It would be great if this forum could be about soccer only. It isn’t going to happen until people stop making racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments here, and they have proven it won’t until they are forced out like Outlaw. Tyrone and Fandango. During the brief period after they were banned and Outlaw was suspended, this place actually went back to soccer, but now we’re back to where we were. We all know why.
I appreciate everything you are saying, but nothing will change until people like you actually call them out and take action, instead of minimizing the full extent of their behavior and and even giving them a pat on the back by asserting they “were very helpful when not dragging politics in and this is the problem.” Not long after you posted this,
@Sheriff Joe was posting an unflattering photo of Michelle Obama’s backside because repeatedly calling another black woman, Kamala Harris, a whore apparently wasn’t racist enough. Your well-intentioned post, like many that came before it, accomplished nothing.
So why does it keep happening? Because a few people share Sheriff Joe’s bigoted, racist, misogynist and homophobic beliefs. You know the type. Others are too chicken to confront him because he’s a bully. But mostly it is because a lot of people are ok tolerating such offensive behavior. It doesn’t bother them because they aren’t part of the group that is targeted, so they don’t care. As I have said many times, it is the American Way to not give a s**t about other people. So this is what happens, whether it’s at a youth soccer forum or in real life. Even for you, it took a direct impact on you - ruining a soccer forum that you liked - to do something. Not the racism. Not the misogyny. Not the complete lack of civility.
But like some others here, I am not ok with it. I catch a lot of flak, but the truth is I don’t initiate off-topic posts, but have only responded to those who do. I am also happy responding to a lack of civility with more of the same. For those who focus their derision on those who actually step up to the plate in response to the blatant bigotry here, however, and not those who make the bigoted comments, you are part of the problem and only enabling more of the same, and it will not change until you do.
If you or anyone wants this place back, address the root cause. When
@Sheriff Joe makes a bigoted offensive comment, tell
@Dominic. In fact, go complain right now about his incredibly offensive comments yesterday and today about black women in the other thread. Or just let this place stay the same.
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