Gary Lineker has been fired by the BBC after a pattern of unacceptable behaviour which involved objecting to war crimes and genocide.
At a time when hospitals are being blown to pieces and children are being starved to death, Lineker has taken the racist position that these things are wrong, even when Israel does them. He has therefore been relieved of his duties, just like everyone who criticises Israel.
Lineker was only fired because he works for the state broadcaster where everyone must be politically neutral. Obviously, no one gets fired for criticising Israel at other broadcasters, apart from every single critic of Israel every single time.
Everyone knows you are not allowed to criticise Israel anywhere in the west, but Lineker arrogantly thought he could buck this trend, just because it was the right thing to do. As one of the nicest human beings among us, Lineker clearly had no future at the BBC. Nice people are frankly unacceptable. They make me want to vomit.
The BBC is a politically-neutral organisation which means you are not allowed to be a nice person with a conscience. You can express the most unhinged right-wing views imaginable (just ask David Starkey), but if you say something controversial like "Israel should stop vaporising tents", you have to go. Israel can vaporise whichever fucking tents it wants, including yours.
The BBC has reassured concerned Zionist staff that they are free to express their pro-genocide beliefs because "pro-genocide" is a protected characteristic. You can rest assured that no one will ever be fired for supporting Israel.
The BBC is so impartial it hires a guy whose pro-IDF book was promoted by none other than Benjamin Netanyahu. Raffi Berg was delighted to brag about this on social media, but he never got fired because that sort of thing is fine.
Raffi's job is to filter the BBC's news output so it never gets too honest about Israel. If ever you see something on the BBC that casts Israel in a negative light, just know the truth was one thousand times worse. Raffi watered down the truth for you in the name of anti-racism.
You might think Raffi's job sounds a bit political, but please remember, he only works in the news. Lineker, on the other hand, worked as a sports pundit and expressed his views in a personal capacity which is much more concerning.
BBC sports presenters should not be allowed to express personal views anywhere, unless they're supportive of Israel, or critical of one of the bad countries like Russia. Let's be honest, if Lineker was criticising Russia, he would have been given a pay rise.
Just know that while Israel is committing one of the worst crimes in history, there are two acceptable courses of action: one is to fall silent and the other is to support it. What you are not supposed to do is use your platform to be on the right side of history. Anyone who does that will not be remembered fondly.
Let the history books show that when the holocaust of our time was taking place, Gary Lineker was willing to sacrifice his job in an attempt to stop it, and for that he must never be forgivenThe last working-class hero in England.
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Another terrible capitulation, endorsing the smear made against him and Palestine Lobby (haven't been able to find if they've made a statement about it - https://nitter.poast.org/Palestine_lobby/ ) Worse since he already made the key point, and could have reinforced it in the public mind on his way out:
'It's not antisemitic to say that what Israel is doing is wrong. And I just can't see how everybody doesn't see it that way now.'
via Kernow Damo, around 3:00:
This is almost as bad as the octopus thing they tried to nail G.Thunberg with. Surely it's about time somebody high profile told them where to get off with this kind of sh!te, or took them to court for libel at least. It's so f*ing outrageous how they can continue pulling this same stunt over and over again, and people just meekly cave in to it, accepting their ruined lives with a shrug of their shoulders - "Oh well, they know best, obviously I said a Bad thing and should accept my punishment". Don't they realise that by doing this they're emboldening those committing genocide and pushing the suffering of Palestinians out of the spotlight to focus - yet again - on the not-really-hurt feelings of lying zionists? Or is this just evidence that they're not really serious in their opposition to this?
Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 26 Feb 2022 People from around the world are signing this viral open letter against the war. Add your voice, and stand with the people of #Ukraine! #NoWar #StandWithUkraine #StandWithUkriane fb.avaaz.org/campaign/en/sto… Sign the viral global open letter against this war
Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 27 Feb 2022 There can be no alternative unless Russia pull out of Ukraine. [quote tweet] World Soccer Talk @worldsoccertalk 27 Feb 2022 World champions France call for Russia to be thrown out of 2022 World Cup: federation worldsoc.cr/36NPEzt - https://nitter.poast.org/GaryLineker/status/1497933304816930817#m
Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 2 Mar 2022 I very rarely hate anyone, but f**k me, I absolutely loathe Putin for what he’s doing. Pure evil. [quote tweet] Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social @sarahrainsford 2 Mar 2022 Polina, 3, is trapped in Kharkiv She spends most of her time playing & sleeping in the bath, where her mum hopes it might be safer Polina has cancer & her meds are running out. The shelling is too heavy to get to the station & get out Her mum is scared out of her mind - https://nitter.poast.org/GaryLineker/status/1499054746669301761#m
Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 10 Oct 2022 Putin is evil. [quote tweet] Choose Love @chooselove 10 Oct 2022 We’re horrified to wake up to the awful news of more Russian bombings targeting cities across Ukraine, including in Kyiv and Dnipro. Our thoughts and our hearts are with everyone in Ukraine, and those forcibly displaced because of the invasion. theguardian.com/world/2022/o… - https://nitter.poast.org/GaryLineker/status/1579436024241217538#mTell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/
Re: Some Russia/Ukraine tweets Lineker didn't get fired for...
Just as well he got fired judging by his Ukr tweets etc. He has no understanding of the geopolitical situation/trends. I like the way he apologised .. it will be the stain on his legacy. He obviously completely misunderstands how to deal with zionazis. Ah well ...
"No understanding of the geopolitical situation/trends"...It's a point that GG makes often enough...
...that so many people are against the genocide in Gaza and despise the prevarications of our leaders and recognise the obvious lies when they talk about it, but then these same people (prime example here being Lineker), can perform a complete volte-face when it comes to Putin, Russia and Ukraine and suddenly they believe everything these same prevaricators and liars are telling them.
Astonishing how they do that, it's so bloody illogical.
on May 19, 2025, 3:19 pm