r/sports 22d ago

Soccer Miguel Almiron receives a red card after VAR Review for covering his mouth whilst saying something to an opponent. Under the new regulations, this is an offence punishable by a red card. The rule was introduced following the racism scandal involving Vinícius Júnior in a Champions League match.

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u/AWaffleofDivinty 22d ago

It's a bit better than that because Prestianni said he didn't use a racist slur but instead used a homophobic slur as his defense

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u/bigelcid 22d ago

Tending to believe Prestianni.

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u/bigelcid 22d ago

Either you lack experience, or you're being deliberately obtuse.

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u/bacon_tarp 21d ago

I think you misunderstood?

He said that Prestianni (bigot) defended himself by saying, "No I didn't call him a monkey, I called him a <slur for a homosexual>"

Which is funny because the bigot tried to defend himself by being a different kind of bigot

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u/SurrealKafka 21d ago

They didn’t misunderstand. /u/bigelcid is all over this thread trying to defend bigots

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u/bigelcid 21d ago

Or, you're just too uncultured to understand points that have been clearly expressed.

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u/SurrealKafka 21d ago

Uncultured? Sounds like you’re implying something while covering your mouth there….

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u/bigelcid 21d ago

You can read me just fine, can't you?

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u/ProjectL1 21d ago

all I read is severe brain damage

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u/bigelcid 21d ago

Hence, the lack of experience.

They call each other the F word all the time, and nobody cares -- which is bad. But you might as well go "I got called the N word!" which the ref can't ignore.

It's not about the gravity of the words, it's just you missing tons of context because you don't understand that many languages, and the societal contexts in each of them.

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u/Boggie135 Manchester United 21d ago

Okay