[Withano]

Originally Posted by Griffin5779

where i come from you are innocent till proven guilty

And the tweet alone is proof for everybody but a few it seems.

[reece(:]

Racism now = banter?

[Kazanne]

Well most tweets are a reaction to something,so we don't even know what was said to him,it could have been even worse,until I see it in it's full content I wont crucify him,the other tweets that we've seen have all had other people on them commenting ,this one doesn't,very strange.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Racism now = banter?

It's really upsetting to be honest, I can take Marc being defended most of the time, that's how forums work. This is not one of those times. It is simply inexcusable in every single way.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Withano

And the tweet alone is proof for everybody but a few it seems.

No it isn't,we don't know what was said to get that reaction

[billy123]

The racist tweet is worse for sure.

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

No it isn't,we don't know what was said to get that reaction

for god sake, there was clear racism in the second tweet...what was said before doesn't matter.

[Griffin5779]

Originally Posted by Withano

And the tweet alone is proof for everybody but a few it seems.

you said " But yes, if he said it to a friend I would concede and agree that it did not have a nasty intent but until this is proven, I refuse to believe that this was "banter" in any shape or form.. And so should you

so you said yourself the facts haven't been proven

[LukeB]

what's this about racism

[billy123]

The hypocrisy in this thread is shocking.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

No it isn't,we don't know what was said to get that reaction

He physically typed out the words and chose to press send. It is inexcusable in every context, if you're saying the guy on the other side could have been just as terrible then fair. But you're not saying that, you're saying Marc may be forgiven giving a very specific context and that is not okay. They are either both disgusting or Marc alone was disgusting, there is proof for the latter.

[billy123]

Originally Posted by lukeb

what's this about racism

[Denver]

I'm not going to defend Marc for his tweets because they were out of order but is saying someone looks Chinese really racist? If anything it xenophobia

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Griffin5779

you said " But yes, if he said it to a friend I would concede and agree that it did not have a nasty intent but until this is proven, I refuse to believe that this was "banter" in any shape or form.. And so should you

so you said yourself the facts haven't been proven

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you misunderstood

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by adamski94

I'm not going to defend Marc for his tweets because they were out of order but is saying someone looks Chinese really racist? If anything it xenophobia

"squinty eyed fool" sounds pretty racist to me

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Ramsay

for god sake, there was clear racism in the second tweet...what was said before doesn't matter.

Ok stop getting you knickers in a twist,didn't even see that one,Christ!!!

[billy123]

Originally Posted by adamski94

I'm not going to defend Marc for his tweets because they were out of order but is saying someone looks Chinese really racist? If anything it xenophobia

dear god where do you start with a post like that.

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by bobnot

what a t***

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Ramsay

"squinty eyed fool" sounds pretty racist to me

Is squinty eyed racist,squinty eye means just that,a squinty eye

[Griffin5779]

Originally Posted by Withano

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you misunderstood

it sounds to me that in the tweet you concede it hasn't been proven..and in the second say the tweet is proof enough..that seems a contradiction to me..

but my 28 year old friend here so you are on your own..i'm going to share some banter

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Is squinty eyed racist,squinty eye means just that,a squinty eye

considering he said the person looked chinese right before he called them a squinty eyed fool...yeah i'd say it is pretty racist if he called them that without the chinese bit it wouldn't be so bad but...really?

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Is squinty eyed racist,squinty eye means just that,a squinty eye

Well, the "that looks chinese" part directly before it looks pretty bad.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Is squinty eyed racist,squinty eye means just that,a squinty eye

It's people who think that's comments means Chinese people who are racist

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Griffin5779

it sounds to me that in the tweet you concede it hasn't been proven..and in the second say the tweet is proof enough..that seems a contradiction to me..

but my 28 year old friend here so you are on your own..i'm going to share some banter

Okay. No, sorry, i understand. I meant that if there was proof that a near 30 year old Marc was good friends with this teen looking boy, I would agree that it would probably lack a malicious intent. But my point was that this will never be the case. Marc sent the tweet to the stranger to be as cruel as he possibly could in 140 characters.

[RichardG]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Is squinty eyed racist,squinty eye means just that,a squinty eye

yes it is, especially when said in the 'aggressive' context of the tweet