Topic: Football Association charge Rio Ferdinand for his racist tweet.

[Andy @ Allerton]

Nah. Only joking. As if they would. Obviously looking for another scapegoat so they're charging Frimpong instead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18974073

Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong charged over tweet

Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has been charged by the Football Association with improper conduct following a recent Twitter post.
According to an FA statement on their website,  Frimpong posted a comment "amounting to improper conduct and/or which brought the game into disrepute".
The comment is believed to have "included a reference to ethnic origin, faith or race".
The Ghana-born midfielder has until 4pm on 27 July to respond to the charge.
Frimpong is alleged to have posted a comment on his official Twitter account on 15 July which read "if you going church today Pray For me Giving today A Miss".
A Tottenham fan responded with "I prayed you break your arms and legs", which Frimpong retweeted and then allegedly replied with a derogatory term.
Frimpong's Arsenal career
Debut: 13 August, 2011 v Newcastle
Appearances: 14
Goals: 0
Frimpong quickly removed the tweet, but it sparked a debate on the social networking site among supporters of both clubs and did not escape the FA's attention.
Soon after the FA's statement, Frimpong responded on his twitter account  to the charge.
He said: "Just wanna Say didn't even no the word is offensive as u hear it all the time but u live and learn from ur mistakes Have a gd afternoon"
Arsenal have also responded to the charge by reiterating they have made Frimpong aware of his responsibilities.
A Gunners spokesman said: "We are aware of the FA charge. As previously stated, Emmanuel has been reminded of his responsibilities when representing the club.
"Emmanuel will respond to the charge by 27 July as requested."
The term that the midfielder is believed to have posted has been used to identify Tottenham supporters because of the proportion of Jewish supporters at the club.
A campaign was launched last year by comedian David Baddiel to stamp out use of the word in football chants as it can be viewed as anti-Semitic

[Mr Rossi]

That Frimpong comes across as a bit of a twat. Didn't he post something snide about Lucas on twitter a while back?


What word did he use anyway? Was it Yid?

[Barneylfc]

Anyone know what he said?

The FA set their bar back in December as we know. Anything that could even remotely be considered a racist comment should follow suit.

[Smudgester]

Very few people would have seen what he tweeted compared to the 1000s who know what racist term Ferdinand used.

But hey-ho, Frimpong has the misfortune of NOT playing for Man United so he is the one who gets charged.

Oh, and still no decision about John Terry (nearly 2 weeks after the court case has finished)

[Laughter is the best medicine...]

hasnt the fella who did the original choc ice tweet got arrested for it?

[exiledintheusa]

Was honestly shocked to think they would go after Ferdinand - how silly of me.  Who's for choc ice's?

[corkboy]

I hate you, Andy.

[Shady77]

Fucker ,got me good style there

[BIGdavalad]

Won't the FA have to leave the Ferdinand case alone until any court case is over (as with Terry)?

[CHOPPER]

Won't the FA have to leave the Ferdinand case alone until any court case is over (as with Terry)?

There is an algebraic equation for this instance.

                      fA=C+B 

Where C is a carpet and B is a brush.

[Liamski-la]

That Frimpong comes across as a bit of a twat. Didn't he post something snide about Lucas on twitter a while back?


What word did he use anyway? Was it Yid?

Absolutely. A proper pleb. Surprised he wasnt banned from social networking a long time a go.

[lfcshaunod]

DENCH!!!

[Brentie]

Ping Pong's an absolute idiot and Id be amazed if he knew Yiddo was slang for jew.

In fact, Id  be fucking astounded if he knew what the fuck Judaism is.

[Brentie]

Another thing. Spurs fans called themselves Yiddos, sing "Come on you Yids", have t-shirts with Yid on it.

Someone needs to chill the fuck out about this. If the FA think the term is offensive, then the Spurs fan signing it should be banned.

[anfieldpurch]

There is an algebraic equation for this instance.

                      fA=C+B 

Where C is a carpet and B is a brush.

Should that be C
                         B

[Mr Rossi]

Ping Pong's an absolute idiot and Id be amazed if he knew Yiddo was slang for jew.

In fact, Id  be fucking astounded if he knew what the fuck Judaism is.

If he did use the word 'Yid' or 'Yiddo' they're gettin their knickers in a twist of f'all. Still I suppose its a good way of detracting attention away from Rio Ferdinand's 'choc ice' incident.

[corkboy]

I can't really see how choc ice can be a term of racial abuse. It's one black (ish. I mean really ish. If an alien plonked down in OT, he'd be asking why everyone called Ferdinand black.) man calling another black (ish) man the kind of black man that wants to be a white man. Uncle Tom, the Americans say. That's sort of racism within race. All very meta.

[Veinticinco de Mayo]

Locked for obvious reasons. The term is no more acceptable here than it is on Twitter

[SP]

Another thing. Spurs fans called themselves Yiddos, sing "Come on you Yids", have t-shirts with Yid on it.

Someone needs to chill the fuck out about this. If the FA think the term is offensive, then the Spurs fan signing it should be banned.

Yid is an offensive term. People can and do get bans for using it on RAWK.

Spurs fans reclaiming the term is not dissimilar to rappers reclaiming the term nigger. Trying to justify using the term nigger by claiming that rappers say it will not get you very far.