Caller: Taking the knee has 'gone on long enough' | James O'Brien
June 7, 2021
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4:52Now PlayingCaller: Taking the knee has 'gone on long enough' | James O'Brien
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as posted by the channelJames O'Brien clashes with a caller who thinks footballers taking the knee has 'gone on long enough.'
England players were once again booed by some of their own supporters when they took the knee before Sunday's final Euro 2020 warm-up friendly against Romania.
The caller started by saying he thought the booing was an "unfortunate situation," which "doesn't look good for the country."
But, he then went on to say he thought the booing was happening because "a lot of people think when does this stop?"
He wondered if it might be an "indefinite thing."
James pressed the caller asking if he thought it should stop now as it has "gone on long enough?"
"I think that it has to stop at some stage," the caller told James.
But when the LBC host asked him if he would boo if he was present at an England game the caller said there was no chance that he would.
The caller asked James if he thought it would be acceptable if footballers were "still taking the knee before matches in three years time."
"It never entered my mind that there was a time limit in the fight against racism," James remarked.
Arguing back the caller said he thought people "have a feeling that it's never going to end," leading to booing.
"How do you think being a victim of racism feels?" James asked.
Pointing out that the caller was slightly annoyed that this is never going to end, James said the caller was comparing "people watching kneeling to people enduring racism."
"Pick a side, who do you feel sorry for? The people who have to keep watching these footballers kneeling or the people who have to keep living with institutional racism?"
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