Galway United Director resigns over alleged racism...

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Apparently a Galway United Director has resigned because of a Facebook comment in which he spoke of his fears about standing beside a Muslim in the wake of the Belgian attacks.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-galway-united-director-denies-making-racist-remarks-34586469.html

Have to say I find the comment a bit much and frankly would object. But on the other hand not sure it's bad enough to merit his resignation, surely pointing out that it could offend Muslims and giving him the chance to address it would be enough?

weisses

Kinda shows you don't need to be intelligent to be a director ....

So potentially the nice guy or girl standing beside you or your relations in an airport, cinema or tube station are primed to go off," he continued. "I am calm and rational,

Menas

Wasn't yer man Nick Gleeson, the fella who caused the collapse of Barings bank, CEO of Galway united for a while? They seem to have a habit of hiring bad 'uns.

uck51js9zml2yt

Heard it on Wednesday on the radio. He stands over his comments.
In some ways I can see his point but its like saying all Northerners are IRA/uvf , its a gross generalisation.

Alf Stewart.

Tbf Muslim isn't a race, i mean you have black Muslims, Asian Muslims and Caucasian Muslims, so clearly not a case of "racism" per say.

Slightly bad taste joke maybe, and for someone in his high profile position to throw it up on to facebook was bloody idiotic.

maudgonner

This is the bit that made me giggle:

If someone looked like a perceived Muslim to me - and that would be dark skin, a goatee beard and look shifty - the type of stereotype that is posted up on sites all over the world. I am not anti-racist or anything. I am purely anti-terrorist. I am totally not racist.

Menas

maudgonner wrote: »

This is the bit that made me giggle:

Go figure out this treble negative!

I am not anti-racist or anything.

Lost in Time

Daily reminder you cannot be racist against Muslims and anyone who accuses you of 'Islamophobia' is a fool.

riffmongous

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Tbf Muslim isn't a race, i mean you have black Muslims, Asian Muslims and Caucasian Muslims, so clearly not a case of "racism" per say.

Slightly bad taste joke maybe, and for someone in his high profile position to throw it up on to facebook was bloody idiotic.

He said it in a distinctly racist way though, identifying muslims as 'dark skinned with beard', he clearly wasn't talking about caucasian muslims

marklazarcovic

think he owns a outdoors style shop in galway

Gaillimh1976

marklazarcovic wrote: »

think he owns a outdoors style shop in galway

Would it be in bad taste to ask if he sells backpacks ??

mansize

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

Would it be in bad taste to ask if he sells backpacks ??

Is he disappointed with the lack of repeat business??

TerrorFirmer

The best part was when Joe Loughnane, a well known activist in Galway, went on Liveline as part of the discussion as the voice of tolerance and reason.

He was left pretty red-faced when Joe Duffy played a clip of him hurling horrific racial abuse at a lecturer at NUIG trying to host a talk on the boycott of Israel a few years ago.

Here's the video. The guy that was on as an advocate of tolerance is the guy actually shouting in the video.

Suddenly the Facebook post he was criticizing didn't seem all that bad....

mansize

marklazarcovic wrote: »

think he owns a outdoors style shop in galway

Is this the winter of his discount tents?

The Randy Riverbeast

maudgonner wrote: »

This is the bit that made me giggle:

That quote reminds me of father ted's presentation.

colm_mcm

I though he wasn't a current director at the time either way. Had to turn off Joe Duffy last week as It was affecting my driving!

Cienciano

Harsh having to resign for that.

SEPT 23 1989

Cienciano wrote: »

Harsh having to resign for that.

His comments came to the attention of the SJW Stasi and even though he probably said those silly things in the heat of the moment and probably regrets them now it makes no difference his life must be destroyed

slick89

colm_mcm wrote: »

I though he wasn't a current director at the time either way. Had to turn off Joe Duffy last week as It was affecting my driving!

Yeah, he had left a few weeks ago even before his Facebook post AFAIK. Didn't resign over the racism - he's emigrating soon so had left the board because of that.

deaddonkey15

He's not wrong though. His attitude towards muslims may have saved his life if he was at Brussels Airport that day.

Red Kev

deaddonkey15 wrote: »

He's not wrong though. His attitude towards muslims may have saved his life if he was at Brussels Airport that day.

Nah. He'd be fooked. This bomber hasn't a goatee. :rolleyes:

He shouldn't have said that as a director of a soccer club. They're supposed to be all inclusive community groups, so yeah, in that regard he was out of order and he had to resign whether he likes it or not.

Lost in Time

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

His comments came to the attention of the SJW Stasi and even though he probably said those silly things in the heat of the moment and probably regrets them now it makes no difference his life must be destroyed

Yes he must be sent to the gulag. Saw in the news a Swedish Headmaster is being taken to court for refusing to use the made up gender neutral term 'hen'. There is no place in society for thought criminals.

andekwarhola

It's dumb rather than racist.

Classic case of stupidly publicizing irrational thoughts that most people have occasionally.

Public apology probably would have been enough rather than resigning.

Once you put that stuff out into the outrage mines and the toil begins, you know what's going to happen and he's mostly himself to blame.

andekwarhola

Menas wrote: »

Wasn't yer man Nick Gleeson, the fella who caused the collapse of Barings bank, CEO of Galway united for a while? They seem to have a habit of hiring bad 'uns.

Given the financial structure of many league of Ireland clubs, it's actually a straightforward business match

LDN_Irish

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The best part was when Joe Loughnane, a well known activist in Galway, went on Liveline as part of the discussion as the voice of tolerance and reason.

He was left pretty red-faced when Joe Duffy played a clip of him hurling horrific racial abuse at a lecturer at NUIG trying to host a talk on the boycott of Israel a few years ago.

Here's the video. The guy that was on as an advocate of tolerance is the guy actually shouting in the video.

Suddenly the Facebook post he was criticizing didn't seem all that bad....

You're no better than the worst SJW going by your post. Completely killed your entire point by falsely claiming that "horrific racial abuse" was hurled when there's nothing of the sort in that video. And no, "zionist prick" is not racist abuse. No more than the anti-republicanism on AH is sectarian.

He did come across as a right c*nt though.

TerrorFirmer

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The best part was when Joe Loughnane, a well known activist in Galway, went on Liveline as part of the discussion as the voice of tolerance and reason.

He was left pretty red-faced when Joe Duffy played a clip of him hurling horrific racial abuse at a lecturer at NUIG trying to host a talk on the boycott of Israel a few years ago.

Here's the video. The guy that was on as an advocate of tolerance is the guy actually shouting in the video.

Suddenly the Facebook post he was criticizing didn't seem all that bad....

What a complete and utter arsehole.

"Get the f&&& off my campus now"

With carefully constructed points like that, I can see why he's been stuck for 10 years trying to finish University.

Samaris

His explanation was a bit dumb. "I'm not anti-Muslim, I'm anti-SUICIDE!"

I dunno, when I hear about suicide bombers taking out a bunch of innocent people, the tragedy of suicide isn't the top thing on my mind.

Cathy.C

Dumb twit. People are losing the run of themselves.

Had to laugh at the recent story of where a guy almost shat himself on a plane when he woke up to a Muslim praying loudly beside him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN0U8_mIVwc

Samaris

Cathy.C wrote: »

Dumb twit. People are losing the run of themselves.

Had to laugh at the recent story of where a guy almost shat himself on a plane when he woke up to a Muslim]

In fairness, someone sitting beside me on a plane and repeatedly shouting "Praise be to Jesus!" would upset me too. Awful thing to do to the nerves of a worried flier, waking them up into religion! I'd imagine the plane was going down.

Having said that, if someone was yelling Alluha Akbar right beside me on a plane, I freely admit my first thought would be unprintable and my second thought would involve explosions. Like it or not, Alluha Akbar-ing on public transport has definitely got connotations these days.

Also, there was a right asshole running around in Muslim garb, abandoning or flinging sealed bags at people in public and scaring them senseless. Apparently it was a joke to show how people were thinking of Muslims as criminals and how awful it is that we jump to these conclusions. The guy was stalking random people and flinging things at them! It was hardly unreasonable to flail a bit.

mynameis905

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The best part was when Joe Loughnane, a well known activist in Galway, went on Liveline as part of the discussion as the voice of tolerance and reason.

He was left pretty red-faced when Joe Duffy played a clip of him hurling horrific racial abuse at a lecturer at NUIG trying to host a talk on the boycott of Israel a few years ago.

Here's the video. The guy that was on as an advocate of tolerance is the guy actually shouting in the video.

Suddenly the Facebook post he was criticizing didn't seem all that bad....

"Zionist prick" is not even remotely racist.

Cathy.C

Samaris wrote: »

In fairness, someone sitting beside me on a plane and repeatedly shouting "Praise be to Jesus!" would upset me too. Awful thing to do to the nerves of a worried flier, waking them up into religion! I'd imagine the plane was going down.

Having said that, if someone was yelling Alluha Akbar right beside me on a plane, I freely admit my first thought would be unprintable and my second thought would involve explosions. Like it or not, Alluha Akbar-ing on public transport has definitely got connotations these days.

I never said their reaction wasn't understandable. I said it was funny.

Rattser

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The best part was when Joe Loughnane, a well known activist in Galway, went on Liveline as part of the discussion as the voice of tolerance and reason.

He was left pretty red-faced when Joe Duffy played a clip of him hurling horrific racial abuse at a lecturer at NUIG trying to host a talk on the boycott of Israel a few years ago.

Here's the video. The guy that was on as an advocate of tolerance is the guy actually shouting in the video.

Suddenly the Facebook post he was criticizing didn't seem all that bad....

"Get off my campus!"

The fella has spent too long in NUIG. Ten years!

Tommy Kelly

I'm a Galway United season ticket holder and after watching that clip of Loughnane acting like that I wouldn't sit in the same stand as him, don't mind beside him. Him and his Palestinian and whatever other flags that's supposed to be cool seeing waving at sporting events these days, waving buddies.

Mike Buckley was standing down from the clubs board anyways, it was planned months ago. Hence why he was at terminal 2 on his way to a new venture in his life the following morning.

darkpagandeath

Cathy.C wrote: »

Dumb twit. People are losing the run of themselves.

Had to laugh at the recent story of where a guy almost shat himself on a plane when he woke up to a Muslim praying loudly beside him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN0U8_mIVwc

Hold on there horse. It being private property and not a religious building. I would fully expect if someone tried to hold mass on a plane to be told to stop it so why would any shouting or loud preying be allowed on a plane ? Making loud noise and making people feel uncomfortable would be akin to air rage. Try shouting the power of Christ compels you for 5 mins on a plane.