21-11-2015, 12:53
(21-11-2015, 09:33)Fredstersafool Wrote: Larry I'm no stupid,the point is we're not using it in a racist manner so his analogy is shit
That's the whole point of an analogy. He's framing it in a different context to demonstrate equivalence, not saying anything about anyone here being racist. If he was it wouldn't be an analogy.
His point is that it wouldn't be acceptable to target a section of society for abuse because of their ethnicity/religion/disability etc. but it seem so on be fair game to express hate and prejudice under the thinly masked guise of football.
It's impossible to write off some of what gets said here as just 'banter' with no hatred or malice behind it, but funnily enough no one ever wants to admit to it. It's not exactly hard to pick out the serial offenders of course so the denials are worth sweet FA.
However, my policy here continues to be that as long as people are willing to tolerate this level and keep participating then it's up to them. If you have a problem with someone's post, report it and then it'll be dealt with. In my whole time here as mod I've seen maybe 2 posts reported.