And we'd have won the league too, if it wasn't for those meddling billionaires - OTT [R]

Did you just Lion King me? I'm very confused.

 

LOL I did Basically i am just trying to remind you that

 

bizarre!

 

Something worth noting about Suarez:

He's managed to get himself universally disliked and as such, vilifying him is selling papers.

It's not nice. It's not ethical. It's actually pretty ugly.

But then all that could be said of Luis Suarez...

 

I don't think anything he has suffered hasn't been applied before to Ronaldo or Nani.

 

Diving has become more common, that includes Germany.

It's not tolerated. When a players dives, there is generally a negative remark following it by a commentator or sometimes in the press.

But it's not seen as a game-changingly bad talking point because it's also accepted as a tactic to an extent.

Having said that, my gripe here is with the blatant racism.

Arguing that one isn't concerned because Suarez is 'more' of a notorious diver and bad person or whatever is such a thin argument that it's along the same lines of the Suarez targeting itself.

he has been targeted because he fits all the stereotypes that the powers that be hold on foreign players, including appearance, racism, etc. With this campaign not only have they taken a swipe and thoroughly put a target on an individual's back but effectively cast a net on an entire race of people. The scope of the classlessness and hateful ideology here is simply staggering.

If Suarez was British we would simply not be having this conversation.

 

Your gripes is the racism? You are defending Suarez from racism?

Negrito please.

 

I am not British, I am not white, and I ********ing hate Suarez's face. He looks like a rat and just makes it worse every time he pulls one of his stupid faces. He has face made to punch.

 

What you don't understand was that it was everyone else thinking in a racist mindset that made Suarez's innocent comments appear racist.

 

My gripe is with English speaking culture and its blatant subversive racist tendencies (to degrade any non-English speaking players to pure stereotypes) and simultaneous self proclaimed voice of moral authority.

 

Help me understand what you are saying.

Are you saying that say for instance, people who speak German would never launch some sort of race-centered, culture oriented war against a singular people all the whilst claiming to be protecting freedom and culture and art and the human race?

If so, then I agree with you wholeheartedly.

 

GTFO you racist cnut.

 

bc it's what they know best...

 

Ohhhh snap!

 

Y'see this is where stereotypes get us in trouble.

English speaking culture runs the gambit from blatant racists, through xenophobic, possibly self deluding "some of my best friends are black" types, through varying degrees of cultural awareness/ indifference right up to the other side of the spectrum where we encounter those patronising guilt-ridden caucasians, who won't tolerate the slightest hint of questioning or criticism levelled at any culture but their own.

There is a mainstream acknowledgement (even if it is stating the blindingly obvious) that racism and prejudice are very bad. In practice, the implementation varies, leading to the broad range of groups I described.

I've met some staggeringly racist people who claim and possibly even believe they're the opposite. Their philosphies tend to center around blaming ethnic minorities for crime, often based on some poorly-assessed raw statistics (possibly spun by the Daily Mail), while deflecting any charge of prejudice because they have some acquaintances who aren't white. Some of these folks then nix even that poor defence by adding something like "now if they all in-ti-grated like Mr Patel down the post-office, we'd be alright".

 

You MUST be taking the piss here.

Even so, it's in poor taste.

 

This has nothing to do with length of criticism as it does with the magnitude of it. It's not about who dives more or not either.

Drogba and Klinsmann were still Premiership favorites and generally when any non-continental player dives, it's passed off and it never defines their game via the media, as Suarez's game is made out to be.

 

That's not nice.

 

not sure i am following you. Drogba Suarez and Klinsi are non british players. They all dive yet klinsi and drogs both still are prem faves. maybe it is not racism at all. maybe suarez is a pug nosed f-cker who is just not liked.

 

Any worse then you making out all English speaking cultures out to be racist?

 

I'm not sure you understood the point about British and non-British stereotypes.