Los Pumas 2020
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Pablo Matera stripped of captaincy after tweets emerge from 9 years ago... when he was 18. Social media people, it's a minefield.
'the Fern is my social media' T-shirts please
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@nzzp has anyone seen translations of what he said? I only found one article and it just said they were bad
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@Kiwiwomble I've seen the tweets in Spanish (all from 2012). Quite sexist and racist (towards other South Americans, black people and jews), and sometimes both. Sometimes they were bad jokes, but most of them weren't. I'm not going to post the text here.
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@Stargazer fair enough, sounds bad
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@Stargazer said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kiwiwomble I've seen the tweets in Spanish. Quite sexist and racist (towards other South Americans, black people and jews), and sometimes both. Sometimes they were bad jokes, but most of them weren't. I'm not going to post the text here.
He's not from Bariloche is he?
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@Kirwan There's a difference between just saying stupid shit and racism (and sexism). When I was 18, I knew what racism was and would never say/write something like that (didn't feel any inclination to, either), but I've been on the receiving end at that age. Age is no excuse here.
But ... people can change. So digging it up is pathetic.
If there was any risk of me becoming "famous", I'd just delete my account and start a new one.
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@Stargazer said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan There's a difference between just saying stupid shit and racism (and sexism). When I was 18, I knew what racism was and would never say/write something like that (didn't feel any inclination to, either), but I've been on the receiving end at that age. Age is no excuse here.
People mature, especially from 18 to 28. Judging a person today, for comments made ten years ago is wrong IMO.
If he's apologised for the comments that should be the end of it.
Social media mobs are gross.
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@Stargazer said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan Had edited my post, before you responded.
Agree more with your edit.
I'd reccomend that for everybody, even if you aren't famous. Never use your real name (where possible) and ditch the accounts regularly. Never post drunken photos of parties, etc.
Google search yourself and make sure the results are what you want potential employers to find. And once a year I delete all my old Tweets.
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@Kirwan said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Social media
and that is the problem these guys face today.
Remember Barnya, he went round deleting all sorts when he was applying for a job.
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@taniwharugby said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@Kirwan said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Social media
and that is the problem these guys face today.
Remember Barnya, he went round deleting all sorts when he was applying for a job.
Smart. Changed his username here too
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@Machpants said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
So cool that we never had camera phones or social media in my stupid drinking years
This. Times a thousand.
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I think theres a difference between some old mate having said something in the 60's when it was a hell of a lot easier to be ignorant and someone claiming that even though they probably posted from a smart phone (ie infinite knowledge) they were ignorant in 2012
that's being said, yes, if he's changed then good, I hope it doesn't escalate too far
I would have thought a professional sports outfit would have looked at this stuff, especially for a captain
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@nzzp said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Pablo Matera stripped of captaincy after tweets emerge from 9 years ago... when he was 18. Social media people, it's a minefield.
'the Fern is my social media' T-shirts please
What a delicious paradox: Greatest captaincy performance in the history of Puma rugby gets condemned and booted all under the backdrop of Maradona idolation.
Modern sensibilities suck!
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@Siam said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
@nzzp said in Argentina Two: Newcastle, 28 November:
Pablo Matera stripped of captaincy after tweets emerge from 9 years ago... when he was 18. Social media people, it's a minefield.
'the Fern is my social media' T-shirts please
What a delicious paradox: Greatest captaincy performance in the history of Puma rugby gets condemned and booted all under the backdrop of Maradona idolation.
Modern sensibilities suck!
Sigh.....cancel culture wins again
