I debated long and hard about posting this.
I did not post when I left the top of 109 due to the racism and homophobic remarks that I heard there, but I am now tired of it, and after my experience tonight in 112 I am speaking up.
I came really close to becoming violent towards the end of the match tonight. I am not a violent guy. My last 'fight' was in 1998, grade 10, when I just sat on a guy who attacked me until he calmed down.
Tonight though, there was a guy in about the 12th row of 112, fourth seat from the railing, who was repeatedly calling Frings a ____ German Nazi ____ ____. Fill in the blanks as you will, this guy did often enough with foul adjectives.
I directed many glares at him, while I thought about charging up the rows to 'teach him a lesson', for lack of a better phrase. Luckily (perhaps for us both), he left very quickly after the whistle, while I was wrapping up my flag. I really wanted to confront him.
If any anyone knows who this dirty racist douchebag was, please ask him to stow that shit for future games. His neighbour's said his usual seat is a few rows behind them and I cannot say for sure that he was in the 12th row tonight as I was in a randomly chosen row myself. I hesitate to describe him because I do not want to be misconstrued as a racist myself. I know others noticed him and were appalled as well.
I guess my plea here is for people to stand up to this kind of behaviour. Those nearest to him simpathized with me after the game, but only grinned at him while he was at it during the game.
What can we do? I really don't want to create a ruckus during or after the game, but I have had it with this shit.
Sorry for personalizing this, but I have uncles who were born because my grandmother was raped in Russian concentration camps during WWII. Not all Germans are Nazi and I have never heard that Frings was one. But I swear, racism in the stands must stop or this shit will get ugly.
What can we do?