Bernardo Silvas punishment for Mendy tweet

[Homelander]

: Bernardo Silva has been handed a one-game ban, a £50k fine and compulsory education for his tweet to Benjamin Mendy in September

 

[Danger Zone]

The last thread on this was mental. Was like stepping back in time 70 years.

I wonder what the education is though, do they lock him in a room and make him watch Mandingo

 

[Boy With The Blues]

The worlds gone mad everyone offended on Mendys behalf while he couldn't care less as he was joking with his mate.

 

[TN8]

Got off lightly, should've been burned at the stake.

 

[Gibraltar Loyal]

And an advert for "black Friday"in the middlenof the thread.... wobay tide anyone trying to defend that....

 

[Beer Belly Loyal]

Another reason why you should stay away from twitter.

 

[Realger34]

Here we go.

 

[Commentator]

Arseholes.

 

[Bob Belcher]

Correct decision

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

I assume Ben Chilwell will get the same punishment for this?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1193660505816281088

 

[millar2318]

The last thread on this was mental. Was like stepping back in time 70 years.

I wonder what the education is though, do they lock him in a room and make him watch Mandingo

Depending on your level of cultural education, watching 'mandingo' is going to mean different things to a lot of folk on this thread...

 

[Renfrew@UKGB&NI]

A society of denouncers. Doesn't sit well with me. This guy is now branded a racist and that's undeserved. Not seen too many racists who have black friends.

 

[Danger Zone]

I assume Ben Chilwell will get the same punishment for this?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1193660505816281088

Didn’t take long for the first mind numbingly stupid comparison to arrive.

 

[EddieWatt]

Didn’t take long for the first mind numbingly stupid comparison to arrive.

What's the difference between Silva's tweet and Chillwells? Other than the colour of their skin obviously.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

Didn’t take long for the first mind numbingly stupid comparison to arrive.

Enlighten me then, smart arse.

 

[Souness86]

Would a League Two player be fined £50k for a similar tweet?

Seems unfair that someone should be treated differently just because he can afford it.

 

[frankfurterbear1]

What's the difference between Silva's tweet and Chillwells? Other than the colour of their skin obviously.

The difference is you get fan Dan's like the first responder who goes out their to be offended.

 

[RangersLoyal1990]

Its bullshit, he made a joke that his friend actually found funny.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

Guaranteed he brings slavery in to it.

 

[TamS-RFC]

Anyone who thinks that what Silva done was racist is an idiot.

Turning up to training in full KKK get-up with a burning cross on top of his Bentley would merit Racist.

 

[EddieWatt]

The difference is you get fan Dan's like the first responder who goes out their to be offended.

Then I don't see the issue with the person who is posting it but the person being offended by absolutely %^*& all!

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Enlighten me then, smart arse.

The Chilwell one is a look a likey of 2 white humans.
The other one was of a black guy and a cartoon.

If Silva had noted the resemblance between Mendy and a Hollywood actor it may have went without fuss.

Or maybe someone would have been offended by him insinuating all black people look the same.

Either way we now live in a society where people find offence in almost everything.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

The Chilwell one is a look a likey of 2 white humans.
The other one was of a black guy and a cartoon.

If Silva had noted the resemblance between Mendy and a Hollywood actor it may have went without fuss.

Or maybe someone would have been offended by him insinuating all black people look the same

If Chilwell had said one of his team mates looked like Homer Simpson or something no-one would've batted an eyelid.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

If Chilwell had said one of his team mates looked like Homer Simpson or something no-one would've batted an eyelid.

I'm not disagreeing with you here.

 

[Bordeaux]

Correct decision

Ridiculous decision

 

[a_weir]

And an advert for "black Friday"in the middlenof the thread.... wobay tide anyone trying to defend that....

its 2019. How are you not using an adblocker?

 

[frankfurterbear1]

Sideshow Bob looks like so many people, though making a comparison to some one with wild red hair is acceptable.

 

[ElBarrileteCosmico]

Didn’t take long for the first mind numbingly stupid comparison to arrive.

It’s unreal in here. Scary to think they could walk amongst actual normal people at a game.

 

[Peekaboo]

Sideshow Bob looks like so many people, though making a comparison to some one with wild red hair is acceptable.

You mean Guendouzi or David Luiz?

 

[frankfurterbear1]

You mean Guendouzi or David Luiz?

Exactly

 

[Gibraltar Loyal]

its 2019. How are you not using an adblocker?

Technophobe

 

[ronadamus_prime]

I assume Ben Chilwell will get the same punishment for this?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1193660505816281088

Except the Joker isn't a racist image used to disparage or oppress white people. I don't doubt for a second that Bernardo Silva had any intention of racially abusing his friend and teammate. But these two images are incomparable. Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker isn't a cartoon caricature of a white man. The image Bernardo Silva used can easily be cited as a racist caricature of a black person and sadly for him, irrespective of intent, it was viewed in that fashion. He posted this publically, this wasn't a leaked group chat or WhatsApp group message.

 

[Shengus Malengus]

Depending on your level of cultural education, watching 'mandingo' is going to mean different things to a lot of folk on this thread...

I’m old enough and yet young enough to know both of them.

 

[a_weir]

Technophobe

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Your computer: go to www.adblockplus.org

Theyre all very easy to set up. Basically no setup at all.

 

[Boldvale]

: Bernardo Silva has been handed a one-game ban, a £50k fine and compulsory education for his tweet to Benjamin Mendy in September

Tell them to foxtrot Oscar. Compulsory education indeed. Who do they think they are.

 

[1914-18]

Load of shite

 

[mandingo]

The last thread on this was mental. Was like stepping back in time 70 years.

I wonder what the education is though, do they lock him in a room and make him watch Mandingo

Watching me is a reward not a punishment

 

[deedle]

If the FA accepts Silva was not being intentionally racist then what are they punishing him for?

It looks like he is being fined for being thick. Or ‘culturally insensitive’ or some other silly euphemism.

The FA has stepped way beyond what should be its remit.

 

[WolverineBlues]

Chalk up another victory for the offended brigade. Bloody joke.

 

[Jardine_02]

Is this racist?

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Price is offensive but not racist I think

 

[StirlingGer]

When is Sterling getting his ban for this? Imagine the outcry if it was the other way about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1098349842915618817

 

[punksnotdead]

Yet Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon can accuse London fire fighters of not hurrying to the Grenfell disaster and said they would have went faster had all the occupants had been white. Not a thing was said about it. The world is absolutely mental.

 

[Danger Zone]

It’s unreal in here. Scary to think they could walk amongst actual normal people at a game.

And yet they think it’s simply a case of the PC brigade desperately looking to be offended.

 

[Danger Zone]

Enlighten me then, smart arse.

Go back and dig out the old thread and have a read through it. I’m not wasting my time spelling it out for the same people again. Needless to say the history of the particular cartoon Mendy used is significant.

 

[Danger Zone]

The difference is you get fan Dan's like the first responder who goes out their to be offended.

It doesn’t offend me. I made that quite clear on the last thread, I did say I can understand why other folk would find it offensive though.

But you carry on there Poirot

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

Go back and dig out the old thread and have a read through it. I’m not wasting my time spelling it out for the same people again. Needless to say the history of the particular cartoon Mendy used is significant.

Nah I won't bother thanks. Read enough of your smarmy morally superior guff on this one.

 

[Bob Belcher]

When is Sterling getting his ban for this? Imagine the outcry if it was the other way about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1098349842915618817

Why would Sterling get a ban for that? They look similar, to the extent that Zinchenko had said that he often gets mistaken for de Bruyne.

Silva was comparing Mendy to a cartoon based on outdated stereotypes of black people. Comparing Sterling's tweet to Silva's is completely disingenuous.

 

[Danger Zone]

Why would Sterling get a ban for that? They look similar, to the extent that Zinchenko had said that he often gets mistaken for de Bruyne.

Mendy was comparing Mendy to a cartoon based on outdated stereotypes of black people. Comparing Sterling's tweet to Silva's is completely disingenuous.

I’m not going to say any more on this beyond this post because it’s painful to read and reply to the same inane guff again and again, but well done on highlighting the bolded part, which is the key thing that makes these comparisons absolutely ridiculous.

 

[DamBuster72]

Another reason why you should stay away from twitter.

Social media is for Shereen Najianis

 

[prenzlauerbear]

Why would Sterling get a ban for that? They look similar, to the extent that Zinchenko had said that he often gets mistaken for de Bruyne.

Mendy was comparing Mendy to a cartoon based on outdated stereotypes of black people. Comparing Sterling's tweet to Silva's is completely disingenuous.

You're wasting your time here, mate.