware of the continued reason behind it are probably forgetting the message it represents or am I way off base there?
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20-10-2020 10:26 PM #155This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteFollow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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21-10-2020 08:02 AM #156This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
In my post on page 1, I said I felt that taking the knee had lost its initial impact and that the end of BLM month seemed to me to be a good point to end this particular initiative. That didn't mean that different initiatives shouldn't replace it to keep the issue at the forefront of people's minds.
Any disagreement on this thread is on how effective taking the knee is if it's done over a prolonged period of time and whether that longevity reduces its impact. It's a pity that some people are choosing to interpret that legitimate viewpoint as something else.
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21-10-2020 09:45 AM #157This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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21-10-2020 10:09 AM #158
Matty has - not for the first time - perfectly summed up my feelings on this issue.
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22-10-2020 09:16 AM #159
A study has been conducted which sadly, and unsurprisingly, shows racist abuse of players on social media rises when they comment about racism, whether this is their own experiences or on a wider scale.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=774073400054179
I honestly don't understand the mindset of these people. And I don't think I ever will. Why is their first response when a person of colour talks about being on the receiving end of racism to attack them? I don't understand why when someone says 'this has happened to me' or 'this needs to change' they discount it or adopt whataboutism. You will see it on any article about Black History Month for example.
And I'm not even talking about your EDL or Britain First knuckle dragger, I mean people who you would think were an average man or woman who have adopted this mindset.
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22-10-2020 09:25 AM #160This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As for abusing people, I don't get it at all. Imagine being so insecure about yourself that you can't even let someone talk about their own experiences of being on the receiving end of racism.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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22-10-2020 09:46 AM #161This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Between trolls and bots and wind-up merchants, I really have come to the conclusion that by and large it’s a mugs game to take most things online seriously. The conversations played out here just wouldn’t happen down the pub (if they were open!).
We really have created a monster and I don’t by the crocodile tears of some of the shirkers on the Social Dilemma documentary - the Facebook Monetisation guy - sorry THAT is on you!
The most beneficial and radical thing you can have your kids do is unplug them from this sheet. “Friends”, “likes”, “followers”, self proclaimed “influencers” all hollow concepts warped from the reality. Many years ago now I met a lecturer who taught leadership. His class thought Jordan was a leader as she had 2M followers online. Billy Connolly would have a field day (remember when he tore into “lifestyle experts”?!"We know the people who have invested so far are simple fans." Vladimir Romanov - Scotsman 10th December 2012
"Romanov was like a breath of fresh air - laced with cyanide." Me.
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22-10-2020 09:51 AM #162This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Twist my argument if you like but further than this clarification I’m out.Last edited by Viva_Palmeiras; 22-10-2020 at 10:02 AM.
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