What the heck? Racist footy fan? Or just an ignorant dick-head?

[Bam_Bam_Aus]

I don't get some people. Disappointing to still see s**t like this in 2018.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-...ts-calls-out-racist-slur-on-instagram/9857652

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

All I can say is, if that person doesn't realise by now that using the term "monkey" in relation to indigenous people is racist, he's a dead set moron.

 

[TJASTA]

He is both, a racist dick-head.

 

[SuperSteele22]

All I can say is, if that person doesn't realise by now that using the term "monkey" in relation to indigenous people is racist, he's a dead set moron.

Ignorance is no excuse. He’s a moron either way.

 

[TW Sherrin]

Its wrong but its always gunna happen cause there will always be morons.

 

[LanceRomance]

Ignorance is no excuse. He’s a moron either way.

To be fair, genuine Ignorance could be an excuse to cultural insensitivity ... But in this instance it is unlikely to be ignorance.

 

[Madness101]

Racist dickhead

 

[Neese]

Dickhead
Eddie is so generous with his time for fans. I'd hate to see morons like this stop him from interacting.

 

[mcfly7]

I think Betts would be better off ignoring this s**t rather than highlighting it and playing the victim. The more you tell idiots not to say/do something, the more they'll do it

 

[Anja_Nees]

To be fair, genuine Ignorance could be an excuse to cultural insensitivity ... But in this instance it is unlikely to be ignorance.

Spot on. Could understand the girl who abused Goodes not understanding it was a racially charged term but after that incident and the earlier Betts one it’s implausible here.

 

[Rod Stroker]

I think Betts would be better off ignoring this s**t rather than highlighting it and playing the victim.

That's easy to say when you haven't been the one copping it unnecessarily for years.

 

[ChesterTreasure]

I think Betts would be better off ignoring this s**t rather than highlighting it and playing the victim. The more you tell idiots not to say/do something, the more they'll do it

Eddie Betts has done more to calm the waters when it comes to racist abuse over the fence than anyone in this game.
Just look at his response to the pig woman who threw the banana at him - "measured and forgiving and let's just go forward instead of dredging up the past"
I would suggest that he has ignored 99% more than he has ever highlighted - absolute class person and footballer.
Future Hall of Famer on both counts.

 

[Bam_Bam_Aus]

I think Betts would be better off ignoring this s**t rather than highlighting it and playing the victim. The more you tell idiots not to say/do something, the more they'll do it

Playing the victim? Curious choice of phrase

 

[Smartest Brain]

That's easy to say when you haven't been the one copping it unnecessarily for years.

I think nearly all us have copped harsh words for years mate. Don't belittle how offended I may get to things you think are fine.

 

[Bad Horse]

Being called an animal is bordering on the who cares scale. When J brown calls Lingy a pig because his face gets red is that racist? Guess not cos 300yo reasons. Off to my reeducation course I go.

take it your username is meant ironically then.

 

[Bad Horse]

Do you have any opinions I can't find on the antifa web site?

Plenty. Do you have any I can't find on Stormfront?

 

[Russian Demon]

Less than one page and its already descended into a left vs right wank fest.

Never change, BigFooty.


Otherwise, Eddie is all class, and this guy is a standard keyboard warrior muppet trying to be inflammatory.

 

[Art Corvelay]

Less than one page and its already descended into a left vs right wank fest.

Welcome to the modern world. Banal bullshit.

 

[gambino125]

There will always be a percentage. Just like there will always be organised crime, or corrupt law enforcement, or pickpockets or burglars.

 

[bkozican]

30k fans at the ground and we are talking about 1 person. I'm all for calling these guys out but all you are doing is giving them the 10 seconds of fame they are hungry for.

 

[Neese]

Ugh, stop it troll

 

[00Stinger]

just an young uneducated person

 

[Malifice]

I think it is ok to say that

Ok then in that case

Sit this one out.

 

[Russian Demon]

uuurgh, what an egg.

You don't call an indigenous player a primate without knowing full well it is entirely different to calling somebody a pig. These muppets are trying to stir up the hordes online who feel the constant urge to be offended on behalf of someone else.Call them out for being a member of society that isn't meeting their basic social responsibilities and move on.

Rise above. Study science.

 

[citizen-erased]

See you can do irony if you really try.

To be fair, he nailed it with the username