Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
If one of the "sides" here is racism, what I don't get is that people are saying there are two of them. Sorry if I've got this wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was Iffy Onoura I heard on the radio yesterday saying that the fight against racism in sport has gone backwards since the 2012 Olympics - the actions of that presenter prove his point. Seven years ago, there would no be need for the stupid qualification made by the presenter, but now, as Gary Neville said, we have the leaders of the two main parties dogged by allegations of racism and the Brexit vote has emboldened racists into thinking that their views are almost part of the mainstream. Therefore, we now have a situation whereby we get presenters treading on eggshells so as not to upset people who hold obnoxious views.
I don't seriously think that the presenter, or whoever was talking in his ear, was suggesting that there are two sides to the racism debate. I think they were clumsily trying to cover the fact that Neville almost went as far as calling Boris and Jezzer racists, which is arguably a matter of opinion rather than fact. I could be wrong.

But I do agree that everyone seems so scared of saying anything on telly any more.