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Bit in bold is unfair- refer you back to my previous post: Obviously I completely agree those who paved the way for progress should be celebrated. What I don't agree with is the idea that white English people now should be afforded praise for managing to sit through a football match without...

Its not about excusing people for being there. The point I was making was that such views cannot be excused now because there are not the same societal pressures to conform to that way of thinking, whereas in times gone by there was clearly a justification of sorts for them. You've completely...

Older generations may well have had more of an excuse for these views given they were ingrained in society, and ultimately we are all a product of our upbringing. Of course those who helped shift such rhetoric should rightly be commended, there is no doubt about that. Context is obviously very...

This misses the point I think, people should not be praised for not being racist, that is not an achievement. Emphasis is rightly on those who fail to comply with most basic standards of human decency.