Genuine question. What race are they?
Sorry about the double reply - fat fingers! The word ‘pikey’ is a derogatory, abusive term for people of Romany heritage I believe. Romanies are a distinct ethnic group.Genuine question. What race are they?
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Genuine question. What race are they?
Sorry about the double reply - fat fingers! The word ‘pikey’ is a derogatory, abusive term for people of Romany heritage I believe. Romanies are a distinct ethnic group.Genuine question. What race are they?
Sorry about the double reply - fat fingers! The word ‘pikey’ is a derogatory, abusive term for people of Romany heritage I believe. Romanies are a distinct ethnic group.
This cunt looks like he's going to have a lovely Christmas...down the nick...
No but should have been!Was it: "This is what you get, when you mess with us"
Put it this way, if we weren't managed by Antonio, I'd give us two chances - a slim one and a fat one!
No, it's gone, just have to buy a new oneI had trouble sleeping last night so have you found your bobble hat yet or another bad night ahead!
For all those rightly condemning Spammers using racist language seen on social media. Luckily this media wasn't so prevalent at the height of the Sol hate?
It’s a load of bullshit made up by Westham fans to justify a large majority of their supporters being anti Semitic chavs. Every time we get an incident of this nature, all they ever fire back at us is “ but, it’s ok for you lot to be racist with Sol Campbell “ , which like clockwork, they spout back every single time their rotten supporters get caught out. I’m sure Sol Campbell received vile racist abuse by a very small minority, but Sol Campbell getting abused was literally nothing to do with his colour. He was hated for joining our fiercest rivals. Westham fans are bunch of chavvy anti Semitic pieces of shit
I wish Sol had been white... Cos he STILL would've got the same level of abuse.The "famous" song about Sol was tarnished as racist and homophobic. It was neither. Non black people have been hung from a tree, Including Judas himself, who supposedly hung himself. So the idea we wanted him swinging from a tree because we're racist isn't even in keeping with the rest of the song, let alone real life.
The reference to having HIV was labelled homophobic. Last time I checked heterosexual people get HIV too. more to the point though, HIV happens to rhyme with tree. That's it. Don't think there's special underlying meanings. It rhymes and is in keeping with the hate level.
Lockdown?There was a 4 month lockdown from Dec/Jan (depending on tier) to April.
No, it's gone, just have to buy a new one
I wish Sol had been white... Cos he STILL would've got the same level of abuse.
Colour had NOTHING to do with the vitriol of hate aimed at him.
True but definitely homophobic abuse was.
Interesting; I was wondering where the term came from and after reading your post looked it up. Wiki gives a definitive history, including your info. As always, it is a complex issue, and not exclusively about race, but class, lifestyle etc. I suppose I feel it is a reductive term that diminishes people to a stereotype that makes us feel better about hating them. Which, I think, is at the root of racist slurs too. Anyway, I’m on the whisky mac now and quickly losing the power of coherent thought. Have a good evening!I would say it is a word used for travellers who are generally Irish. I don't use it (check my posting history) but I would suggest it offensive rather than racist.
It originated as a nickname for workers that operated Turnpikes on canals in the same way as Chippy, Sparky etc.
I think the majority of Spurs fans did that. He'll always be a vile piece of shit.I just called him what he was
A cunt plain and simple
Colour or sexuality irrelevant
Interesting; I was wondering where the term came from and after reading your post looked it up. Wiki gives a definitive history, including your info. As always, it is a complex issue, and not exclusively about race, but class, lifestyle etc. I suppose I feel it is a reductive term that diminishes people to a stereotype that makes us feel better about hating them. Which, I think, is at the root of racist slurs too. Anyway, I’m on the whisky mac now and quickly losing the power of coherent thought. Have a good evening!