tisza
Well-Known Member
It's hard when they personalize it by saying how Archer might have reacted. Could have been offended, could have thought some of the "sexist" stuff was amusing, could have thought it was a storm in a teacup. What offends one person may not offend another. Not fair to shift it onto Archer and tell him how he should feel about it. Just because Carberry feels one way doesn't mean Archer would.
Obviously players right now are properly aware their social media history is fair game. Doubt Robinson even remembered making those tweets given how long ago it was. So now there are no excuses going forward but there has to be some common sense in dealing with historical posts etc.
There are companies out there that specialize in cleaning up people's social media for various reasons - job interviews, background checks etc. Maybe they'll be getting plenty of work over next few weeks.
ECB's PR nightmare must be a black/Asian player being found to have made "sexist" tweets years back.
Some of Robinson's "sexist" tweets I still don't get - the boxing & video games ones in particular. Media always full of stuff about if you like x hobby/pastime it could improve your sex life. Loads of us have taken girlfriends, female family members to football and said Never Again !! We have several TVs because I can't sit and watch certain sports with my wife or daughters without them sitting there moaning it's boring or pointless.