To report my colleagues fantasy football team name?

[Hulkins87]

We have a work fantasy football league, it’s advertised on the internal intranet site and emails were sent around about sign up details etc.

The league has gone live tonight so you can see everyone’s team including their team names.

A colleague has a team name which references stopping the boats - would it be wrong of me to report this?

It’s a phrase repeated by most politicians. Do you plan to report all of them?

Yes, people will soon lose interest in the fact that thousands of undocumented young men from cultures with values completely different to our own are arriving weekly and being housed in large groups all around the country. Just ignore anyone who mentions it and pretend it’s not happening.

I dont think it's offensive.

I would just leave it

This is probably legally protected speech and you have no right to try and oppress it. You can disagree but you cannot restrict it, you’ll have to move to a dictatorship or similar for that. Everyone who thinks free speech is just for them should move.

They're already losing interest in it. People have multiple issues of concern. Most pressing being the cost of living. Most people are talking more now about what's being done to make life more affordable, improve affordable housing etc. Hence the popularity of a PM who isnt a one trick pony. While people want immigration controlled, it's only a minority who make it their whole personality.

Except that this specifically represents Farage's proposals for stopping them, which are not only scary but also unlawful and liable to lead us into war.

Well no, that is not happening. Check your facts.

I am not sure everyone links ‘stop the boats’ to Reform’s plans. It’s not the first thing I think of. Most will think it just means literally stopping the boats.

Yes, I’ve noticed that less people are talking about immigration recently 🙄 (sarcasm for clarity)

it's only a minority who make it their whole personality.

Strange comment

When Labour moves asylum seekers into the previously unaffected middle class / affluent areas, many more people are going to sit up and take an interest in it.

Which part of my post are you claiming isn’t happening?

War with whom?

Report for what? Why is everyone so obsessed with repotting opinions they disagree with on here?

Perhaps mention it to your colleague first.

Because racism is unacceptable in a work fantasy football
league?

It is not racism.

Oh, no. It's about safety.

Do you have a problem with women wanting to feel safe?

Why’s it xenophobic? I’d also like to stop the small boats; infants, toddlers and children are drowning. There is an unnecessary risk to life, and these people are largely being exploited by human traffickers.

I’m more disgusted that ANYONE doesn’t have a stop the boats attitude.

I do think we should be offering safe crossings and asylum/refuge to those needing it. It’s a humanitarian crisis that you need to flee your war torn country and then have your children drown between two western countries at peace.

StopTheBoats is no more a xenophobic phrase than LevelUpTheNorth or Manchesterisation which are also topical political slogans of the moment that would make suitable team names.

If you believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you

So tell is why it's racist. It shouldn't be difficult, seeings as how it is to say somebody is racist.

Absolutely crazy that people are pushing the definition of racism as far as to include not wanting huge boatloads of undocumented young men arriving on our shores daily. What next, I wonder?

It is racism dressed up as safety

assuming illegal immigrants are dangerous is racism - it’s making sweeping generalisations and it’s directed frequently at people who have arrived here legally , people who have lived here for decades , people who were born here

illegals get sent back - they don’t get given social housing and benefits

Hmm let’s see why following Nigel Farage’s rhetoric is racist…

So you think not stopping the boats and open borders are going to keep women and girls safe?