News Varcoe racially abused & abuse of Cox

[Chrispiesssss]

Collingwood stands with Varcoe and Cox

Collingwood Football Club condemns in the strongest possible terms the racial vilification of Travis Varcoe and abuse of Mason Cox on social media during last night’s match against Essendon

www.collingwoodfc.com.au

No information on the actual social media post.

We stand against racism. This needs to be stamped out. Period. Hope Varcoe is okay.

Hope Cox is okay. Personal attacks is not what social media is made for.

 

[HFF]

Racism agreed---we dont stand for it.
But if Cox was just "abused" whatever that means----for his performance then this is soft for mine.

I guess we now know both men will be playing next week.

 

[Black_White]

Collingwood stands with Varcoe and Cox

Collingwood Football Club condemns in the strongest possible terms the racial vilification of Travis Varcoe and abuse of Mason Cox on social media during last night’s match against Essendon

www.collingwoodfc.com.au

No information on the actual social media post.

We stand against racism. This needs to be stamped out. Period. Hope Varcoe is okay.

Hope Cox is okay. Personal attacks is not what social media is made for.

Even if you take the crowds away, you can’t hide the absolute idiots/pigs.
The good thing is that there might be a way to track these guys down and punish them.
Lets hope.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

If the club wants people to help identify the person it might help if the social media used was actually identified. I mean, we're social media, aren't we? Was it us?

 

[Markfs]

there's one thing to call a bloke a dickhead for saying these things ...and another to promote him on social media...and i'm afraid that is what happens when you highlight an individual's outbursts. The thing is ... his mates are probably laughing with him, if he has any mates. Statements from Pies go right over the heads of these idiots. This guy will probably tell stories about it in years to come to his fellow creatures and get a laugh out of it. It's like preaching to the converted when you confront them this way.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

The McKiver post has actually been given some 'likes'.

 

[Black_White]

Hi guys, I posted this elsewhere.
Hope you blokes find the culprit

Thank you.
Transcends “tribal” allegiances

 

[TradeDraft]

Social Media Attracts these Dickheads.

Like Pig in Shit

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Your club deserves a lot of kudos and credit for exposing that lowlife Dog who is not what I consider a true Pie (wouldn't surprise me at all if Ryan was an opposition supporting w***er looking to troll)

Mason was all class in his tweet response as well..

There has to be far more serious consequences for such cowardly and degrading social media posts (trolls in the UK have actually being jailed for racially abusing Premier League Footballers on Twitter and Instagram)

 

[magpies42]

Don’t agree with the racial aspects, but I do find myself in the heat of the moment hating on players. I don’t have socials so don’t have the ability to relay my frustrations. I’d like to think I wouldn’t abuse Cox or anybody, it’s not helpful. As a professional athlete he would be hardest on himself, he doesn’t need external criticism and distraction.

I think we’d all be better off without social media to be fair.

Cox is a *******, but he’s a human and it’s just a game at the end of the day. I guess the solution is, if he doesn’t like it he needs to get off it.

 

[Sub_Zero]

wonder if that racist piece of shit posts on here

 

[Sea fog]

Don’t agree with the racial aspects, but I do find myself in the heat of the moment hating on players. I don’t have socials so don’t have the ability to relay my frustrations. I’d like to think I wouldn’t abuse Cox or anybody, it’s not helpful. As a professional athlete he would be hardest on himself, he doesn’t need external criticism and distraction.

I think we’d all be better off without social media to be fair.

Cox is a *******, but he’s a human and it’s just a game at the end of the day. I guess the solution is, if he doesn’t like it he needs to get off it.

I think Cox admitted he can take criticism but not racism towards a teammate.

 

[LofaTatupu]

Great response from Cox.

The comment in relation to him probably isn't going to be particularly harmful to him personally, but it is absolutely not ok (IMO) to try to insult someone in a way that degrades mentally ill people. I get that people say things in the heat of the moment, but saying that sort of thing in public (social media is clearly public domain) is wrong and should be called out as such.

It would probably never have been really publicised without being in the same comment with the racism towards Varcoe, but that doesn't make it ok.

Racism well and truly should go beyond sporting allegiances, and it is possible that this person is an Essendon supporter, although it does seem less likely. But it of course doesn't matter what team they support, because the comment is just as terrible regardless. Glad to see the majority condemnation of the comment, but lets also remember that people with the attitude that this sort of thing is ok, or just a joke, need to be educated about why it's not ok more so than personally attacked themselves. Try to attack the action, not the person.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

For all the flogs on the other threads that BLM is pointless, this is exactly why it’s not.

 

[TradeDraft]

For all the flogs on the other threads that BLM is pointless, this is exactly why it’s not.

Works both ways

 

[Doc1763]

Works both ways

What is the other way??

 

[Pistol Night]

Works both ways

Not it doesn’t. Try getting an answer out of the ****wits on the racism threads about black people calling white people white campaigners and the like. Weak campaigners won’t answer that.

 

[TradeDraft]

Not it doesn’t. Try getting an answer out of the *******s on the racism threads about black people calling white people white campaigners and the like. Weak campaigners won’t answer that.

So Blacks can't be Racist?

 

[Maggie5]

The McKiver post has actually been given some 'likes'.

I thought the 4.2 hearts was likes, if so, alot more than just some.

What a strange world it has become.

 

[Pistol Night]

So Blacks can't be Racist?

Apparently not. Try getting someone to answer that. I’ve never been able to.

 

[LofaTatupu]

I thought the 4.2 hearts was likes, if so, alot more than just some.

What a strange world it has become.

the 4.4k next to the heart at the bottom is people "liking" Cox's tweet.

4 people "responded" to the comment (looks like Facebook) with the attacks at the time it was screenshotted, looks like the majority of those are the "angry" reacts. I assume therefore that there were three "angry" reacts and one "like" at the time that screenshot was taken.

 

[LofaTatupu]

Apparently not. Try getting someone to answer that. I’ve never been able to.

I saw this in another thread, might answer your question:

 

[adammania9]

Works both ways

So Blacks can't be Racist?

Time and place mate

 

[Sub_Zero]

Works both ways

what?

 

[Pistol Night]

I saw this in another thread, might answer your question:

So basically white people cant even use the word black anymore, but black people can use any vial insults they want towards white people as they’ve been oppressed? I honestly see why we’re getting nowhere with equality if that’s the general rule. I feel like I’m going to be labeled a racist for even asking this question.