right so if she called mcilroy a taig or a fenian would that be racism too what she said was offensive it was meant to be she obviously doesnt like him people tend to say offensive things about people they dont like thats instantly racism if youre going to use the islam anecdote anyone who calls someone who is islamic a towelhead or a raghead and who is talking about the faith the person follows is being sectarian not racist yes its close but its not close enough now if they called them a sand nigger theyd be being racist youd think northern irish people would understand the difference between racism sectarianism bigotry offense