Moscow01 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Taken from the Twitter account of Jose Kenga: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Plow Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Just seen this posted on Twitter. Had to re-read it a couple of times just to make sure I understood who said what. Will be interesting to see how far this goes, especially in Canada where they seem very liberal and inclusive to everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeytherRob Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Pretty shocking stuff, Jack Hansen who i assume is being referred to in the post was pretty quick to retweet and seemingly corroborate his account. It'll be interesting to see what happens next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Can’t imagine this would have been done lightly by the lad. Oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clogdance Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Argyle's lucky he didn't get a slap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdd Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I completely back Jose if he feels he’s been racially abused, but Twitter probably isn’t the arena to share it initially. He should have gone to the governing body with this in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiH68 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Cdd said: I completely back Jose if he feels he’s been racially abused, but Twitter probably isn’t the arena to share it initially. He should have gone to the governing body with this in my opinion. I would hope he has done that as well. They should really talk to Argyle and see what he has to say. No place for this in our sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfTexEvans Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Cdd said: I completely back Jose if he feels he’s been racially abused, but Twitter probably isn’t the arena to share it initially. He should have gone to the governing body with this in my opinion. Who would have done what ..... Sad to say I have seen casual racism re-entered the work place and you complain against at your own detriment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clogdance Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Who knows what any of us would do in a similar situation i.e. resort to violence, ignore it, report it, let social media know....etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakman Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, clogdance said: Who knows what any of us would do in a similar situation i.e. resort to violence, ignore it, report it, let social media know....etc Rough him up a little????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojx Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Storm .. teacup. "do they allow black people in Swinton" ... just a very bad attempt at humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayCee Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 25 minutes ago, ojx said: a very bad attempt at humour. I'd agree. I've had occasions where attempted humour on my part hasn't worked. Admittedly not on this subject but I have thought later "Why did I say that?" The problem is if something is said that comes across as racially prejudiced or homophobic, then it goes further than my failed attempts at humour. My blog: https://rugbyl.blogspot.co.nz/ It takes wisdom to know when a discussion has run its course. It takes reasonableness to end that discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakman Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Argyle has apologized in his statement..in damage control mode. It was poorly said and I agree with Ray Cee and ojx that it is being overblown. Hard to place this in the 'abuse' category but it was poorly done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krakauer Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 bit shocking that. coming from a nice bloke like Argyle, he probably did not mean it... I sympathize with the player also wonder why this was reported so late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newguy Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, ojx said: Storm .. teacup. "do they allow black people in Swinton" ... just a very bad attempt at humour. You may think that way if you are a young or middle aged white bloke (I'm one myself), I'm not so sure you would as a person of colour or other minority. It's an attempt at humour, obviously it failed quite badly. But as an owner of a team in what is a sport that labels itself as an inclusive sport, it really is quite poor and there should be consequences to this attempted humour if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojx Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, Newguy said: You may think that way if you are a young or middle aged white bloke (I'm one myself), I'm not so sure you would as a person of colour or other minority. It's an attempt at humour, obviously it failed quite badly. But as an owner of a team in what is a sport that labels itself as an inclusive sport, it really is quite poor and there should be consequences to this attempted humour if true. Snowflakes these days! I've been called much worse without winging on social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiH68 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Here’s Argyle’s statement. Fair play, at least he hasn’t tried to deny it or excuse it or say it was a poor attempt at a joke, but neither does he acknowledge any kind of racism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDINTHEHIZZOUSE Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 4 hours ago, ojx said: Snowflakes these days! I've been called much worse without winging on social media. That's ok then,let's all crack on with being racist and hope nobody whinges about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Disappointing that some TWP fans are trying to play this down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugger Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 6 hours ago, ojx said: Storm .. teacup. "do they allow black people in Swinton" ... just a very bad attempt at humour. Yep, more a dig at Swinton than at him. I'm Canadian and I can safely say that racial banter is a thing here. When I was in the Army we used to go at each other all the time like this. Doesn't make it right but it is what it is. One of my Corporals was from Peru and we would pretend we didn't know where it was and say "that's in Mexico right? So you're Mexican". South Americans hate Mexicans. No doubt Argyle had probably put back a few pints and thought he was being funny. Mea Culpa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluded pom? Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Is it another example of some of the views held by some Australians as we have seen in the thread about the Australian national anthem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Just now, deluded pom? said: Is it another example of some of the views held by some Australians as we have seen in the thread about the Australian national anthem? It doesn't surprise me in the slightest based on my admittedly limited time spent in Oz. Seems it is fine in Canada too, the whole bantz based on skin colour thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugger Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Dave T said: It doesn't surprise me in the slightest based on my admittedly limited time spent in Oz. Seems it is fine in Canada too, the whole bantz based on skin colour thing! It's a thing here, not saying it's right and people are changing slowly but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Just now, CanadianRugger said: It's a thing here, not saying it's right and people are changing slowly but it is what it is. Saying 'it is what it is' is just bang wrong. As a bare minimum TWP fans should condemn it when discussing it in places like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newguy Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Dave T, I hardly think that racial related 'bantz' does not take place in the UK, the English speaking world has variations of terrible people who use stereotypes to belittle others, let's not get on our high horses here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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