Possible racist gesture from Cardiff fan

[JamesWales]

Re: Possible racist gesture from Cardiff fan

I don't think there is any possible about that

Dear oh dear , how thick are these people ?

Unbelievable isn't it. Such a level of blind ignorance and stupidity

EDIT - wait, just seen the second video!

[Don Corleone]

Re: Possible racist gesture from Cardiff fan

Fair play, actually was something much more innocent than suggested. Lucky his mate was recording.

Looks a very different gesture from that angle , not clever or witty but not racist

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I find it best to hang fire sometimes.......

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Fair play, actually was something much more innocent than suggested. Lucky his mate was recording.

Wow, so lucky

[City123]

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Sometimes it's best not to rush to judgement

When I saw the initial angle I thought the same as everyone else, he's very fortunate his mate was filming him

[Trigger]

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Funny how your brain works, I'd never had gotten fat tits from that unless someone mentioned it.

Suppose we should cut him down now.

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I've learnt a lesson here, it looked so damning

[19bluebirds27]

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Guilty until proven innocent.
He is a lucky boy, but doubt he will get an apology- his life could have been ruined.

[ninian opinian]

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That’s why I put possible racist gesture. So glad it wasn’t.

[Rjk]

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I've learnt a lesson here, it looked so damning

I thought there was always something slightly incongruous about it at the beginning but couldn't quite put my finger on it possibly the way nobody around seemed to bat an eyelid. but it was difficult to see what else it could have been before the second video emerged.
I hope that guy has learned a valuable lesson to stick to the less ambiguous offensive gestures in future when dishing out random abuse to someone who is just doing their job.

[The Bloop]

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That’s why I put possible racist gesture. So glad it wasn’t.

I think everyone has learnt a lesson, including the guy himself.

[WJ99mobile]

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I've learnt a lesson here, it looked so damning

That's the problem, I assumed he wasn't racist because the goalscorer was white so it didn't make sense - but didn't feel comfortable speaking up incase I looked like I endorsed it.

No doubt 90% of all 'possible racism' is racism and we do need to stamp it out where we see it but we're breeding a culture where if you're not showing to be fully anti-racist at all times you may seem racist, as per this example.

Saying that, i've seen some of the facebook comments following that tragedy of the boat sinking and there really are some horrible racist ****s out there.

[19bluebirds27]

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Tom Huddleston has put on a bit of bulk hasn’t he.

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That's the problem, I assumed he wasn't racist because the goalscorer was white so it didn't make sense - but didn't feel comfortable speaking up incase I looked like I endorsed it.

No doubt 90% of all 'possible racism' is racism and we do need to stamp it out where we see it but we're breeding a culture where if you're not showing to be fully anti-racist at all times you may seem racist, as per this example.

Saying that, i've seen some of the facebook comments following that tragedy of the boat sinking and there really are some horrible racist ****s out there.

The guy in question is also undeniably tittist though

[JamesWales]

Re: Possible racist gesture from Cardiff fan

That's the problem, I assumed he wasn't racist because the goalscorer was white so it didn't make sense - but didn't feel comfortable speaking up incase I looked like I endorsed it.

No doubt 90% of all 'possible racism' is racism and we do need to stamp it out where we see it but we're breeding a culture where if you're not showing to be fully anti-racist at all times you may seem racist, as per this example.

Saying that, i've seen some of the facebook comments following that tragedy of the boat sinking and there really are some horrible racist ****s out there.

I agree with this. Although I think it is nothing like 90%. I'd say the vast majority of examples (especially on the utterly vile platform that is twitter) is nothing of the sort, just the most powerful way to smear someone at the moment. It makes spotting and addressing genuine racism so much more difficult and people become scared to talk about the topic