21 Mar 2021 19:22:36
I noticed that the Celtic and Rangers players did not take the knee. Does this make them all racists Ed?

{Ed007's Note - I wouldn't think so no but I don't know any of them that well, some of them may well be.}

1.) 21 Mar 2021
21 Mar 2021 20:12:47
The reason I ask is you told me that if people do not support the black lives matter by taking the knee, then you were racist as it was a black and white issue (no pun intended) .

{Ed007's Note - No I didn't, I said if you're against anti-racism you're on the side of the racists, you're just trying to play with words. There was some kind of show today, I actually thought they were going to have a minute's silence.}

2.) 21 Mar 2021
21 Mar 2021 21:23:43
They were doing a stand, a stand against racism.

3.) 21 Mar 2021
21 Mar 2021 21:30:03
A person does not need to take the knee to prove they are not a racist.

Their everyday conduct being humane, respectful and dignified is worth a lot more than taking knee for a few seconds.

Reason a lot of clubs have stopped taking knee, is the controviseys BLM movement has been involved in and players such as Wilfred Zaha have publicly distanced themselves from BLM knee because of this.

4.) 21 Mar 2021
21 Mar 2021 21:35:38
Basically they done the exact same thing that the rugby teams done. What is the difference?

As I pointed out at the time the rugby teams (by the way I do not have any interest in egg chasing) were not being anti-racist as the normal practise was to stand in solidarity against racism.

5.) 22 Mar 2021
21 Mar 2021 22:29:27
I totally agree with what you said Phil and said similar myself at the time.

My original point on the topic was last month and it was how I disagreed with the way people are bullied by the media for not adhering to certain political statements.

6.) 22 Mar 2021
22 Mar 2021 06:07:08
Is the political statement not based on the american government under trump?

{Ed001's Note - none of this is true and is just ignorance, this whole thread. Wilfried Zaha has not publicly distanced himself from BLM at all. That is a lie.

The players who have stopped taking a knee have not done so in response to BLM or any other outside, utterly unrelated movement. They have done so because they feel that taking a knee has run its course and had become a token gesture, without any value in actually fighting against racism.

I don't know why ignorant people persist in wittering on about BLM, it is, and has never been, anything to do with taking a knee. Racists in the media and in politics keep trying to connect the two, but they are not connected.}

7.) 22 Mar 2021
22 Mar 2021 08:32:30
@Ed001 - Could you point out what I said that was ignorant?

{Ed001's Note - bringing rugby into it. This is nothing to do with that at all.}