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I received this message and thought it was important to post here so that someone in the know might be able address it:

 

"you might want to suggest to some of your fellow fans that heckling Meram about being in ISIS is just about the most tasteless, classless thing I've ever heard at an MLS game.

For one thing, yes, he's of Iraqi descent although he was raised in the US. He's also a Chaldean Christian, a sect which predates Islam that ISIS is trying to obliterate by cutting people's heads off.

Even if he wasn't though, it would still be a shockingly racist thing to do and while I'd be the last guy to affix group blame on one or two assholes I'd really hope someone could quietly suggest that this sort of thing would look pretty bad in a special report on Sportscenter."



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Let's not be like DC fans, guys.

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Also, apparently no one is to shout "red" at that one part in the national anthem.


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Rather than get cute about it, maybe the simplest decision is to say that whoever may have done the heckling is a classless ass-clown.



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Also, apparently no one is to shout "red" at that one part in the national anthem.

It's as if Red Bull fans were chanting 'Allahu Akbar' during a moment of silence.  John C is entitled to his wrong opinion, but if I'm an asshole then he can go fuck himself.

 

As for the Meram heckling, how many people actually did this?


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Also, apparently no one is to shout "red" at that one part in the national anthem.

 

Did that not go over well in Columbus?



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As for the Meram heckling, how many people actually did this?

No idea.  I'm just bringing it up here in case anyone who went to the game witnessed it.  Obviously there's no place for stuff like that.

 

So people can either take the limited information that was given to me and run with it, or simply ignore it and move on.



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Also, apparently no one is to shout "red" at that one part in the national anthem.

Fuck that.  But I agree 100% on the ISIS stuff.    1 guy doing it is too many.


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I don't yell "Red" during the national anthem, but to suggest those that do are being disrespectful somehow, is crazy. They're emphasizing a single word that connects the Star Spangled Banner to our team. Don't be even more stupider than you already are Columbus, move along...

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So now what is said on twitter = at the game? Cbus fans are the worst.
These views do not represent ESC as a whole, just some jerkoff from Detroit.

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So now what is said on twitter = at the game? Cbus fans are the worst.


https://twitter.com/...557562829148160


 

I think this is the tweet in question. Poor taste if you ask me, and pretty painful to watch Tim double down and defend his words.


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It's not funny, nor clever. Whoever shouted that at him should fall off a bridge. 



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No to approve of what the guy said but I have heard  a lot worse by some at RB arena, Yankee Stadium, Giants Stadium and MSG.



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Maybe Tim meant that Justin Meram was member of ISIS like on the TV show "Archer".



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Delete. Much ado about nothing.


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It seems Philly fans have signed up on metrofanatic to vote for themselves (in 'What team do you hate more?') . No real fan of this team would vote anything other than DC.

 

 





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