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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brian Kinney" data-source="post: 281390" data-attributes="member: 3219">I'm neither shocked nor surprised about the racist attacks online because I was aware of Johnson's knee bend comment before. Johnson and his cabinet of horror appeal to the same crowd as Trump's Repugnants - vile.  And when the shit hits back they fake astonishment.The whole situation probably wouldn't have been better for the players if England's team had won. The only difference is we now have all seen what can happen to them. But that's their life outside the stadium: verbally terrorized by racist morons. The scapegoats for every loser who need to feel imperious while degrading others.Out of the 100-year old fascist play-book. Their dynamics are very well known to politicians and their strategists and they play it because they want it. Erdogan, Orban, Bolsonaro, Duda/ Kaczynski - they all get away with it because voters are alarmingly stupid and desinformed thanks to the capitalist dominated media that helped all of them into power with their fluff pieces.  There isn't enough weed to come down... If these things happen somewhere in Europe it hurts as much as at home. I fear the wave of right-wing nuts over Europe isn't over - it's rising more than ever it seems. This is heartbreaking and infuriating to me.</blockquote>