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No, sorry, I fundamentally disagree, I think that's exactly what you can be. Between mainstream 'acceptable' and 'unacceptable' there are vast shades of grey, and that's before you've even considered factors such as nuance, context, intent and subjective interpretation. With regards to this...

You see this is the problem. Today people seem only to be capable of acceptable/unacceptable, yes/no binary positions and every argument immediately gets reduced to its polar opposites. If I'm in favour of tolerance I must automatically be tolerant of all abuse, is that what you're saying?

Yes. I think that neatly sums up the intolerant attitude I was complaining about, with a nice dash of eugenics thrown in as well!

Fair enough, but I think the opposite. I think it marks us out as being regressive and Victorian where the parameters of what is deemed 'acceptable behaviour' are very narrow. And I'm not just talking about football here, I think there is a whole wider argument of what constitutes 'free speech'...