MOTD

[Olneythelonely]

You have to be a particularly sensitive person to let Gary Lineker upset you.

[Clampy]

contradicts himself - see Qatar WC for just one example. Hypocrite

How so?

Banged on about the human rights abuse etc then went there and took the money anyway . He wasn't alone though , Alex Scott, Neville etc etc . Hypocrites

You seem to be confusing two different things. There are people who were paid by the Qatari state, be it to promote or comment on the World Cup they were hosting.

There are people whose job involves reporting on a World Cup tournament which was taking place in Qatar.

Unless I missed something, Gary Lineker did the second, not the first. Gary Neville I believe did the first. And is therefore, as you say, a massive hypocrite. Gary Lineker also would be had he done what Neville did. But he didn't.

If he felt so strongly about it perhaps he should have stayed at home . I'm sure somebody else would have stepped in .

If you feel that strongly about him, why not boycott MOTD?

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I boycotted MOTD from about 2011 to 2021.

[LeeB]

Better still, boycott H&V

[Toronto Villa]

I boycotted MOTD from about 2011 to 2021.

I boycotted most of football let alone MOTD. A shit Villa makes everything else pretty much irrelevant.

[LeeB]

I boycotted MOTD from about 2011 to 2021.

Ha ha, yeah me too.

[paul_e]

I boycotted MOTD from about 2011 to 2021.

Ha ha, yeah me too.

Yep, add me as well, I reckon in that decade I watched about 10 games in England that we weren't playing in.

[Gareth]

On Lineker I think he is an excellent host for MotD, he’s slick and knits everything together well, some of the pundits who are supposed to provide expertise leave a lot to be desired though.

His politics are irrelevant to his ability as a broadcaster as he doesn’t deliver them on MotD though I appreciate he is a bit idealistic and not extreme enough for some

[Hookeysmith]

Ah, you're a bigot then.

Interesting how name calling / making assumptions about people is deemed ok when it suits.

What is it about human rights that you object to?

Careful that you don't fall off that moral high ground.  Who mentioned human rights?
But what gives you the right to brand / name call someone who may not have the same view as you....that's very right wing don't you think?

[PaulWinch again]

Thought Wright was good and balanced as usual.

[AV84]

Ah, you're a bigot then.

Interesting how name calling / making assumptions about people is deemed ok when it suits.

What is it about human rights that you object to?

Careful that you don't fall off that moral high ground.  Who mentioned human rights?
But what gives you the right to brand / name call someone who may not have the same view as you....that's very right wing don't you think?

VillaTim has told on himself quite a few times.

[paul_e]

Ah, you're a bigot then.

Interesting how name calling / making assumptions about people is deemed ok when it suits.

What is it about human rights that you object to?

Careful that you don't fall off that moral high ground.  Who mentioned human rights?
But what gives you the right to brand / name call someone who may not have the same view as you....that's very right wing don't you think?

Not really, if you think stereotyping is something reserved entirely for the right wing and try to weaponise it against the left like this you do very little other than make yourself look a bit silly.

Also it's worth noting that generally 2500 posts (or near enough) is a pretty decent sample size to get an idea of who someone is and the poster you've decided to jump into bat for has done very little to suggest SE is wrong.

[Sexual Ealing]

Ah, you're a bigot then.

Interesting how name calling / making assumptions about people is deemed ok when it suits.

What is it about human rights that you object to?

Careful that you don't fall off that moral high ground.  Who mentioned human rights?
But what gives you the right to brand / name call someone who may not have the same view as you....that's very right wing don't you think?

No.

I get that you're not very clever, and I guess that's not your fault, but you've made some logical leaps there.

I mentioned human rights. I don't have the time or inclination to Google the various controversies around Gary Lineker's tweets, but from memory, they're mostly to do with fair treatment of refugees, the feeding of poor children and Russian money influencing UK government policy. These are all human rights issues. That's why I mentioned human rights.

You are a poster who continually moans about keeping sport and politics separate. Why is that (I know the answer to this, by the way)? And what is your problem with the concept of people having human rights?

You also ought to stop calling other people scum (I know you haven't done that in any of the quoted remarks, but you do), but then I guess you have a human right to do so, even if it doesn't reflect particularly well on you.

[rob_bridge]

Watch it most of the time.

Prefer Chappers as host being honest. Wouldn't have said that 10 years ago.  Good to see Shay Given being given a chance as MOTD pundit.

Wright improved a lot on that more recently but rubbish on England ITV coverage. Looking forward to Richards improving similarly but then again more likely to have good game for Villa.

I'd say Line-acre as Channon used to call him has one more  Worrld Cup.

[Nunkin1965]

Don’t we all demonstrate an element of hypocrisy? We buy Chinese goods despite their human rights records. Often in the production of the very products we consume. We watched and enjoyed the WC with knowledge of what took place to host it. Same with the Olympics in China or Russia. And it’s not like our hands are clean. There are plenty of things we could do to be better.

If you find Gary Lineker offensive, of all the people you could choose to get upset over, then I would suggest you find time to demonstrate vociferously about the myriad of things that pale in comparison to anything he has ever said or done. In the context of media figures he is as bland as they come, and on the whole lacking in any kind of serious controversy. There are many way, way worse.

Correct. We've all.got the hypocrite vibe to lesser or greater extents!