Bernardo Silva charged with misconduct by FA

[Metalartin]

Meanwhile Leeds' goalkeeper racially abuses an opposing player on the pitch at the weekend and nobody cares.

 

[GRB]

Posts in August 2017, and Feb 2018. You weren't warned for them, but they were deleted and a note was made.

As I said - regarding?

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

How old is Bernie? When did the character 'change'?

More than likely Bernie has eaten these things since childhood and seen the changes.

No ones complaining about the white chocolate caricature. Is that because it's ok to take the piss out of white people . I'd hate to ask Gaz what is favourite sweet was.

 

[cleavers]

Who decides on over stepping the mark ?

A line manager in the first instance, but ultimately I guess its the CEO, though I would imagine HR/Legal advise him. Thing is don't do it, you can't overstep.

What I do in my private life is not open to scrutiny, because I keep it private, footballers could do this, many of ours do it already, but a few are public, and as this episode has shown, one small mistake can be very costly to the person.

I feel very sorry for Bernardo over this, and I expect he's hurting every time he reads about it, but ultimately its his own fault for not keeping it private.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Was Bernardo directly racist? No
Could someone perceive it as racist if they take it out of context (I’m assuming less than 1% of people had heard of this brand before this whole escapade)? Yes
Was there any malice? No
Do people have the right to be offended? Yes
Do I think these people have overreacted? Yes

This whole episode has been about “edgy banter”. Sure it should have been kept private, but the amount of bollocks that has been spouted as a result of this has been mental. I just wish I’d have known as I’d have bought shares in that company.

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

It’s utter bollox, we live in a multicultural society to me this just spreads racial inharmony, people I know are proud of their origins, my Nigerian neighbour would probably be pissed of if I described him as the beige bloke next door and rightfully so.

Love thy neighbour

 

[yeseye]

why?

Just curious.

 

[andyhinch]

Love thy neighbour

I got divorced because of that :-( tbh hated the show when it was politically correct.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

A line manager in the first instance, but ultimately I guess its the CEO, though I would imagine HR/Legal advise him. Thing is don't do it, you can't overstep.

What I do in my private life is not open to scrutiny, because I keep it private, footballers could do this, many of ours do it already, but a few are public, and as this episode has shown, one small mistake can be very costly to the person.

I feel very sorry for Bernardo over this, and I expect he's hurting every time he reads about it, but ultimately its his own fault for not keeping it private.

Ultimately someone of a particular political, social persuasion with perhaps differing sensibilities is deciding on your freedom of expression. If it is illegal fair enough but this isn't.

 

[GRB]

Just curious.

that’s nice - someone paying an interest in a fellow blue! In Tameside, science. If that helps.