Posted on 02/12/2022 9:20:14 AM PST by Eleutheria5
A British soccer team that had previously defended its fans’ self-designation as “yids” has for the first time asked they stop.
Tottenham Hotspur, a prominent London team with a sizable Jewish fanbase and a reputation of being Jewish among fans of rival teams, made the request in a statement on its website Thursday.
“It is time to move on from associating this term with our club,” the club wrote in the statement, which reflected the outcome of an inquiry that the team launched
In the statement, the club described the use of “Yid army” and “Yiddo” by its fans as a way of deflecting the antisemitic chants of fans of rival teams, by owning the slur and turning it on its head.
“Among the reasons some fans choose to continue to chant the term now is to show unity and support for the team, as well as each other, as a defense mechanism against antisemitic abuse that still exists and also as a way to identify as a Spurs fan,” the statement read.
The statement said the team seeks “to create a welcoming environment that embraces all our fans” but the nickname increasingly stood in the way.
“It is clear the use of this term does not always make this possible, regardless of context and intention,”...
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Obviously racist against Irish Catholics./s
I don’t follow sports at all, ever. I’ll take your word for it, and wonder why the team is making a big deal of it, which is what I wondered from the getgo.
Really strange. Plenty of Jews who try to hide their Jewishness, getting nose jobs, even putting the tip back on, and here you have some Brit football fans who allegedly wear the appellation “Yid” proudly, and the team has a problem with it. If I were a Hotspur, I’d respect and treasure a fan who goes that far.
Maybe the organization believes that the use of “Yids” by their fans is losing them the allegiance of anti-Semites.
Read later.
Gotta have support of the anti-Semites and racists. They’re so ubiquitous, you can’t make a buck without them./s
Jeremy Corbyn was Labor Party Secretary. It’s possible there are enough anti-semites (including Muslims) in the market to get the attention of the team’s advertising department.
OK. So they’re avoiding alienating them. How do you cater to anti-Semitic fans or customers, though? I can see the ad copy now.
Are you sure there’s no blood in that matza cracker? Buy hot cross buns instead!
Bank by us. No international conspiracies, just good, honest Aryan bankers. Arel Finance. We’ll hire no Yids.
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Let us put the tip back on for you. Sheigatz Cosmetic Surgery.
The way things have been going in the world, we may see this kind of thing turn up in a year or so.
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