But yes, it is a stretch... I think it is an attempt to say they think it is bigotry but don't know what the correct form of bigotry it is - hating on people for where they are born.
And your definition of the bigotry is disingenuous. The message in question says nothing about people but refers to a team, or at worst, a nation. It is not even expressing hatred for anyone or anything, just a preference for a certain outcome at a sporting event. Even that preference can have many reasons beyond distaste for a group of people - that particular outcome might very well have real consequences which the wearers of the tee-shirts (presumably sold to people in very close proximity to the group in question) have definite reasons for wanting to avoid.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
Can Scottish anti-English sentiment really be described as racist?
19/06/2010 01:59:45 PM
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The Celtic race hating the Anglo-Saxon race isn't racist?
19/06/2010 02:08:30 PM
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Nationalism. Duh.
19/06/2010 02:19:47 PM
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Use a dictionary. Duh.
19/06/2010 02:26:34 PM
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No one likes the English
19/06/2010 02:47:22 PM
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I kind of like the English
19/06/2010 02:58:24 PM
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Everyone does
19/06/2010 03:00:26 PM
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Re: Everyone does
19/06/2010 03:01:29 PM
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Re: Everyone does
19/06/2010 03:04:27 PM
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England refers to the football team
20/06/2010 10:52:14 PM
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That is just made up, I've not heard much at all of it this time, if any.
20/06/2010 11:28:13 PM
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Re: That is just made up, I've not heard much at all of it this time, if any.
21/06/2010 12:21:16 AM
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Re: That is just made up, I've not heard much at all of it this time, if any.
21/06/2010 10:48:01 AM
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Re: That is just made up, I've not heard much at all of it this time, if any.
21/06/2010 10:50:40 PM
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It's sort of like people in 49 of the states hating New Jersey. that doesn't make us racist. *NM*
19/06/2010 02:33:49 PM
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I don't know; what does "race" mean to you? *NM*
19/06/2010 03:04:33 PM
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What it means to most people, I should think.
19/06/2010 03:08:07 PM
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Nah, it's a question I like to ask people, not dictionaries/encyclopedias.
19/06/2010 03:28:00 PM
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British news and people are sometimes ignorant about the definition of race.
19/06/2010 03:06:28 PM
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