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I would say look up a twitter account @benloyalist but it was suspended a few weeks ago, fully fledged racist referred to as a good bloke by some town fans. Ipswich tattoos, ipswich flag etc. posting the most offensive stuff I had read on there. Anti anything not white english, and proud to say it. Oh, and a new "Christian" of course.... they exist among our fanbase and should be called out at every opportunity, hence why his account is suspended.
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Abdul and online abuse on 17:53 - Sep 20 with 1627 views
Abdul and online abuse on 16:15 - Sep 20 by Dubtractor
You know what I mean.
We'd made huge progress since those banana days, but that has all been undone in more recent years, because too many people are too fragile to accept a bit of education and reflection on the realities of racism and discrimination.
There are of course rightly many anti-racism figures and campaigners who are held up to kids in schools to show them a very necessary type of hero.
For me, one of the most striking images of my childhood was John Barnes' quiet strength and dignity in the face of the horrific banana incident. It's a very powerful image, and very much on the front line of this fight at the time.
Obviously no racism stands up to any intellectual scrutiny whatsoever, but as a child I remember asking about why people would throw a banana, because I remember that it was being discussed in a particularly disapproving way, and I realised that this wasn't just like those weird stereotypical set-pieces of someone throwing rotten fruit at a bad comedian or actor.
Having had it explained to me, I couldn't comprehend how someone could watch John Barnes - JOHN BARNES - and have any thought in their head about him belonging to a group that was in some way inferior. Pace, power, creativity, he just had the lot. For me he was the pinnacle of what a human athlete could be. And it was just so obvious.
Obviously over the years I have come to learn that there are people who are ignorant, arrogant, bitter, troubled, addicted, angry, stupid, evil, lonely, easily-led, and all sorts of other things besides. And for them to broadcast their 'contributions', not only do those contributions not have to have any logical foundation whatsoever, but they don't even necessarily have to agree with them themselves, not really.
Which brings me to Fatawu. I'm a sucker for a bit of speed, a stepover, and a guy on the wing who wants to make something happen. So maybe naturally I've been a bit more positive about Fatawu than some opinions (when people have said he's had a game where he's not willing to take on his man, or he's been sub-par, I've generally not agreed).
The guy made a mistake, probably two, to get sent off. Not really calculated-risk yellow cards, not canny, just silly billy. It happens. He's young and he will learn those arts. He was evidently trying to win a game for Town, and didn't choose the best way of doing it. We support the team, we support him, on the pitch.
Some of the trolls are looking for ammunition to throw at him for getting sent off. They alight upon race. Some of them are looking for a reason to attack someone of that race, and the sending off is the excuse. Either way, it is remarkable that this is still around in our society and that people are throwing racialised insults around in public (in writing, in permanence, to boot).
Now we support the team, and we support Fatawu off the pitch too. The idea of him being victimised online is horrible. The idea of him thinking that this might be what his new fanbase is like is also really disappointing, and it would not be his fault if he did. I'm glad the club has come out publicly, and we're big enough and ugly enough to take a few barbs on the socials about Ipswich players diving and whatever else. Even from Norwich fans. Especially from Norwich fans.
You see, insofar as all of us have some kind of desire to belong to an 'in group' and set our face against an 'out group', football allows us to do that relatively safely by cheering on our colours and disparaging those of our rivals, in a way that we kind of mean, but not really. If someone needs something more, there's plainly a deep-seated problem. And one that in the internet age has a more elusive solution than ever. But: there are more goodies than ever before. We should hold on to that.
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Abdul and online abuse on 19:19 - Sep 20 with 1367 views
Abdul and online abuse on 16:23 - Sep 20 by SitfcB
£20 says it wasn’t anyone in this country, usually accounts from abroad, namely Africa!
Dunno about that, but FWIW I don't imagine it will be from our proper support, the people who actually go and watch us home and away.
There is a certain type of person now, perpetually online, sharing their view of the world on facebook and twitter. I fully imagine casual Ipswich 'fans' from that group of society wading in with their thoughts.
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Abdul and online abuse on 19:23 - Sep 20 by Dubtractor
Dunno about that, but FWIW I don't imagine it will be from our proper support, the people who actually go and watch us home and away.
There is a certain type of person now, perpetually online, sharing their view of the world on facebook and twitter. I fully imagine casual Ipswich 'fans' from that group of society wading in with their thoughts.
Got people on here denying it with downvotes but not posts too….
To the OP - I don't think society is better. This is where we are now. Too many are ready to blame "the other" in discriminatory terms to make themselves feel better.
I hope Fatawu is getting all the support he needs through this.
Abdul and online abuse on 19:23 - Sep 20 by Dubtractor
Dunno about that, but FWIW I don't imagine it will be from our proper support, the people who actually go and watch us home and away.
There is a certain type of person now, perpetually online, sharing their view of the world on facebook and twitter. I fully imagine casual Ipswich 'fans' from that group of society wading in with their thoughts.
I wouldn't be so sure about that given the "On The Blow With Rupert Lowe" Ipswich stickers I saw at Norwich last season.
I had a post about it at the time, and maybe this sort of thing has happened at other away games: it's just that I never go into the bar area at away games but did so at Norwich because we got there so early and it was pretty cold in the stands.
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Abdul and online abuse on 20:33 - Sep 20 with 1201 views
Last time we were in the Premier League, there were some grounds (Brentford springs to mind) where anti-racism/discrimination adverts were prominently displayed.
This doesn't seem to be the case at Ipswich, so my advice to the club in the light of the abuse of Fatuwa is that this sort of messaging should be a priority.
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Abdul and online abuse on 20:58 - Sep 20 with 1144 views
I wouldn't be so sure about that given the "On The Blow With Rupert Lowe" Ipswich stickers I saw at Norwich last season.
I had a post about it at the time, and maybe this sort of thing has happened at other away games: it's just that I never go into the bar area at away games but did so at Norwich because we got there so early and it was pretty cold in the stands.
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Those stickers were also shamefully stuck on the north stand goals after the last game of the season too. They didn't stick themselves on there. Town fans did it. We have town fans here openly supporting the flag raising, attending SYL marches and Restore. I've said it before. The right have been emboldened. Actions have consequences and this disgusting on line abuse is sadly the more extreme outcome of those actions. Ignore it all you like (not you), it's here and it won't go away and it's had it's fire well and truly stoked.
"Look, I don't wanna be the same as everybody else. That's why I'm a Mod, see?"
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Abdul and online abuse on 21:01 - Sep 20 with 1134 views
Like all clubs, not to mention society in general, there will be a very small section of support who may even attend games regularly, who will hold views that make the views of Farage, Lowe, and even SYL seem like the Dalai Lama in comparison.
And that's a depressing thought.
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Abdul and online abuse on 21:03 - Sep 20 with 1126 views
Abdul and online abuse on 20:58 - Sep 20 by Whos_blue
Those stickers were also shamefully stuck on the north stand goals after the last game of the season too. They didn't stick themselves on there. Town fans did it. We have town fans here openly supporting the flag raising, attending SYL marches and Restore. I've said it before. The right have been emboldened. Actions have consequences and this disgusting on line abuse is sadly the more extreme outcome of those actions. Ignore it all you like (not you), it's here and it won't go away and it's had it's fire well and truly stoked.
Ashton Out.
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Abdul and online abuse on 19:28 - Sep 20 by Mullet
Got people on here denying it with downvotes but not posts too….
Usual suspects unfortunately.
A vile little bunch of indoctrinated and emboldened individuals who lack the courage to chirp up and reveal their reasons for such blatant ignorance…
Sometimes I giggle about the frothing lunatic who’s put me on ignore and now has to constantly log out to see what I’ve said. Beneath that counterfeit persona lurks the same pitifully desperate egomaniac.
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