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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:18 PM Original message |
Europe, soccer, bigotry, hatred and bananas. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Can you point me to some of those stories? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I read them in the Palm Beach Post. They were front page stories. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Start here |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Beautiful. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. See today's Al Jazeera-Racism worries tarnish friendly World Cup |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
72. real sports with bryant gumbel |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Prejudices come and go ... but the hatred/fear of the black man |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Only becuase it's not a big deal to white folks... see belowthread... |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Way to go: nice blanket statement |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah, I guess FIFA shouldn't get all worked up over something like that. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. FIFA will never attack the fans. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Unfortunately, you're probably right. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. John Cleese "Art of Football" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm WITH ya! As a percentage, the number of lynchings in the south... |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Sure |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. There were lynchings in Seatlle? (shrug). Ok. But nevertheless... |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
75. When was the last lynching you heard of in the South? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yes, it indeed may just be you. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Soccer is Europe's NASCAR-- |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Soccer is the number one spectator sport on the planet. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Right. And NASCAR is the most-attended spectator sport in the US. |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Nascar carries another label |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. My point, exactly is... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. LOL! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Tribalism is ingrained into the human psyche. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I can't refute you because I don't know the facts. |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. When whites play in African countries... they're not taunted with |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Good luck getting DU to acknowledge THAT! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. True that. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hey, these notions were birthed in the SDS |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. SDS? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Students for a Democratic Society |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
76. Racism is not just a white problem |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Complete nonsense |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. alcibiades: please expand on this issue. I can't speak for everyone, but |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. There's nothing to know. The idea that racism is genetic is.... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Exactly |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. I think those with essentialist leanings tend to ascribe most common human |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. There's idiots everywhere |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. they don't |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. So, you're saying out of fear of violence...they hide their racism? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I suspect, not many, given today's environment in this country. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. That is why we should ban soccer |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Or arm the players. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I know you guys aren't serious, but why don't you lay off this time? |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I'm entirely serious. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Okay. Thanks for the clarification. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. No prob. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Once again, thank you for these anecdotes. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. There was a long piece on the soccer thing on NPR this past weekend-- |
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mconvente (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Despite being hard to believe, you are correct. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I've been to club matches in the UK-- |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Which "club matches"? |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. That's strange |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. That is quite possibly the biggest amount of bullshit I have ever read.... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Elegantly put, my friend. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Sorry to say so: |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
77. Blasphemy! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. See this |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. This was in either the Wash Post or NY Times last week |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Actually that's not true |
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aerisgainsborough (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Well, the biggest fascist is Ombak, in the Brazil forums at BigSoccer |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #55 |
82. I recommend that EVERYBODY follow the link aerisgainsborough posted. |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ok, this thread is a nice summary of all prejudices |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Well said... |
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Nia Zuri (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Not bassed on 20 year old footage...it is happening now |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. what is happening now? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-08-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. I just hope they behave themselves.. My son is there to see the games |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'd also like to believe these bigots and idiots are going to hell. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. I vote bananas! |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
65. The first goal against germany today was brilliant |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-09-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. This has happened in some Spanish/Italian matches mostly |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
68. Well, at least one wish of yours is granted! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
73. What year did Black people finally get there rights in the US? |
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abester (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
74. Hooooooooold on mister |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
78. Yet more generalised anti-European ranting on DU. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:53 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Helaba! |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
80. This has been going around for ages. |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
81. Good point, and let's not forget the Jews ... |
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