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Originally Posted by Mr_Burns
If that is what he said, he deserves everything coming. He could have just called him ****ing lazy, no need to bring the n-word out  |
That's why I referred to the comment as "stupid". (And I found out the wording by a quick google for news reports)
Someone else has said he could have used the word "ba$$$$d" instead, but not that long ago that word was just as offensive as the "n word" because being of illegitimate parentage could mean complete social exclusion.
It's only that ba$$$$d has now become acceptable and is considered fairly mild (English law no longer recognising the concept of ba$$$$dy) [I've just had to re-write that because even though it's a perfectly legitimate(hah!) English word, it got censored!) that he could have probably used it with impunity.
The point, however, is that he was stupid to use such a "loaded" word in a place where it could be over-heard, however from what I've seen, Atkinson has never shied away from using black players, so claims that he's actually racist are, IMO, wrong.