Spot on Keith. And to add to that, can anybody really say that they genuinely think that footballers taking the knee are thinking:
"Ah yes, me and my comrades are spreading the message of Marxism far!"
This Marxism link is nonsensical, and the only reason I can think that people have decided to focus on that is because they're uncomfortable with the actual meaning of taking a knee.
As has been mentioned a few times, football players are constantly displaying these kinds of messages - the Rainbow Laces campaign every year, poppies around November, the Mind charity logo being displayed on shirts for the past few seasons etc.
If footballers feel that they want to use taking the knee to keep getting the anti-racism message across, then they should be free to keep doing it. The booing is only giving them a stronger case to keep doing so. Taking the knee is an inoffensive gesture that takes literally nothing away from the match itself.
If footballers collectively doing a brief gesture that represents anti-racism is something that annoys you or makes you uncomfortable, then I think you probably need to take a look at yourself.
This is a good article covering a few things: https://theathletic.co.uk/2244447/2020/ ... rxism-blm/