Burnley Football Club deserve credit for the way they have dealt with the incident, and their response shows the way forward
It is an understandable defence mechanism. The very nature of outrage centres around the unfathomable: being unable to comprehend how someone could be so cruel, so hateful or wired the way they are. When it involves a sport we love, from someone in the colours that we might wear, the resistance is stronger.
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