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Related: About this forumCan you imagine a football club appointing a manager who praised the King's Cross bombers?
No, neither can I.
But presumably this is OK.
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/news/article/2644/paolo-di-canio-at-bomb-fascists-funeral
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GermanSmoker
(91 posts)What if he was a devout communist? Would the outrage be the same?
LeftishBrit
(41,190 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 3, 2013, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)
Fascism is so intrinsically associated with support for violence that it should not be given this sort of respectability!
Also: I'm as un-nationalist as you get, but given that lots of nationalism IS attached to football, is it really appropriate that a representative of an enemy organization should be the manager of a British football team? I am sure that there are a fair number of Sunderland supporters, whose grandfathers died fighting fascism. I have no problem with an Italian citizen being the manager - but an active fascist?
ETA: To emphasize again: this is not a problem with any other nation, but with violent ideologies. I also would not be happy with someone who expressed support for the Taliban, for example.
non sociopath skin
(4,972 posts)If a Sunderland fan were to give a fascist salute at, say, a Spurs game, he would be banned.
But this guy gets the top job? Beyond belief!
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