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So what happened to old Benters then......? on 00:22 - Dec 5 by Jonnosdreadlocks
is that the best you have comrade?
It's the best you deserve!
Pronouns: He/Him/His.
"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country."
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 00:09 - Dec 5 by Mach_foreignBlue
Benters a racist, Benters this, Benters that.... some are hilariously obsessed with the man. An amount of posts about him from some members is staggering. 12 pages already ! Some are really obsessed.
Benters a racist? Crikey !!! He knows where I come from, he's known that for years and never ever have I got any unpleasant comments from him regarding that. Despite that I'm one of those who is 'taking his jobs' he's always been genuinely nice bloke and that's the been case every time I've spoken to him over PM's or have met him during the Ipswich matches.
Whether it's a political or footballing view he's a target for some just because he has the different opinion than them. He ain't a leftie and that's his personal choice. I'm not a leftie either ! Same when it comes to football. If he dislikes McCarthy and Evans that's his choice.
If someone doesn't like his opinions there is an easy option. Put him on ignore !!! Is it that difficult?
It's all bad when he's a 'racist' but some think it's fine to throw insults at him like they do in this thread for example. The 'ambassadors' of decency and morality my arse ! TWTD must be blessed to have such 'angels'.
As I've said personally he's a nice bloke and always a pleasure to see and speak to during the Town matches.
Benters your foreign mate hopes you'll be back !
[Post edited 5 Dec 2017 9:39]
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So what happened to old Benters then......? on 06:19 - Dec 5 with 4102 views
I met Benters through this site and met up with him pre match at a game in London. I've known him for years now and I consider him to be a good mate. I know him to be fun, kind , supportive and an absolute gentleman. We don't agree politically on a lot of things but when we do meet up and do actually chat politics he has never espoused or come out with anything rascist or homophobic or acted that way when we've been out and about, quite the contrary in fact, despite some of the boolox thats been posted . My wife is an immigrant and my son is a foreign pasport holder and like Newcy says, if I thought that he was anything other than what I've stated above then I wouldn't engage with him.
I do know that the labelling of him as a Neo-Nazi hurt the bloke and that comment was completely unfounded. I have Jewish ancestry and in no way would I have anything to do with anybody of that ilk.
This thread has been as depressing as hell. So many of you hated or disliked him but you couldn't put him on ignore or just sidelined his comments, you just had to jump in and have a bunfight. On the whole, with the exceptions of those that have met the man, its been the equivalent of a Kangaroo court or some Medieval affair with him being put in the stocks with peasants throwing rotting veg at the man.
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 23:40 - Dec 4 by Jonnosdreadlocks
you call me a bigot because I have differing political view to you. you just prove my point, intolerant. I think this is you in the cap and the beetroot hair.
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 06:19 - Dec 5 by brogansnose
I met Benters through this site and met up with him pre match at a game in London. I've known him for years now and I consider him to be a good mate. I know him to be fun, kind , supportive and an absolute gentleman. We don't agree politically on a lot of things but when we do meet up and do actually chat politics he has never espoused or come out with anything rascist or homophobic or acted that way when we've been out and about, quite the contrary in fact, despite some of the boolox thats been posted . My wife is an immigrant and my son is a foreign pasport holder and like Newcy says, if I thought that he was anything other than what I've stated above then I wouldn't engage with him.
I do know that the labelling of him as a Neo-Nazi hurt the bloke and that comment was completely unfounded. I have Jewish ancestry and in no way would I have anything to do with anybody of that ilk.
This thread has been as depressing as hell. So many of you hated or disliked him but you couldn't put him on ignore or just sidelined his comments, you just had to jump in and have a bunfight. On the whole, with the exceptions of those that have met the man, its been the equivalent of a Kangaroo court or some Medieval affair with him being put in the stocks with peasants throwing rotting veg at the man.
See you soon Benters.
You are a lyrcra wearing tart though !!!
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So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:23 - Dec 5 with 3962 views
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 06:19 - Dec 5 by brogansnose
I met Benters through this site and met up with him pre match at a game in London. I've known him for years now and I consider him to be a good mate. I know him to be fun, kind , supportive and an absolute gentleman. We don't agree politically on a lot of things but when we do meet up and do actually chat politics he has never espoused or come out with anything rascist or homophobic or acted that way when we've been out and about, quite the contrary in fact, despite some of the boolox thats been posted . My wife is an immigrant and my son is a foreign pasport holder and like Newcy says, if I thought that he was anything other than what I've stated above then I wouldn't engage with him.
I do know that the labelling of him as a Neo-Nazi hurt the bloke and that comment was completely unfounded. I have Jewish ancestry and in no way would I have anything to do with anybody of that ilk.
This thread has been as depressing as hell. So many of you hated or disliked him but you couldn't put him on ignore or just sidelined his comments, you just had to jump in and have a bunfight. On the whole, with the exceptions of those that have met the man, its been the equivalent of a Kangaroo court or some Medieval affair with him being put in the stocks with peasants throwing rotting veg at the man.
See you soon Benters.
You are a lyrcra wearing tart though !!!
Seems to me that what's come across from the thread is a 100% clear divide (or should that be 50-50? come in Cotty please!) between those who've met him (positive views) and those who only know him from the board (overwhelmingly negative views). As I said on p6 in reply to Bluebell -
"you've endorsed what I said earlier about people who've met him finding him a lot more likeable than his persona on here. Nevertheless, this is obviously a message-board, so for those of us who hadn't met him, it was obviously reasonable to think of him only in terms of what he posted on it".
I thought J2's long post on p6 speaks (as usual from him) a lot of good sense.
Thing is he can say what he likes on here without getting a smack in the mouth. If he said some of the stuff on here out and about he would get a pasting.
I'm sure he is a pleasant bloke in person, but he's hardly going to spout out loud what he does on here in a public environment.
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:30 - Dec 5 by hype313
Thing is he can say what he likes on here without getting a smack in the mouth. If he said some of the stuff on here out and about he would get a pasting.
I'm sure he is a pleasant bloke in person, but he's hardly going to spout out loud what he does on here in a public environment.
Mmmhmm.
You can only judge a person by your interactions with them.
Those who have met him and those who have only spoken to him on here. I am the latter and have found him to be deeply unpleasant - in person, he may not be - but I haven't met him in person, I have only had him being very nasty to me on here.
I do question how much of a 'good person' someone can be, if they actually have these views though? Unless it's just an act. Which it may be. In which case, he should only be treated on that merit.
Either way. Thread locking time?
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So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:45 - Dec 5 with 3891 views
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:36 - Dec 5 by Swailsey
Mmmhmm.
You can only judge a person by your interactions with them.
Those who have met him and those who have only spoken to him on here. I am the latter and have found him to be deeply unpleasant - in person, he may not be - but I haven't met him in person, I have only had him being very nasty to me on here.
I do question how much of a 'good person' someone can be, if they actually have these views though? Unless it's just an act. Which it may be. In which case, he should only be treated on that merit.
Either way. Thread locking time?
No way should this thread be locked!
From an online versus off-line sociology point of view, this thread is fascinating.
More data needed. Please post your views on Benters below.
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 07:48 - Dec 4 by Bluebell
Bloo is still very much alive.
If Benters has left here for ever it will be a real shame. He is one of the great characters from this forum. He always speaks the truth and speaks from the heart.
I know he has been very kind and helpful to people suffering from the Big C (as he calls it), always keeping in touch with them.
I have met him and found him to be a very intelligent, likeable person. I know he was upset at all the constant digs that people made about him.
So another one bites the dust!
I always suspected you shared his vile views.
Benters in a dress.
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So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:50 - Dec 5 with 3870 views
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:36 - Dec 5 by Swailsey
Mmmhmm.
You can only judge a person by your interactions with them.
Those who have met him and those who have only spoken to him on here. I am the latter and have found him to be deeply unpleasant - in person, he may not be - but I haven't met him in person, I have only had him being very nasty to me on here.
I do question how much of a 'good person' someone can be, if they actually have these views though? Unless it's just an act. Which it may be. In which case, he should only be treated on that merit.
Either way. Thread locking time?
Someone once commented to me via PMs that he thought there were basically two kinds of poster on here - the ones who stuck to speaking as their real selves (i.e. they are on here as they are in real life) and those who adopt alternative personas. Benters clearly emerges as one of the second group. But that's obviously no excuse for expressing vile views, from behind a mask, as a proxy, a troll or whatever.
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 10:45 - Dec 5 by caught-in-limbo
No way should this thread be locked!
From an online versus off-line sociology point of view, this thread is fascinating.
More data needed. Please post your views on Benters below.
Met in real life a few times, had season ticket behind me for a while and seen him at various London away days - good guy and good laugh
On here he just couldn't resist starting threads, or getting involved with things he didn't have the knowledge to understand, and more importantly wasn't willing to listen to anyone and engage with people who's views he disagreed with on certain things and try to learn
That in turn pushed him more into his corner and he then played up to being the village idiot at times and those threads did him no favours
So what happened to old Benters then......? on 00:09 - Dec 5 by Mach_foreignBlue
Benters a racist, Benters this, Benters that.... some are hilariously obsessed with the man. An amount of posts about him from some members is staggering. 12 pages already ! Some are really obsessed.
Benters a racist? Crikey !!! He knows where I come from, he's known that for years and never ever have I got any unpleasant comments from him regarding that. Despite that I'm one of those who is 'taking his jobs' he's always been genuinely nice bloke and that's the been case every time I've spoken to him over PM's or have met him during the Ipswich matches.
Whether it's a political or footballing view he's a target for some just because he has the different opinion than them. He ain't a leftie and that's his personal choice. I'm not a leftie either ! Same when it comes to football. If he dislikes McCarthy and Evans that's his choice.
If someone doesn't like his opinions there is an easy option. Put him on ignore !!! Is it that difficult?
It's all bad when he's a 'racist' but some think it's fine to throw insults at him like they do in this thread for example. The 'ambassadors' of decency and morality my arse ! TWTD must be blessed to have such 'angels'.
As I've said personally he's a nice bloke and always a pleasure to see and speak to during the Town matches.
Benters your foreign mate hopes you'll be back !
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Are you of a different race? If not, why would Benters be racist towards you?
I've met him in real life - shook his hand and wished him well with his cancer battle.
His response on here was to take the piss out of me in a thread where I admitted to being suicidal.