The Gooner's Online Message Board
https://forum.onlinegooner.com/
Exactly, he must have been going around boasting about it otherwise how would the club find out?Red107 wrote:I very much doubt that he was suspended for just voting BNP. We won't find out the full story. There'll be more to it than just a vote.
My thoughts exactly. I know people who voted for BNP - they all tend to be thick as fuck and don't really know what they're voting for "other than getting the fucking muzzers out". Ironically, at least one of these people has at least one foreign ("but they're white, innit") parent.xDAVEYx wrote:banned for exercising his right to democracy, thats fucking shameful. i disagree with bnp policy an all levels and heckle those pushing that policy in the street, but even publishing the clubs action in the public domain is essentially condoning the withholding of free speech.
reasoning and democracy will (ideally) rid us of the griffin menace, not punishing someone for voting for them
that's assuming that he conducted himself in an unprofessional manner if/when confronted about his choice of vote. in which case, the other player(s) involved should also receive similar punishment. if the ban was a result of his vote then that's out of order, even though public sector workers may face similar action, what right has the football team to a) publicize the incident or b) dictate for whom an employee should and should not vote for in a secret ballot election?VforVictory wrote:It is his right to vote for them, but it is Leicester's right to suspend him for unprofessional conduct.
Well if he apologised for his vote, it means he did vote for them, and so he must have told someone about it.xDAVEYx wrote:that's assuming that he conducted himself in an unprofessional manner if/when confronted about his choice of vote.VforVictory wrote:It is his right to vote for them, but it is Leicester's right to suspend him for unprofessional conduct.
i think anyone who votes bnp is a c**t, and so therefore it seems is he, but its no business of mine who he votes for or the daily mail's
Leicester City are considering the future of defender Wayne Brown after an allegedly racially abusive outburst in the club's dressing room left his position in doubt.
Contrary to reports last week, it was not merely Brown's boast that he voted for the BNP at the General Election which enraged his team-mates, but the language and terms he used while doing so.
Having returned to the dressing room after training, where a discussion was taking place between a group of players about the election results, Brown first told a stunned, racially mixed group of players that he had voted for the BNP.
He was met with a volley of protest. But rather than defusing the situation, the player, born in Barking where BNP leader Nick Griffin was wiped out in the election by Labour's Margaret Hodge, and the party lost all its council seats, launched into an abuse attack on against ethnic minorities whom he claimed were 'killing this country'.
The reaction was furious and several players pointed out that, not only were Brown's phrases and views unacceptable, but that he had Asian, black and mixed-race colleagues.
Leicester boss Nigel Pearson suspended him for the play-off semi-finals, which the side lost to Cardiff City, and has made clear privately he no longer wishes Brown to be a part of his squad.
A statement from the club said: 'Any alleged incidents will be investigated and dealt with internally.'
Professional? To vote for a party that despises one's team mates because of their colour?Cockerill's chin wrote:It is unacceptable to suspend a player for revealing he had voted for a legitimate party.
V4V it is not unprofessional to participate in a political discussion. It is not unprofessional to reveal you voted for the BNP. The players involved of whatever race should be able to handle the discussion. If we can't discuss the matter in full then how can prejudice attitudes be addressed?
The BNP are prejudice but they are legitimate. The way the media cover the party is in danger of creating a sympathy vote.
Did you miss GunnerDude's post above yours? It shows that the player didn't simply 'reveal he had voted for the BNP' as you put it but the language and the terms he used were the reason behind the outrage. So he didn't just politely and meekly say "oh by the way i voted for the BNP lads", he had used language that the other players objected to and was reason enough for them to have a "furious reaction".Cockerill's chin wrote:It is unacceptable to suspend a player for revealing he had voted for a legitimate party.
V4V it is not unprofessional to participate in a political discussion. It is not unprofessional to reveal you voted for the BNP. The players involved of whatever race should be able to handle the discussion. If we can't discuss the matter in full then how can prejudice attitudes be addressed?
The BNP are prejudice but they are legitimate. The way the media cover the party is in danger of creating a sympathy vote.
