The
Guardian tells the story of the judicial process that opposes the
Chelsea captain John Terry and the QPR's defender Anton Ferdinand
over a supposedly racist incident that took place during the
match between the two teams on 23 October
2011.
Back
then, Terry has shouted to Ferdinand: fuck
off, fuck off…fucking black cunt, fucking knobhead.
A
first moment of stupidity: Terry
admitted he was using racist insults but he said
he only did so “sarcastically”. As if
sarcasm justifies the act of insulting.
A
second moment of stupidity: the very
target of racist insults, Anton Ferdinand said that being called “a
cunt” was fine, “but when someone brings your colour into
it, it takes it to another level and it’s very hurtful”. As
if using pejoratively the name of female body parts is acceptable
while mentioning skin color is not.
No, our dear
Anton, racial insults are not more serious or more grave than sexist
abuses. Nor does racism justify sexism. Both stay at the same level
of unacceptability.
I hope your
wife/girlfriend will sue you.
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