Coco ban.

[Francewhite]

Support? For what for Christ's sake? Bunch of bl00dy snowflakes! https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51750239

[Tichi1]

Spot on fella, You ever hear a bunch of black lads talking to each other? the N word seems okay if used among peers.. or so it seems - hear It first hand at the gym fairly regularly... not to mention the lyrics in most Rap music.....Racist misogenistic homophobic to say the least in most of it.

Leko seems to be more upset about an insult thrown at him during a "heat of the moment" argument than he is about having a season ending injury FFS!

[Jezleeds]

Spot on fella, You ever hear a bunch of black lads talking to each other? the N word seems okay if used among peers.. or so it seems - hear It first hand at the gym fairly regularly... not to mention the lyrics in most Rap music.....Racist misogenistic homophobic to say the least in most of it.

Leko seems to be more upset about an insult thrown at him during a "heat of the moment" argument than he is about having a season ending injury FFS!

'Using it amongst peers' is a strategy used by many groups who perceive themselves to be victims of abuse.

Gay people often use the word 'poof'; black people 'ni gger', Asian people 'Paki' - the idea being that 'reclaiming' or 'claiming' the word means it is no longer offensive and takes the power away from those using it in an abusive way.

So using it amongst peers is very different to it being used by someone abusively.

[MrsORichSenior]

'Using it amongst peers' is a strategy used by many groups who perceive themselves to be victims of abuse.

Gay people often use the word 'poof'; black people 'ni gger', Asian people 'Paki' - the idea being that 'reclaiming' or 'claiming' the word means it is no longer offensive and takes the power away from those using it in an abusive way.

So using it amongst peers is very different to it being used by someone abusively.

Bang on 'bro and life lessons learned on Roundhay park Leeds tennis courts late 70's put to excellent grammatical use may I say Jez - Respect is apt ..........

When in Manchester a month back I was coming out of the Russian embassy and a group of 'male builders' working on scaffolding shouted abuse at me saying ....... "Fu*k off back home you Russian bitch and stop taking our jobs ............ "
I opened my car door turned to them and replied "I'm not Russian" and was greeted with "Well fu*k off back to France then" (French number plate on my car) .............

Abuse is abuse uttered by ignorance - xeno-racism to me seems rife in UK nowadays as its not a colour coded abuse but it's distressing to be on the receiving end of it.
In hindsight should have reported it but who would have listened in a Manchester side street late afternoon ?
In a football stadium I would have reported it without hesitation.


Just saying like.............

[WTF11]

Bang on 'bro and life lessons learned on Roundhay park Leeds tennis courts late 70's put to excellent grammatical use may I say Jez - Respect is apt ..........

When in Manchester a month back I was coming out of the Russian embassy and a group of 'male builders' working on scaffolding shouted abuse at me saying ....... "Fu*k off back home you Russian bitch and stop taking our jobs ............ "
I opened my car door turned to them and replied "I'm not Russian" and was greeted with "Well fu*k off back to France then" (French number plate on my car) .............

Abuse is abuse uttered by ignorance - xeno-racism to me seems rife in UK nowadays as its not a colour coded abuse but it's distressing to be on the receiving end of it.
In hindsight should have reported it but who would have listened in a Manchester side street late afternoon ?
In a football stadium I would have reported it without hesitation.


Just saying like.............

But it's not just here in the UK (In fact, I'd say (in general) that it's less prevalent here than in many other countries). We have the disgraceful antics of those attending matches in Europe (east and west), Russia, the Peloponnese region, many of the countries in the Far East, South America. It's a global plague that for many of us harks back to a time when casual racism, misogynistic attitudes to women, homopohobic behaviour, abuse of all sorts, was regarded as "just banter", and we thought/hoped it had had its day, sadly not.

Don't have an answer (if I had I'd be a rich man!), just sometimes despair of a world where those who (in the main) have (whatever) and see nothing wrong in doing down those who have not.

[Jezleeds]

Bang on 'bro and life lessons learned on Roundhay park Leeds tennis courts late 70's put to excellent grammatical use may I say Jez - Respect is apt ..........

When in Manchester a month back I was coming out of the Russian embassy and a group of 'male builders' working on scaffolding shouted abuse at me saying ....... "Fu*k off back home you Russian bitch and stop taking our jobs ............ "
I opened my car door turned to them and replied "I'm not Russian" and was greeted with "Well fu*k off back to France then" (French number plate on my car) .............

Abuse is abuse uttered by ignorance - xeno-racism to me seems rife in UK nowadays as its not a colour coded abuse but it's distressing to be on the receiving end of it.
In hindsight should have reported it but who would have listened in a Manchester side street late afternoon ?
In a football stadium I would have reported it without hesitation.


Just saying like.............

I think you should be reported for spending time in Manchester.

Now THAT is a crime.

[Rev72]

I think you should be reported for spending time in Manchester.

Now THAT is a crime.

A public flogging at Elland Road required for that crime Jez.

[Jezleeds]

A public flogging at Elland Road required for that crime Jez.

You're not bringing that place in Armley up again are you Rev? I feel a bit nauseous.