Blueknows
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And what right have kick it out got in telling mendy how he should feel ? ridiculous witchunt in my opinion
Bernardo Silva tweet controversy
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A victimless thoughtcrime.
Is this 2019, 1984 or Minority Report II?
Is this 2019, 1984 or Minority Report II?
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First, it is obvious why the tweet has gained attention. Second, let the players and the club deal with it internally. The game hasn't been brought into disrepute. It's a silly, silly post to make in a hypersensitive time. If I'd posted something similar about about any friend from any race, with different skin, I'd be in the doghouse. If I make a Welsh or Scottish accent, it may gather a cheap laugh - at best. That being said, in doing so, I'd probably be in the doghouse for a crappy Indian accent. I'm no impressionist.
The bigger issues in the game of racial abuse, FIFA and UEFA weakness are more pressing than ill-timed and ill-selected banter. Is it any different from using a blimp to describe Vinny K's head? Yes. Is it as bad as a jam company using gollies? That's for you to decide. The tweet is in the public domain like those gollies, that are antiques these days. Mendy is the ultimate alledged victim, but we live in a day and age where everyone wants PPI money and compensation. CITY could hit Bernardo with the book and some fines - that'd set an example - but it'd imply guilt. Was Silva guilty? Well, he did remove the tweet. I'm sure Liverpool Crown Court will issue their proceedings via the media channels and the FA will step in. The bigger picture and problem of racism in football - with FA ignorance will be overlooked once again.
I play football in China often and they call me 'Gweilo' which is ghost because I am white - or 'Laowei' which is alien. I often get pictures sent to me of Polar bears and weird white things. It is odd and unusual. Bernardo's tweet would never have happened in China.
There's no Twitter there.
But they do have national TV.
The bigger issues in the game of racial abuse, FIFA and UEFA weakness are more pressing than ill-timed and ill-selected banter. Is it any different from using a blimp to describe Vinny K's head? Yes. Is it as bad as a jam company using gollies? That's for you to decide. The tweet is in the public domain like those gollies, that are antiques these days. Mendy is the ultimate alledged victim, but we live in a day and age where everyone wants PPI money and compensation. CITY could hit Bernardo with the book and some fines - that'd set an example - but it'd imply guilt. Was Silva guilty? Well, he did remove the tweet. I'm sure Liverpool Crown Court will issue their proceedings via the media channels and the FA will step in. The bigger picture and problem of racism in football - with FA ignorance will be overlooked once again.
I play football in China often and they call me 'Gweilo' which is ghost because I am white - or 'Laowei' which is alien. I often get pictures sent to me of Polar bears and weird white things. It is odd and unusual. Bernardo's tweet would never have happened in China.
There's no Twitter there.
But they do have national TV.
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Justin Trudeau!!
Oh Troy Townsend of Kick it Out will have a field day. He’s one boring fucker who will go on and on about it. Sure to be popping up on the Shouty White show, he’ll get licence to lecture everyone about this “racist” tweet. I don’t listen anymore but if anyone does please post.
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Apparently you can’t use the word witch-hunt any longer these days just in case the person you are talking or about believes in paganism. I kid you not, happened to a friend of mine recently who was bollocked for using such a word. He has also, in the past, been reprimanded for using the word brainstorming as in the sentence ‘we are having a brainstorming session on the subject later’. The world has been taken over by liberal left wing namby pambies
The post wasn't even addressed to Mendy, he wasn't tagged in it, Bernardo just sent a message to his 600,000 followers.
Anyone who claims it's a private joke is completely deluding themselves.
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Anyone who gives a fuck about it must have very few real issues in their lives. Lucky things.
It seems it was a joke about his mate shared with others. Like jokes are.
The sharing is the part that is in question here.
Saying or questioning if Bernardo is a racist seems to me off the mark. It looks like the two of them have this kind of relationship.
I know others who act like this between each other. Calling each other using clearly racist language which would never be used in normal conversation.
He has made an error and will pay a price, either a ban but also how he is now going to be looked at by others.
squirtyflower
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Could have been worse, he may have said ‘blue sky thinking’
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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A classic example of how political correctness has gone too far, especially in the UK and the USA. Now I grew up on the Kippax where racist and homophobic chanting were virtually the norm. Nobody batted an eyelid. That's completely unacceptable now and that's all to the good. But this kind of nit-picking by self-appointed ayatollahs is something to deplore, and will ultimately destroy the spontaneity of social interaction.
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I await an our dearly beloved FArce sticking his useless nose into how Aguero gets Kun on his shirt. Wasn't that because of some similarity to a cartoon character! I shan't be holding my breath but I do await an FA enquiry.
GaudinoMotors
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So true, but I imagine he'll get punished given the rush to be offended by today's unanalytical, condemning society.
The thought control some think they should have, leads to misinterpretations such as this - even evident in the unexplained censoring on here.
oakiecokie
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The Japanese racist fucker that he is.
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If say henderson has sent the same tweet about mane would we have the same outcry, i very much doubt it. Could imagine big nose thompson on sky its banter between friends end off, nothing else would be mentioned again its a disgrace
I agree with all of that, but there's a concerning trend on this thread to just invent things or take them completely out of context to defend Bernardo.
No, Aguero being nicknamed Kun isn't racist because the comparison isn't "Aguero is Japanese so he looks like this racist depiction of a japanese person!". No it's not a private joke between friends if you share it with 600,000 people. No, it's not comparable to likening De Bruyne to tin tin.
Where has the common sense gone? Why can people not see how comparing a guy to a racist cartoon depiction of a Congolese savage could be interpreted as racist even if Bernardo did it accidentally with no malice?
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