I think Legacy Fan's point is the way people express their distain for these things...

isn't always limited to just the subject matter in hand. As in people start making racist comments, rather than just criticising the behaviour.

I don't think he's saying criticising tax evasion / missed penalties / doping is racist behaviour!

Posted By: SimonOTBC on July 20th 2021 at 11:35:24

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Racism in Sport. Positive. (Other Football) - DiscoDale, Jul 20, 09:06:57
- The win is when we stop having to call out the positive support (Other Football) - Jester, Jul 20, 12:53:52
- Not really. It's not a 'win' for people just being not racist surely? (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 20, 09:18:20
  - Also a fair few celebrating those things are also racist. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 09:57:19
    - #logs out# (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jul 20, 13:14:20
    - Although people gove celebrities of all races stick over their tax avoidance schemes and (Other Football) - Jim, Jul 20, 11:20:18
      - I think Legacy Fan's point is the way people express their distain for these things... (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jul 20, 11:35:24
        
        Indeed (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 12:33:58
    - Comparing tax evasion and doping to missing a penalty? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 20, 10:02:04
      - No (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 10:02:43
        
        Only comparing reaction from racists (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 10:16:55
        
        Perhaps “tribal” is a better description than “national” since same at club level (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jul 20, 10:17:42
  - Good point. Just sick of seeing hate in so many places (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDale, Jul 20, 09:23:02
    - You just said it was a tiny minority (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 20, 09:26:51

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