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.
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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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