Taking of the Knee

Absolutely not.

Why would you assume that?

If you’re against an anti-racism movement, that makes you racist. It’s as simple as that.

First of all there is an assumption that the the booing was racist. Is that a correct assumption? For me, I wouldn’t boo it but I certainly don’t agree with players being told to take a knee because when you have to tell people to do it (which it seems the premier league have done) it loses all meaning and becomes pointless. So for me, the cause is immaterial- it’s making a political point through an action in such a way that everyone involved can’t possibly have any real freedom to do something other than take a knee because they will be singled out and ridiculed or worse, as deemed in this thread, outed as racist.

Look at QPR who decided to take a stand against taking the knee- they were given pelters by the media. There is no freedom of choice here in terms of what you do and that for me renders the whole thing pointless so on that score I can see why people would boo and I would support that. Booing because you disagree with the concept of black lives mattering or because you are against the idea of being anti-racist is obviously a completely different matter but as usual some are viewing football fans as a homogeneous mass and so if there is booing at Millwall then of course it’s because everyone who goes to the New Den is a racist.

You wouldn’t get away with stereo typing other groups in society that tritely And lazily but you can do it to football fans and, to no great surprise, it’s other football fans doing the stereo-typing

I suspect that what we are seeing now is proof of why political actions on the pitch are banned by FIFA. Have they given special dispensation for this taking the knee? There has to be a better way for football to support the cause than this pre-match pantomime bollocks.

Well quite, but how is taking the knee helping? As Dion Dublin put it, “it’s just printing T-shirts again”. I’m sure there are some bright minds in football who could come up with something better. In a sense it’s actually sheer laziness for such a rich sport where millions slip down the side of every sofa for the powers that be to say “we’ll show our support by forcing everyone just kneel for a couple of seconds before every game”, yeah great way for a pampered idiot who lives in a gated community to show solidarity with a cleaner on minimum wage who gets racial abuse on her way to work. Football could and should do better really.

Going down on one knee to show respect to a career criminal who was murdered by a bent policeman 3000 miles away is hardly showing a disdain for racism. Do you really believe that racists seeing people do that will think "Oh, they are going down on one knee. I'd better stop being a racist then!". It doesn't help when BLM tells me that I am a racist because of the colour of my skin and that I had a privileged life. Wow! Some privilege living in a council house, born one year after rationing stopped, wearing second hand clothes ....the list goes on. I probably am slightly racist....but only because I don't like the French (no matter what colour they are!) but I am a firm believer that we are all equal not matter what our skin looks like. Muppets come in all shades. BLM is a marxist group, conceived in part by a convicted terrorist. They don't think the laws apply to them (criminal damage to a statue in Bristol springs to mind). They select a group based on the colour of their skin..(BLACK lives matter).how is that not racist?. If a footballer wants to go down on one knee that is fine with me but do it in the half time interval or during the warm up...not as part of the game. I genuinely don't believe that Millwall fans are any more racist than ours but I do believe they have the balls to say 'Enough of this crap. We are here to watch football NOT politics!!"

He/she/it has got a grip. But don't worry, once the economic effects of covid/brexit/USA election kick in, it will all blow over. Doesn't matter how pro-BLM anyone is, the sh** will hit everyone. And it will be real sh** too. 

I guarantee that all the ‘outraged’ on here will watch the World Cup, cheer on England, and by default support the Qatar tournament..their righteousness only goes so far.

Totally agree, but nobody is against an anti racism movement, evidenced by the fact that nobody has had any issues with the Kick It Out campaign...... they are against the indoctrination of an organisation whose aim is to destroy our society, and who, you are unable to challenge, debate, disagree with, without being labelled racist, just like you have just done!!

Sad thing for you, is, that, no doubt, you think you have the moral high ground and you are reflecting the views of most, but trust me, the response from Millwall will have been cheered by the silent majority!!