Gary Lineker is coming under fire from those who keep protesting about Free Speech and Cancel Culture. They don't want him to use his Free Speech and want the BBC to cancel him.
However:
- His comment was actual - the language IS the same as 1930s Germany. Facts aren't biased. Had he said Leicester City is the best team ever, then there would be a valid questioning of his bias.
- He never mentioned Nazism; it was the right wing press that attributed that word to him, although it is implied.
- He could just as well have said 1930s Britain, where the elite had a love affair with fascism and didn't initially want any refugees at all, just like today's Conservative Party.
- He's a football pundit, not a political journalist. Twitter is not a BBC outlet.
- The right wingers didn't have an issue with his comments about Qatar.
- They would be silent as the grave had he come out in support of the aptly named 'Illegal Immigration Bill'.
- Is Attenborough impartial on climate change?
- The far right wanting to restrict his Free Speech and cancel him is hypocrisy of the highest order.
It's also a bit rich of the Daily Mail to castigate him.
Speaking truth to power always results in a backlash, but it must continue, especially by those having a platform.
When times are tough, and God knows times are tough for the Conservatives, the demagogue invents an enemy. It's demagoguery 101. The sad thing is that many who need someone to blame for their predicament will fall for it.
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What he said was, as you pointed out, factual, but the new Nazis (Tories/GOP) are afraid people may start realising what they really are. The parallels between the MAGA RINOs and the Tories are frightening.
"times are tough for the Conservatives, the demagogue invents an enemy" But every accusation is a confession.
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