Mick McCarthy: Reactions to taking the knee - Millwall booed

Reactions to taking the knee - Millwall booed



"I have an input on every decision I do. If I didn’t think it was worth respecting I wouldn;t do it. Quite clearly I do, and so do the players. I remember at Bournemouth and they didn't do it, so I checked with my team and they still wanted to do it, as long as they want to do it we’ll continue to do it."

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We are all for diversity so lets not give credit to the Marxist BLM. We should not be taking the knee.

We are all for diversity so lets not give credit to the Marxist BLM. We should not be taking the knee.

Players have distanced themselves from BLM. The symbol has much more history than BLM. Get over it.

Taking the knee -

It was used in the NFL as an alternative to standing for the National Anthem - the idea being that why stand for the anthem of a racist society.

Are we really saying that the UK is as racist as the US? Are we really saying that players kneeling and giving the clenched fist black power salute is not political.

If one wants to look at history.....

Bending the knee is an act of subservience nothing more.

We are all for diversity so lets not give credit to the Marxist BLM. We should not be taking the knee.

Players have distanced themselves from BLM. The symbol has much more history than BLM. Get over it.

The only way the players will distance themselves properly from BLM is to stop doing this divisive gesture. Why don't they get fully behind the 'kick it out' campaign which is a long established and successful organisation fighting against racism in football.

Get real

We are all for diversity so lets not give credit to the Marxist BLM. We should not be taking the knee.

Players have distanced themselves from BLM. The symbol has much more history than BLM. Get over it.

the knee was started in support of BLM...they are still doing it..

It has turned into the most corporate act of virtue signalling, but so many get upset by it.

It lasts 2 seconds, i don't plan to boo or clap, the coin toss takes longer.

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cause everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that?
I bet you wouldn't believe it
https://youtu.be/7Hf8Ifu7vpQ

We should never have started taking the knee. It’s a gesture synonymous with BLM and should never be encouraged, I really wish it would stop.
Kneeling and black fist pump are not signs of equality.

Real echo chamber of boring tired lines in here.

Especially the subservience one... Its a hat tip to Martin Luther King who knelt at Selma. Its not a competition as to who is more racist. We have a progressive country which still has room for improvement.

Get real? about what. If you choose to see an action as offensive that is very much up to you. The whole campaign has been divorced from BLM rightly or wrongly. Players have specifically said they have chosen to go with a gesture thats established rather than buckling to a load of people that disagree with it because the creators said they were Marxist, even though the organisation has no Marxist goals. Please do share which of their targets are Marxist. Additionally asking peoples protests to conform to your contorted ideology really does take the point away entirely haha. Especially when its as pathetic as saying that a fist in the area/ kneeling (two opposite ends of the spectrum) are both insulting to you. At some stage you just have to accept whatever they did you would moan about. Its 30 seconds at the beginning of a game... get a grip.

Real echo chamber of boring tired lines in here.

Especially the subservience one... Its a hat tip to Martin Luther King who knelt at Selma. Its not a competition as to who is more racist. We have a progressive country which still has room for improvement.

Get real? about what. If you choose to see an action as offensive that is very much up to you. The whole campaign has been divorced from BLM rightly or wrongly. Players have specifically said they have chosen to go with a gesture thats established rather than buckling to a load of people that disagree with it because the creators said they were Marxist, even though the organisation has no Marxist goals. Please do share which of their targets are Marxist. Additionally asking peoples protests to conform to your contorted ideology really does take the point away entirely haha. Especially when its as pathetic as saying that a fist in the area/ kneeling (two opposite ends of the spectrum) are both insulting to you. At some stage you just have to accept whatever they did you would moan about. Its 30 seconds at the beginning of a game... get a grip.

the whole campaign has been divorced from BLM is not true....some has and some has not which begs the question as to why some have found a need to divorce themselves from the original support for BLM ?
its divisive and is wrongly judging and labelling people just as you have done..

We are all for diversity so lets not give credit to the Marxist BLM. We should not be taking the knee.

Players have distanced themselves from BLM. The symbol has much more history than BLM. Get over it.

The only way the players will distance themselves properly from BLM is to stop doing this divisive gesture. Why don't they get fully behind the 'kick it out' campaign which is a long established and successful organisation fighting against racism in football.

Get real

Thank you Tony.

Real echo chamber of boring tired lines in here.

Especially the subservience one... Its a hat tip to Martin Luther King who knelt at Selma. Its not a competition as to who is more racist. We have a progressive country which still has room for improvement.

Get real? about what. If you choose to see an action as offensive that is very much up to you. The whole campaign has been divorced from BLM rightly or wrongly. Players have specifically said they have chosen to go with a gesture thats established rather than buckling to a load of people that disagree with it because the creators said they were Marxist, even though the organisation has no Marxist goals. Please do share which of their targets are Marxist. Additionally asking peoples protests to conform to your contorted ideology really does take the point away entirely haha. Especially when its as pathetic as saying that a fist in the area/ kneeling (two opposite ends of the spectrum) are both insulting to you. At some stage you just have to accept whatever they did you would moan about. Its 30 seconds at the beginning of a game... get a grip.

You are on your own here.

this taking the knee has caused more division than any other symbol. Then add the power fist from the Black footballers.

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cause everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that?
I bet you wouldn't believe it
https://youtu.be/7Hf8Ifu7vpQ

youve met god ?

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cause everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that?
I bet you wouldn't believe it
https://youtu.be/7Hf8Ifu7vpQ

youve met god ?

I havn't Ray Davies of the kinks has.Must have been all those drugs in the 60s

We are all for diversity so lets not give credit to the Marxist BLM. We should not be taking the knee.

Players have distanced themselves from BLM. The symbol has much more history than BLM. Get over it.

Germans have also distanced themselves from the Nazi salute

Marxist Racist Nazi, who cares I say keep politics out of football I have personally turned my back on our players taking the knee this season. I remember years ago our fans giving it to two men trying to sell Bulldog the National Front magazine at the Valley watching us away at Charlton and rightly so NO POLITICS IN FFOOTBALL Now you can say that taking the knee is a gesture that has moved away from BLM but it started as support for the organisation that wants to defund the police, release all prisoners convicted of drugs offences and have special laws for black communities. But I want to go to watch my team football like I always have done since 1972 have a beer shout at the ref give it to the away fans and go home. I’ll watch question time or the politics show if I want to see what’s going politically. So I ask our well paid players black,white,and Asian to get on with playing football and show your support for whatever political party you choose to support in our democratic society at the ballot box. Rant over let’s do Millwall tomorrow

Labamba I think you would not be able to hold a decent debate if you tried, your response came across as very blinkered. I completely agree with Bluesince72 and also remember when the national front tried to recruit Cardiff fans for their racist nonsense - I’m glad to say we sent them packing.

Cardiff take the knee, Millwall don't. There were quite a few boos from the visiting contingent...

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No surprise Millwall booed.

Good for them I say. Shame on us.

Completely agree…..well done Milwall and shame on us.

Get rid of the knee ASAP.

I agree shame on us

Everybody got the right to speak their mind
So don't shoot me for saying mine
Everybody talking about racial equality
'Cause everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes
But if I told you that God was black
What would you think of that?
I bet you wouldn't believe it
https://youtu.be/7Hf8Ifu7vpQ

youve met god ?

This made me laugh.

I met Carl Dale once, which is pretty much the same thing.

Real echo chamber of boring tired lines in here.

Especially the subservience one... Its a hat tip to Martin Luther King who knelt at Selma. Its not a competition as to who is more racist. We have a progressive country which still has room for improvement.

Get real? about what. If you choose to see an action as offensive that is very much up to you. The whole campaign has been divorced from BLM rightly or wrongly. Players have specifically said they have chosen to go with a gesture thats established rather than buckling to a load of people that disagree with it because the creators said they were Marxist, even though the organisation has no Marxist goals. Please do share which of their targets are Marxist. Additionally asking peoples protests to conform to your contorted ideology really does take the point away entirely haha. Especially when its as pathetic as saying that a fist in the area/ kneeling (two opposite ends of the spectrum) are both insulting to you. At some stage you just have to accept whatever they did you would moan about. Its 30 seconds at the beginning of a game... get a grip.

BLM stated children should be raised by "the collective " not the parents, much of the Marxist shite was removed from their mission statement, to make them more palatable to the virtue signallers. You mention Dr King, a truly great man, who stated unequivocally that people should be judged on the content of their character, not the colour of their skin, yet you support BLM who view everything through a prism of race???