Bernardo Silva tweet controversy

[Dubai Blue]

If only he'd stuck to Angelino and the white chocolate version.

The world has officially gone mad.

 

[oakiecokie]

KDB? or is that chocolatist

You`re going straight to hell for that. ;)

 

[bobom]

He comes from Portugal. Other countries have more freedom of speech. It's enough to stop players wanting to come here.

Some other countries also have more racism.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Bernardo is a nice man. Caring, hard worker, plays for his team and the fans, he really cares about people. You can see it when he is playing.

This racism thing is bullshit, we all know it.

But now he has to go through this trial by the media, the LFC loving reporters will be on to him and making the most out of it. He is going to get treated disgustingly.... No one cares about that, the damage that heavy accusations can do, they could ruin his career over a mistake but they don't give a shit..... What a fucking joke.

Would they be the same LFC loving reporters that gave Suarez of free pass when he racially abused Evra?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Which posts are you referring to?

Any and all of those kicking off about sensitive, privileged, white, snowflake, leftie, politically correct SJWs and hypocritically calling others easily offended. It's childish and eye rollingly tedious.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

The point was mainly in response to "there's a long, awful tragic history associated with blackface mate". I have seen similar comment before. I think it's nonsense.

Right but I'm not sure how you childhood cat's name is relevant to that.

 

[Mon Autre]

If only he'd stuck to Angelino and the white chocolate version.

The world has officially gone mad.

This doesn't change the fact that the original image is based on a racist trope. Also the white version is still based on a that trope, it's just coloured in differently. Depictions of black people like that are considered racist in the uk. Bernardo might not have known that but it's ok for people to be critical of it.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Have you actually read what kick it out have said, or can you just not understand it ?

Whenever I go on holiday to Spain or Portugal, I'm always taken aback by some of the labelling on sweets and drinks and I think the Tweet included something off a sweet wrapper. I would have thought that City spell out to our players what you can and can't do on social media in this country. I love the guy - smart, articulate, perfect English and a monstrously good footballer, but this is bad, bad, bad for the club. Doesn't matter that it's banter with his best mate. City need to move quickly and do what's right before this gets out of hand.

 

[Jumanji]

Why is there no thread about chocolate-gate?

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I'm pretty pissed off that after going to the bother of feigning max third party offence in the Bernardo twitter thread it appears to have been merged. I shall peruse off topic for further opportunities to become morally outraged.