Media Discussion - 2023/24

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77lost by a point said:
Racism isn't just about the colour of your skin it can encompass age, race, gender, religion etc and as I wrote a geographical area which can be a countryor district. Racism includes using offensive terms towards minority indigenous people.
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Bollox.

You should post in the political sub forum, the gang will love you and welcome you with open arms lol.
 
The perfect fumble said:
Word salad nonsense.

Cambridge Dictionary​

Racism:
harmful or unfair things that people say, do, or think based on the belief that their own race makes them more intelligent, good, moral, etc. than people of other races :

policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race :

Calling someone an old fart is not racist it's ageist and calling a woman a slag isn't racist either it's misogynistic.

I could go on, but you seem a bit confused, maybe that's me being racist? Who knows when words mean whatever one wants them to mean.
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All good and well that pal but remember, it’s all about their truths these days lol
 
I think it's a bit naughty of Sam Lee to imply even a small number of fans may be indifferent to Mahrez leaving due to him being a North African Muslim. It's fair to say that people can take more easily to people that are similar to them but the converse doesn't make someone racist. There are also plenty of City players who don't look like the City crowd who have been adored by us. I'd worry for the health of any City player who looked like most of the match day crowd.

This kind of article again reinforces the idea that City reporters don't write for City fans.

This paragraph:

"Of course, that will not be a factor for many, but it cannot be overlooked as one reason why he has maybe not been given the love that a player with his contributions would ordinarily receive and deserve."

Is particularly stupid. How many people would need to hold this view before it begins to determine how a fan base responds? 10 racists with this view wouldn't impact a fan base response. Would 100? Nope. If it can't be overlooked it must be a significant number or a particularly vocal minority - in which case it should be easy for Sam to name and shame those fans. Of course he can't.

There is absolutely no credibility to his suggestion in my opinion and therefore no justification to include it except to make mischief. Instead of writing "Perhaps his race and faith play into that" it would have been just as credible to write "Perhaps Mahrez smashes all the buttons whilst playing Super Smash Brawl instead of trying to do the moves play into that" - this would certainly be a reason why I would dislike Mahrez.
 
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New Season, same old stupid questions from the UK sports press.

I don't think they listen to Peps answers. Just jump on a couple of words he says and twist them.

For example a Japanese journalist compliments Pep and say's he thinks he's the GOAT. Does Pep think the same about himself. At first Pep misheard it as saying god which he said he's no god. When corrected he said he doubts he'll ever be classed as GOAT because of the clubs he's been lucky to manage.

The UK journalist ask him. "You said you have doubts for this season. What are they?"
 
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