Bernardo Silva tweet controversy

[cleavers]

I should probably stay out of this one for the most part

Having read the rest of your post, yes you're right.

 

[kanovic]

I don’t think it’s any different then aguero being sad to look like the KUn character. If they were not best mates or something I guess I could see it but it was just banter between friends. They always joke online. People trying to make something out of nothing.

 

[cleavers]

People trying to make something out of nothing.

Mostly City "fans" now it seems.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I get that, but at some point we have to stop looking for racial undertones in absolutely everything, and just treat each other equally. It was a funny joke meant for Mendy, and no one else should feel the right to be offended on Mendys behalf

Spot on pal.

If all who are outraged and offended could open their tiny bigoted minds and see it was a just a 'joke' shared between two best mates in light hearted banter, the world would be a better place.

Sadly it was perhaps a tad insensitive for many melts in today's PC society.

Now let's talk about Mendy and Bernardo for the right reasons, and those reasons are footballing reasons only. Or should be...

 

[balotellishaircut]

Totally agree with the 2 posts above. If I was Pep I would put a blanket ban on the players talking to the outside media after games, they can only give interviews with City TV.

This would create a siege mentally and help the team bond even stronger away from distractions.

 

[SWP's back]

I am black, I am not offended and neither was the tweet offensive.

But I will let white people decide what we should find racist.

How you doing fella, not seen you around for ages.

 

[moomba]

Pretty sure he'll get a ban, Mario got a match for the Super Mario Brothers tweet.

Pep is a racist will be this year's Pep is a fraud/Pep is a drug cheat.

Unfair, but we haven't helped ourselves here.

Life will go on.

 

[GornikDaze]

It’s gathering momentum on the BBC... just reported our 3-0 victory last night with Peps comment about Bernardo in the press conference.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49820205

 

[eversince 76]

I’m sorry for the people and organisations that fight racism and rightly do so. But if we consider Bernardo’s tweet to be an act of racism than something has gone very wrong and it will definitely not help fighting racism where it should be. If you can’t see that you will have as big a problem as the people who actually are racists. For me Bernardo isn’t one of them based on his tweet to Mendy. Nor is anyone tweeting something similar to a friend despite any colour of skin.
If we take the fight against racism out of context we will never solve the problem. Nor should we ignore it when it actually IS an act of racism. This, no matter how you look at it, simply is not.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Pretty sure he'll get a ban, Mario got a match for the Super Mario Brothers tweet.

Pep is a racist will be this year's Pep is a fraud/Pep is a drug cheat.

Unfair, but we haven't helped ourselves here.

Life will go on.

I disagree, think Bernardo will get a warning regarding future twitter messages, and he will be told he has to attend some Kick IT out programme, but he wont get a ban.