Disability prejudice at Millwall Football Club
RandomAutie | 06.10.2010 11:32 | Repression | Social Struggles | Technology
"All disabled people should be Systematically drowned one by one in a Big Bucket of Water. What good are they? Fucking ugly, shouting and screaming all the time and a drain on our money. You can't even laugh at them anymore without getting a bad reputation."
This is the welcome from an administrator of Millwall Independent Supporters Association to a young adult with autism.
This is the welcome from an administrator of Millwall Independent Supporters Association to a young adult with autism.
"Yeah just a shame you aint got a Tray under your chin to save people Carpet cleaning bills."
You might imagine that Millwall had enough of a history already, without this kind of reaction to a young adult with autism joining their supporters forum. Yet this young man's value is determined by the stereotype that he may require a carer to escort him into the disabled section ("if so, can you let me be your 'carer' and get me in for free?
you'll only have to put up with me for 5 minutes before the game, once we get in i'll move on and then meet up the following week.") or perhaps might by some kind of artistic savant.
How does one combat this prejudice, other than bringing it into the light of day?
You might imagine that Millwall had enough of a history already, without this kind of reaction to a young adult with autism joining their supporters forum. Yet this young man's value is determined by the stereotype that he may require a carer to escort him into the disabled section ("if so, can you let me be your 'carer' and get me in for free?
you'll only have to put up with me for 5 minutes before the game, once we get in i'll move on and then meet up the following week.") or perhaps might by some kind of artistic savant.
How does one combat this prejudice, other than bringing it into the light of day?
RandomAutie
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Racist bully
06.10.2010 11:56
Millitant
Millwall is a fugly club with a fugly reputation
06.10.2010 12:13
GayAsAYellowDuster
What wankers...
06.10.2010 12:41
Heath
I am the Admin of MISA..
06.10.2010 19:53
There is a fella who posts on the site already who has a disability, is in a Wheelchair and is Ill and he is the worse of them all.
There is nothing malicous in it and it's definately not what any of us really think, different mentality to the rest of you. You could never understand, the person who's joined will be made welcome but if he wants to stick like the rest of us.
I'd just like to point out that the person in the Galatasery Shirt isn't me.
Lagboat
You mean THIS Dean West?
06.10.2010 20:54
The court heard that West had previous convictions for being drunk at a sporting event in 2006, for criminal damage in 2008 and for a pitch invasion on February 22 this year. He was already the subject of a three-year football banning order.
It seems he is popular in Leeds too -
The poor sod has censored the MISA postings, ha ha,
GayAsAYellowDuster
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Overreaction
07.10.2010 09:18
Isn't it obvious this is meant in a satirical way? Just because it isn't done by some Oxbridge-educated comedian doesn't mean you have to take it at face value. In fact, can't one of the aspects of autism be taking things too literally and failing to see irony/satire/parody? Maybe this is the problem here?
I don't think this guy (maybe he is racist or an arsehole, I don't know) really thinks disabled people should be drowned, it's just a self-parody. This kind of fake-insulting humour is very common and is usually a term of endearment.
So, chill out and find a more deserving target to complain about.
@non
Glad Someone Has Finally Brought This To Attention.
08.10.2010 15:28
As soon as Lagboat turned up the forum turned into a cesspit of Racism, Football Hooliganism and Bullying. When people tried to talk about Football they were ridiculed and scared off by Lagboat and a few other Thug like contributors. It was a shame nobody seemed like they wanted to stand up to him even when he was posting vile racist jokes and attacking posters with disabilities. I must admit I myself wanted to bring this to attention but didn't think it warranted phoning the Police and wasting their time.
There is a lot from the old forum that I'm sure some of you would be eager to hear about, like a Collection he organised and where the money went and a lot of other Illegal activity. I have saved a bit of it onto my Computer and would happily share it with anyone on here who is Interested. Perhaps they can put it to better use then me.
TheGreaterGood
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