2024/25 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

[catcherintherye]

Absolutely she can but tell the people that really matter like to Dom himself and to people close to him and her the same way as would have happened pre social media.

That should be enough.

Why can't she say it publicly on social media, without recieving a man threatening to kill her and her baby?

Like do you think you're maybe trying to censor the wrong person here?

 

[davids]

Look he’s not good enough. Everyone except him and his dad and his missus knows he’s not good enough.

But that’s no reason to threaten the apocalypse.

I'm late to this,how sure is it that the poster is a Blue and not just a common or garden kopite?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

This is akin to saying a man rapes someone because he thought their skirt was inviting.

It's total nonsense. Nothing in her post initiated him threatening to murder a woman and her baby. Nothing. To suggest otherwise is to minimise the behaviour.

He did it, because he thinks it's acceptable to send violent threats to women and children. It's that simple. You should stop apologising for the behaviour.

You shouldn't assume gender.

It's an anonymous, throwaway, suspect account.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I'm late to this,how sure is it that the poster is a Blue and not just a common or garden kopite?

Nobody knows.

Let's hope details come to light - doubt it, though.

 

[catcherintherye]

I didn't take offence neither but the fact is they've previously had a go at fans and so I'm not surprised that people are reacting based of of the interpretation they want to believe rather than the face value of it.

I mean I don't remember them having a go at supporters, but even if they did it wouldn't explain sending death threats.

 

[DanB90]

My no.9

 

[catcherintherye]

You shouldn't assume gender.

It's an anonymous, throwaway, suspect account.

Well fair, but she did mention a "Liam" didn't she mate?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

If only this thread was throbbed with activity due to his goal scoring

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Well fair, but she did mention a "Liam" didn't she mate?

Well, this is another part of the problem you see.

If you look closer, you'll see "Liam" didn't send the messages you refer to.

 

[Somerset Blue]

Embarrassing this!

 

[Zed Car]

Why can't she say it publicly on social media, without recieving a man threatening to kill her and her baby?

Like do you think you're maybe trying to censor the wrong person here?

Put it this way.
If it was my daughter I would advise her not to post on social media as I wouldn’t want to put her in the position that Mrs CL has been unfortunately put in.

I would not be censoring her just offering some fatherly advice.

Unfortunately I would need to put my morals aside and not take the moral high ground in order to protect her because there are so many idiots out there who go uncensored on social media.

 

[catcherintherye]

Well, this is another part of the problem you see.

If you look closer, you'll see "Liam" didn't send the messages you refer to.

Fair enough.

I suppose I was asked might have motivated someone to send a message like that, so my suggestion would be it would be a man, on the balance of probabilities.

But man or woman, it's unnacceptable.

 

[catcherintherye]

Put it this way.
If it was my daughter I would advise her not to post on social media as I wouldn’t want to put her in the position that Mrs CL has been unfortunately put in.

I would not be censoring her just offering some fatherly advice.

Unfortunately I would need to put my morals aside and not take the moral high ground in order to protect her because there are so many idiots out there who go uncensored on social media.

Why are women expected to change their behaviour? Surely the perpetuators should be punished, not women?

She is entitled to go where she likes, and post what she likes without suffering abuse.

 

[Efcjake]

This is akin to saying a man rapes someone because he thought their skirt was inviting.

It's total nonsense. Nothing in her post initiated him threatening to murder a woman and her baby. Nothing. To suggest otherwise is to minimise the behaviour.

He did it, because he thinks it's acceptable to send violent threats to women and children. It's that simple. You should stop apologising for the behaviour.

Yes we've had that line already.

You are actually allowed to apply critical thinking when it comes to victimization. There's a reason the word "Precaution" exists.

Nothing justifies this level of response. Nothing. I'm not saying anything justifies it, please stop trying to frame my argument that way. I haven't said that once.



But let's throw a few facts out here we can agree on.

There are aggressive, racist, misogynistic supporters in every club.

Some of those people will look at posts from the players family members of they're allowed to follow them on social media.

There are people who believe that they have perceived digs intended from Dom's family aimed at the support in the past.

There are people who believe that post was another dig at the support, along with previous comments from people connected to Dom of a similar nature. Some of those are the aggressive, racist, misogynistic supporters. Seeing that post and perceiving another dig invoked anger which has led to those abusive messages.

Whether offence was intended or not that post was seen by these angry people and interpreted in this offensive way and that has resulted in a reaction. A reaction that is completely unjustified. There's no assignment of blame in this statement. I am not blaming her, I am adding explanations for why this might have led to the reaction it did.


The only way to avoid the entire situation is to not engage or allow visibility into their social media.

You can only stop these people after an incident has occurred by letting themselves expose themselves and get themselves into trouble. They're always going to be out there and it's up to individuals to take the precautions to avoid this behavior though limiting access to their posts, profiles and messages.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Because it wasn't just "defending her husband". If it was just celebrating his goals and saying "We're proud of you" then nobody would be saying anything she has done has led to this situation.

It was the little pop she added of "They might not shout it but we're proud every day"

There's no avoiding the fact that's a very clear implied dig at the support.

Do you seriously feel offended by this in any way?