The Liverpool Football Club was forced to delete a tweet last night after daring to wish its Jewish fans a happy Rosh Hashanah:
https://twitter.com/BenLewis0795/status/515417523840630784
Here are a few of the anti-Semitic and hateful responses that prompted Liverpool to delete its “happy new year” message:
https://twitter.com/ImtiazZakiy/status/515267811313479680
@LFC viva hitler !! **** jews
— ??|?? (@iKooora_) September 26, 2014
https://twitter.com/Rooney_LFC/status/515269661454516224
And here are some of the responses:
@LFCZA you seen @LFC sent Jewish NY greetings. Was met with barrage of racism & now tweet deleted. Easy to pander to racists. Not good
— Raf B (@rafjb69) September 26, 2014
@LFC @LFC_Arabic @Officiallfc_id @PakistanLFC @MalaysiaLFC Why did you take off the Happy Jewish New Year tweet? Did you let racism win?
— Joel Kleinberg (@Joelinhorito) September 26, 2014
Yes, racism won.
@LFC When you deleted this you did not only turn back against Millions of Jewish fans, but also against the Israelis WHO PLAYED for the club
— Your Savior?? (@Gilli_Parann) September 26, 2014
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Yep.
Hard to fathom: The #antisemitic tweets after #Liverpool FC wished Jewish Supporters a Happy New Year http://t.co/Kt4pnS7HxM #LFC
— QPR REPORT (@QPRReport) September 26, 2014
“Hard to fathom”? Only if you live in a bubble:
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