malcolm cameron ‏@malcolmcameron7 Dec 3

@RuthDE Agreed Ruth but Dave Whelan is neither racist nor anti semitic and doesn't deserve this. And Balotelli's tweet was innocuous.

Ruth Dudley Edwards ‏@RuthDE Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 Don't know anything about Whelan and thought Balotelli just a foolish RT, but general point worth making.

malcolm cameron ‏@malcolmcameron7 Dec 3

@RuthDE Whelan is 77 years old and the life and souls of English football and as nice as the come. He talked clumsily, that's all.

malcolm cameron ‏@malcolmcameron7 Dec 3

@RuthDE Yes anti semitism in all its guises is on the rise, undoubtedly.

Lee 'Budgie' Barnett ‏@budgie Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 @RuthDE Using age-old anti-semitic trope is, what do you know, offensive and, yeah, anti-semitic.

malcolm cameron ‏@malcolmcameron7 Dec 3

@budgie @RuthDE so if I disagree with you I'm anti-semitic is that it?

Lee 'Budgie' Barnett ‏@budgie Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 @RuthDE Nope, not at all. How on earth did you conclude that? I'm curious as to yr expertise in *facing* anti-semitism tho.

malcolm cameron ‏@malcolmcameron7 Dec 3

@budgie @RuthDE logic. And one doesn't have to experience something to understand it. We are imbued with a sense of empathy.

Lee 'Budgie' Barnett ‏@budgie Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 @RuthDE I'm not responsible for you inferring something that most certainly wasn't implied. But I would ask one question:

Lee 'Budgie' Barnett ‏@budgie Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 @RuthDE Do you think, empathy or no, that you are more accurate at detecting anti-Semitism than say someone who's faced it?

malcolm cameron ‏@malcolmcameron7 Dec 3

@budgie @RuthDE as capable.

Lee 'Budgie' Barnett ‏@budgie Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 @RuthDE As a general rule of thumb, I, as a white bloke, wouldn't presume to tell a black man if he's faced racism or not.

Lee 'Budgie' Barnett ‏@budgie Dec 3

@malcolmcameron7 @RuthDE Well, that's certainly a novel approach.