| Comment | Because the choice of team you support is an entirely voluntary action. You can support literally anyone you like.
So if you have chosen to support a team whose name is synonymous with one or other side of the sectarian divide, again when doing so *is an entirely voluntary action* then yes, I absolutely consider you as implicitly supporting all the negative aspects of that organisation. Accountable is perhaps the wrong word, but I would instantly question why someone who seems to be otherwise progressive has decided to be an adherent to a team that represents so much more than just kicking a football about. At the absolute best, you've managed to turn a blind eye and internalise the issue, which I don't respect as a moral or ethical position.
Again, if it's just about the football, why not a team that literally just plays football and doesn't have any of this to deal with?
To use your analogy as an SNP subscriber - actively supporting a party as opposed to merely voting for them - I would ask you about your comfort level with the history around Souter and Section 2A: you don't get to be selective about which aspects of the organisation you support you identify with; you own all of them. |
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