I've seen on social media trying to defend him are doing so because of Neil Warnock's involvement.
In fairness I think a lot of it is because Warnock was going mad at the 4th official and there’s been a movement to try and curb this because violence against refs in non professional football is at an all time high.

There’s also the point Warnock wasn’t too upset about our offside goal against Brighton.

I can see why Warnock is annoyed, the ref was terrible at the weekend and definitely cost us at least a point. But Warnock is a bit of a hypocrite, as much as I respect the man.