Police probe Balotelli racist abuse
Merseyside police say they are investigating racist abuse on Twitter directed at Mario Balotelli.
The Italian received the abuse for tweeting 'Man Utd....' during their shock 5-3 defeat at the hands of Leicester City.
A number of accounts that sent the abuse have since been closed down.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29302216
A swivel-eyed remark considering the context, do you think the racist abuse tweeted to him were jibes about him being Italian?
Or do you think they were ''useless tweets'' about his actual race?
Racist chants are commonplace at Old Twatford and it follows that the dickheads responsible have no reservation in putting their views on a social media site, a disgrace to themselves and their club.
To say nothing of it being against the law of course.
Exactly mate, Balotelli can write Man Utd...
all he wants. Everyone was laughing at them, if we end up being the joke at the end of the season then queue some of their players rubbing his nose in it, it was banter, something that is very healthy among rivals.
Nobody with a rational view on things will have any problem with Balotelli's words and trying to turn this on him is wrong in the extreme, thankfully those who tweeted it more than likely did it from an easily traced account so they're likely easily prosecuted too.
I will say this though, I personally don't see the use of the word monkey racist, in the context it was used there's no doubt that it was meant that way, but if we're to believe in evolution, which I think you'd be a fool not to then we all evolved from monkeys no matter your orientation so it's more a primative slur than racial but hey I hope they get what's coming to them.
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