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by Jason Tin

22 Mar 05:50am

Filed under: Fabrice Muamba, Football, Racism, Soccer, Social Media, Twitter

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When Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch during Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final, many people audibly gasped.

If this scene makes you want to Tweet racist rubbish, you don't deserve a computer. Pic: AP

Some spoke words of concern, while others simply held their breath.

Liam Stacey - a 21-year-old Welsh biology student - saw it as the perfect opportunity to alienate the entire world by openly mocking the unconscious player and posting a string of racist and sexist comments in response to criticism from other Twitter users. Obviously, the lad isn’t the first to haphazardly press a bunch of keyboard keys in a decidedly racist order. But being the most most recent to do so probably makes him more idiotic, in many ways.

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