Taking the knee, sky,and Premier league

This is the person who seems to guide your moral compass. A fine role model for many posters on this forum. I know i will be slated by the usual suspects but hey, i tell it like it is. I cannot tell you how being white feels because i'm not white. You can't tell me the consequences of being a black person if you are white because you don't know. Most Black people don't support BLM but the do cry out for equality. Anyhow back to the shining example that is Richard Littlejohn.

Death of Lucy Meadows
In December 2012, Littlejohn wrote an article criticising the decision of Accrington teacher Lucy Meadows to return to the same school after undergoing Gender Reassignment Surgery. Littlejohn repeatedly misgendered Meadows and stated: "he's not only trapped in the wrong body, he's in the wrong job".[19]

In March 2013, Meadows was found dead with police reporting no suspicious circumstance, suggesting suicide.[20] Littlejohn's article was later removed from the Daily Mail's website following Meadows' death.[19] Trans Media Watch, a charity for transgender people, said: "We are deeply saddened that this inquest should ever have been needed."[21] A petition drive was launched demanding Littlejohn be sacked.[19][22][23][24][25] Two petitions signed by over 240,000 people were handed over to the Daily Mail offices.[26]

At the inquest into her death on 28 May 2013, it was reported Meadows had contacted the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over press harassment citing Littlejohn.[27] Blackburn and Hyndburn Coroner Michael Singleton stated that press coverage of her gender reassignment was "ill informed bigotry" and that Littlejohn in his article had "carried out what can only be described as a character assassination, having sought to ridicule and humiliate Lucy Meadows and bring into question her right to pursue her career as a teacher".[28]

Asian hopscotch lessons
In February 2011, Littlejohn wrote in his Daily Mail column that Haringey Council was using taxpayer funds for hopscotch lessons for Asian women. This was an urban myth first propagated in 1995 by the former Conservative Party chairman Brian Mawhinney, who took the name of the Hopscotch Asian Women's Centre literally. The centre offers "support services for Asian women and their families on a wide range of issues including domestic violence, benefits, housing, education, immigration and health matters [and provided] advocacy and support to people with learning disabilities".[3]

Jack Monroe
Littlejohn was accused[4] of taking insufficient care to check the facts before publishing an article critical of cookery writer and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe. Littlejohn suggested that Monroe, who prefers the singular they pronoun, chose to give up their job. Monroe's young son was unsettled with a range of different carers. As Monroe had grown up in a home with foster children, they are aware of the potential for harming him. Monroe tried unsuccessfully to negotiate flexible hours so they could work and look after their baby, but gave up their job so they could look after the child better.[29] Littlejohn incorrectly suggested that Monroe was an unemployed welfare claimant.[30][31]

Attitude toward homosexuality
In 2004, the Diary column of The Guardian newspaper documented the results of a "Littlejohn audit"[32]—a count of the number of references Littlejohn makes to homosexuality in his columns. Marina Hyde of The Guardian noted in 2004:
In the past year's Sun columns, Richard has referred 42 times to gays, 16 times to lesbians, 15 to homosexuals, eight to bisexuals, twice to 'homophobia' and six to being "homophobic" (note his inverted commas), five times to cottaging, four to "gay sex in public toilets", three to poofs, twice to lesbianism, and once each to buggery, dykery, and poovery. This amounts to 104 references in 90-odd columns – an impressive increase on his 2003 total of 82 mentions.[32]

Disabled protester
In December 2010, Littlejohn satirised[33] an incident in which a 20-year-old man with cerebral palsy, Jody McIntyre, complained of mistreatment by police at a protest. Littlejohn argued that the young man involved should not have attended the protest, and compared him to Andy Pipkin from Little Britain.[33][34] This prompted 500 complaints to the Press Complaints Commission.[34]

Ethnic minority jobs
In December 2012, the Daily Mail published an apology following a piece written by Littlejohn which suggested that ethnic minority staff had got their jobs through discrimination and had threatened to sue the Equality and Human Rights Commissions. The Daily Mail agreed with the Press Complaints Council to publish an apology and clarification.[35]

Tom Daley
On 15 February 2018, Littlejohn, writing for his Daily Mail column, focused on the news that Tom Daley and his husband Dustin Lance Black were expecting their first child. Littlejohn stated that while he supported fostered children being brought up by loving, gay partners, as opposed to living in state institutions, he nonetheless adhered to his belief that children "benefit most from being raised by a man and a woman". He also criticised that in many cases of male gay relationships, Daley and Black included, women were being seen as "mere breeding machines" (their baby's surrogate mother not having been identified) and that offspring were shown off like "commodities".

Littlejohn came under widespread criticism for his comments, with many[who?] accusing him of homophobia. As a result, Center Parcs announced its decision to cease publication of its advertisements in the Daily Mail, with a number of other businesses also reviewing their decision to advertise in the newspaper.[5][36]

Bye Bye again

Well written, well said. If people hang on the words of media idiots like Richard Littlejohn then they must have a very blinkered and unhealthy view of the world.

No more slanted than those who believe Guardian editorials.

Technically Bobby, I'm not sure you can congratulate someone on their writing skills when the post is 90% copied and pasted from Wikipedia either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Littlejohn

theyve always got numbers these wiki boys.... are they in training for us all being chased around by huge beach balls in a giant version of the prisoner

theyve always got numbers these wiki boys.... are they in training for us all being chased around by huge beach balls in a giant version of the prisoner

You may be onto something there number six

theyve always got numbers these wiki boys.... are they in training for us all being chased around by huge beach balls in a giant version of the prisoner

You may be onto something there number six

I'm number 4 but and got expunged in episode 2......still doing voice overs though

theyve always got numbers these wiki boys.... are they in training for us all being chased around by huge beach balls in a giant version of the prisoner

You may be onto something there number six

I'm number 4 but and got expunged in episode 2......still doing voice overs though

I cannot tell you how being white feels because i'm not white. You can't tell me the consequences of being a black person if you are white because you don't know.

This line of thinking just saddens me so much, because it only leads to one place and that is a dark place from our past that we have long ago moved on from, yet we are embracing a divisive and poisonous ideology that is taking us back there.

We've already seen segregation returning in the States in the guise of woke safe spaces.

Harvard holding a Black only graduation ceremony https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 30686.html

White students being asked to leave black only spaces https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51506733

and it was only a matter of time before white only spaces occurred in response https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-u ... hite-awake

and in Califonia the motion to repeal race segregation laws in place was put forward https://www.manhattan-institute.org/cal ... s-prop-209

All in the name of equality. All in line with the premise that I as a white man cannot understand you as a black man, and you as a black man cannot understand me as a white man. The road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.

To paraphrase Morgan Freeman, I’m going to stop calling you a black man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a white man. I'll know you as a man, you know me as a man, with shared experiences of being human.

Watch the following video, where 1,000 people who had never met before took part at a special event at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, to sing one song, in three languages and in three-part vocal harmony, which took them less than an hour to learn.

Then tell me that the human race is better divided, focused on our differences instead of coming together and focusing on the much bigger commonalities we all share as part of this fragile, yet strangely wonderful, inventive and beautiful thing we call the human race.

I'm so tired of all the division. It's not what we're supposed to be.

As i mentioned, "slated by the usual suspects". You were 1.01 to pick me apart so pray tell me what possible thought process leads you to this ,"Dark Place"? I stated a fact and not an opinion. I stated a biological fact and not an opinion. I stated an irrefutable fact and not an opinion. "you cannot see the world through the eyes of a black person anymore than you can see the world through the eyes of a woman" Dark place? do me a favour and stop attempting pulling apart posts from contributors that you obviously deem to be a threat to your perceived self importance. Your previous posts tell me enough about your thought processes.

I cannot tell you how being white feels because i'm not white. You can't tell me the consequences of being a black person if you are white because you don't know.

This line of thinking just saddens me so much, because it only leads to one place and that is a dark place from our past that we have long ago moved on from, yet we are embracing a divisive and poisonous ideology that is taking us back there.

We've already seen segregation returning in the States in the guise of woke safe spaces.

Harvard holding a Black only graduation ceremony https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 30686.html

White students being asked to leave black only spaces https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51506733

and it was only a matter of time before white only spaces occurred in response https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-u ... hite-awake

and in Califonia the motion to repeal race segregation laws in place was put forward https://www.manhattan-institute.org/cal ... s-prop-209

All in the name of equality. All in line with the premise that I as a white man cannot understand you as a black man, and you as a black man cannot understand me as a white man. The road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.

To paraphrase Morgan Freeman, I’m going to stop calling you a black man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a white man. I'll know you as a man, you know me as a man, with shared experiences of being human.

Watch the following video, where 1,000 people who had never met before took part at a special event at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, to sing one song, in three languages and in three-part vocal harmony, which took them less than an hour to learn.

Then tell me that the human race is better divided, focused on our differences instead of coming together and focusing on the much bigger commonalities we all share as part of this fragile, yet strangely wonderful, inventive and beautiful thing we call the human race.

I'm so tired of all the division. It's not what we're supposed to be.

As i mentioned, "slated by the usual suspects". You were 1.01 to pick me apart so pray tell me what possible thought process leads you to this ,"Dark Place"? I stated a fact and not an opinion. I stated a biological fact and not an opinion. I stated an irrefutable fact and not an opinion. "you cannot see the world through the eyes of a black person anymore than you can see the world through the eyes of a woman" Dark place? do me a favour and stop attempting pulling apart posts from contributors that you obviously deem to be a threat to your perceived self importance. Your previous posts tell me enough about your thought processes.

The dark place is a return to a world of segregation. I was quite clear about that in the previous post in fairness.

You choose to see the world through a very limited lens. You choose to reduce your existence to limited concepts like gender or ethnicity. I don't. I see far more to each of us than how much melatonin we have in our skin or what is between our legs.

I see a person's thoughts, deeds and actions, what lies in their heart as more important than any surface-level bullshit like race or gender.

There is no threat to my self-importance. I am a good father blessed to spend time with my children every single day. That is the only validation I will ever need.

However, I freely admit that it deeply saddens me that so many can't get passed these superficial aspects of who and what we are.

It used to make me angry, I couldn't understand how so many could get so easily lost amongst all the divisive crap that comes with intersectional woke insanity. I've largely given up fighting against it now though because so many of you are lost with no way back. Now, I just find it saddening.

You do you and all power to you in doing that. Live your life in your limited, neatly defined bracket. I've long gone past the anger at seeing so many people lose their way, drowning in all the division.

Honestly, I can't fight it anymore, there are just too many of you hell-bent on seeing the world through your simplistic prisms and living within the confines of your broken beliefs desperate to tear down the walls so everyone has nothing, but at least it's an equal share of nothing.

Its an ideology of the weak. It is a way of life that focuses on all of the bad and none of the good of humanity. It cultivates jealous anger and squashes the spark of individuality that makes us all so special. It's poison for the soul and yet you all still lap it up.

I simply cannot understand it, but still, it's your choice to follow that path if you so wish.

It just saddens me that so many will live their lives focused on division when there is so, so much more that defines us. So much more that unites us. So much more beauty in the world than you'll ever get to understand if all you see and all you are is defined by one immutable characteristic.

You could be, and indeed probably are, so much more. It's up to you whether you choose to acknowledge that or not though.

I truly wish you actually understood my thought processes, because at the heart of everything I say, is a resistance to the divisiveness that has taken a grip on our society. Sadly though I fear you couldn't be further away if you tried.

Still, I wish you well though.

I cannot tell you how being white feels because i'm not white. You can't tell me the consequences of being a black person if you are white because you don't know.

This line of thinking just saddens me so much, because it only leads to one place and that is a dark place from our past that we have long ago moved on from, yet we are embracing a divisive and poisonous ideology that is taking us back there.

We've already seen segregation returning in the States in the guise of woke safe spaces.

Harvard holding a Black only graduation ceremony https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 30686.html

White students being asked to leave black only spaces https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51506733

and it was only a matter of time before white only spaces occurred in response https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-u ... hite-awake

and in Califonia the motion to repeal race segregation laws in place was put forward https://www.manhattan-institute.org/cal ... s-prop-209

All in the name of equality. All in line with the premise that I as a white man cannot understand you as a black man, and you as a black man cannot understand me as a white man. The road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.

To paraphrase Morgan Freeman, I’m going to stop calling you a black man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a white man. I'll know you as a man, you know me as a man, with shared experiences of being human.

Watch the following video, where 1,000 people who had never met before took part at a special event at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, to sing one song, in three languages and in three-part vocal harmony, which took them less than an hour to learn.

Then tell me that the human race is better divided, focused on our differences instead of coming together and focusing on the much bigger commonalities we all share as part of this fragile, yet strangely wonderful, inventive and beautiful thing we call the human race.

I'm so tired of all the division. It's not what we're supposed to be.

As i mentioned, "slated by the usual suspects". You were 1.01 to pick me apart so pray tell me what possible thought process leads you to this ,"Dark Place"? I stated a fact and not an opinion. I stated a biological fact and not an opinion. I stated an irrefutable fact and not an opinion. "you cannot see the world through the eyes of a black person anymore than you can see the world through the eyes of a woman" Dark place? do me a favour and stop attempting pulling apart posts from contributors that you obviously deem to be a threat to your perceived self importance. Your previous posts tell me enough about your thought processes.

The dark place is a return to a world of segregation. I was quite clear about that in the previous post in fairness.

You choose to see the world through a very limited lens. You choose to reduce your existence to limited concepts like gender or ethnicity. I don't. I see far more to each of us than how much melatonin we have in our skin or what is between our legs.

I see a person's thoughts, deeds and actions, what lies in their heart as more important than any surface-level bullshit like race or gender.

There is no threat to my self-importance. I am a good father blessed to spend time with my children every single day. That is the only validation I will ever need.

However, I freely admit that it deeply saddens me that so many can't get passed these superficial aspects of who and what we are.

It used to make me angry, I couldn't understand how so many could get so easily lost amongst all the divisive crap that comes with intersectional woke insanity. I've largely given up fighting against it now though because so many of you are lost with no way back. Now, I just find it saddening.

You do you and all power to you in doing that. Live your life in your limited, neatly defined bracket. I've long gone past the anger at seeing so many people lose their way, drowning in all the division.

Honestly, I can't fight it anymore, there are just too many of you hell-bent on seeing the world through your simplistic prisms and living within the confines of your broken beliefs desperate to tear down the walls so everyone has nothing, but at least it's an equal share of nothing.

Its an ideology of the weak. It is a way of life that focuses on all of the bad and none of the good of humanity. It cultivates jealous anger and squashes the spark of individuality that makes us all so special. It's poison for the soul and yet you all still lap it up.

I simply cannot understand it, but still, it's your choice to follow that path if you so wish.

It just saddens me that so many will live their lives focused on division when there is so, so much more that defines us. So much more that unites us. So much more beauty in the world than you'll ever get to understand if all you see and all you are is defined by one immutable characteristic.

You could be, and indeed probably are, so much more. It's up to you whether you choose to acknowledge that or not though.

I truly wish you actually understood my thought processes, because at the heart of everything I say, is a resistance to the divisiveness that has taken a grip on our society. Sadly though I fear you couldn't be further away if you tried.

Still, I wish you well though.

Few things are more divisive than CRT and Identity Politics. Hard to believe but these clowns are pushing segregation on racial grounds. Like most people I thought we’d moved on from that.

Few things are more divisive than CRT and Identity Politics. Hard to believe but these clowns are pushing segregation on racial grounds. Like most people I thought we’d moved on from that.

Problem is Jock, in the main, 99% of the people pushing this truly think they are doing the right thing.

They honestly have no idea what they're suggesting.

The universities have done their job well over the last 30 years. They've killed critical thought and replaced it with dogma and we never saw it coming until it was possibly too late.

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Few things are more divisive than CRT and Identity Politics. Hard to believe but these clowns are pushing segregation on racial grounds. Like most people I thought we’d moved on from that.

Problem is Jock, in the main, 99% of the people pushing this truly think they are doing the right thing.

They honestly have no idea what they're suggesting.

The universities have done their job well over the last 30 years. They've killed critical thought and replaced it with dogma and we never saw it coming until it was possibly too late.

Very well put as always EA.

I feel for any person that lives with the thought, or reality, that they are somehow segregated from society. Whether it be through skin colour, religious beliefs, gender....or anything else.

I believe that taking the knee is divisive. It gives white and black bigots the excuse to argue, not that they needed one anyway given their ridiculous ideology. I don't want any media, political party or person to ram down my throat what they think I should do or believe.

I am very happy in myself that I treat all people with the compassion and respect that they deserve.

I am very happy in myself that I treat all people with the compassion and respect that they deserve.

It really, truly is as simple as this mate.

Some of you will understand this.

The others will think its bigoted crap.

Most who fall into the second category probably won't have the patience to watch it though.

Its a good reflection of the society we've fallen into though.

I cannot tell you how being white feels because i'm not white. You can't tell me the consequences of being a black person if you are white because you don't know.

This line of thinking just saddens me so much, because it only leads to one place and that is a dark place from our past that we have long ago moved on from, yet we are embracing a divisive and poisonous ideology that is taking us back there.

We've already seen segregation returning in the States in the guise of woke safe spaces.

Harvard holding a Black only graduation ceremony https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 30686.html

White students being asked to leave black only spaces https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51506733

and it was only a matter of time before white only spaces occurred in response https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-u ... hite-awake

and in Califonia the motion to repeal race segregation laws in place was put forward https://www.manhattan-institute.org/cal ... s-prop-209

All in the name of equality. All in line with the premise that I as a white man cannot understand you as a black man, and you as a black man cannot understand me as a white man. The road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.

To paraphrase Morgan Freeman, I’m going to stop calling you a black man. And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a white man. I'll know you as a man, you know me as a man, with shared experiences of being human.

Watch the following video, where 1,000 people who had never met before took part at a special event at the Tower of David in Jerusalem, to sing one song, in three languages and in three-part vocal harmony, which took them less than an hour to learn.

Then tell me that the human race is better divided, focused on our differences instead of coming together and focusing on the much bigger commonalities we all share as part of this fragile, yet strangely wonderful, inventive and beautiful thing we call the human race.

I'm so tired of all the division. It's not what we're supposed to be.

As i mentioned, "slated by the usual suspects". You were 1.01 to pick me apart so pray tell me what possible thought process leads you to this ,"Dark Place"? I stated a fact and not an opinion. I stated a biological fact and not an opinion. I stated an irrefutable fact and not an opinion. "you cannot see the world through the eyes of a black person anymore than you can see the world through the eyes of a woman" Dark place? do me a favour and stop attempting pulling apart posts from contributors that you obviously deem to be a threat to your perceived self importance. Your previous posts tell me enough about your thought processes.

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