09-03-2023, 05:30 PM
(09-03-2023, 04:07 PM)all new phil Wrote:(09-03-2023, 01:37 PM)Larry the Loafer Wrote: I think this controversy is less about what Gary has said and more about the perceived hypocrisy of the BBC. People like Alan Sugar have sent out "biased" tweets in the past, and faced no action, despite also being a presenter on the BBC. You also have a lot of accusations about the likes of Fiona Bruce and Laura Kuennesburg who, despite not being quite as direct as Lineker, have raised more than a few eyebrows over their conduct.
It is completely about what he said. He compared the government’s language to that of a regime that put millions into concentration camps in what is widely accepted to have been the darkest moment in modern history. It is a disgusting thing to say.
How did we get to that dark moment in history? The holocaust did not just come out of nowhere, It was a result of dehumanizing rhetoric that manipulated ''ordinary'' people into believing in the lie that large swathes of ''others'' were the enemy and a threat to their way of life.
He's not the first person to draw parallels between the wave of populism sweeping the world right now and that of the 1930's.