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Originally Posted by Russ
Nobody is denying he used racist comments. But that does not automatically make him a racist. The FA will not (and indeed cannot) take action against someone purely because they are racist.
His subsequent petulant attitude is more to do with him being of the belief that the punishment did not fit the crime.
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Surely if he wasn't racist he'd have actually apologised to Evra for accidentally offending him then?
He hasn't. Instead he's played the victim which the Scousers have ate up with the inherent victim mentality. So much so that many of them are now saying it's a disgrace the club have released the statements they have and they should have stood by Suarez instead of forcing him to apologise.
The "just because he said something racist doesn't make him racist" defence holds about as much sway as prefixing something with "I'm not racist but..."