[quote Opalfeet]@TedImgoingmad wow did I say that? Why are you putting words into my mouth and then calling me disgraceful? 🙄[/quote]
I said They are young men, as vulnerable as any other young person to reading negative shit about themselves on social media
You said sorry but it does kind of come with the territory
When you are a black player, the negative shit is always covertly or overtly racist. But I guess it just comes with the territory.
White player takes off runner up medal: sore loser. Black man does it: sore loser and not a proper Brit, not loyal to this country, that's why they missed their penalties.
People like you take a single incidence - taking off the medal - and blow it into a character assassination. You clearly neither understand or care to find out why they do it, or care that it is common, or care that it is not disrespectful in any way towards the other team, the country or anyone. Other people pile on, as they have on this thread, with their snide additions. For example, "You don't get this is tennis or rugby", which is code for, "middle class sportspeople don't act like these disgraceful working class yobs". Then the comments about their salaries. And on and on. And somewhere along the line, on a less moderated platform than this, their race will get drawn into it. When you start on calling them names and questioning their character, then don't be surprised when other people fill in the spaces.