It’s great. I’d love to see a United end do it. feck the nonce protectors.
Why did Liverpool fans boo the national anthem?
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Royalty as a concept is not politically neutral.
Im all for protesting against the establishment especially the royals but if you are to protest at least let everyone know why. It seems everyone including the media are just posting guesses. oh ummm something about Thatcher and Hillsborough and mistreatment of the city of Liverpool. All good but come out and do it properly
Yeah because protest has always been embraced and explained fully by the lackeys of the establishment you are protesting against?
Very few protests have control of the narrative unfortunately. It's mostly proactively shut down.
What are you on about. There has been numerous protest for generations- against the Iraq war, against brexit, Hillsborough and on and on. People didnt just walk around randomly booing. They said - this is why we are protesting.
Title of the OP sounds like the set up to a joke.
They're not randomly booing though.
And Hillsborough protests weren't supported by the media. For obvious reasons.
Brexit and the Iraq war were kinda harder to push under the carpet but you will famously find lots of lies by the establishment printed by the media.
What's the punchline?
Who cares? Scotland fans loudly booed 'God Save the Queen' in the Euros last year. The same tournament saw England fans booing national anthems of their opposition left, right and centre. It's a nothing issue ramped up by snowflakes on both sides of the political spectrum.
People are just discussing it. Why his everyone with an opinion a snowflake these days?
If You travel from the South coast of England to the northwest of England You will notice that from the South coast onwards there is red white & blue bunting everywhere and Union Jacks all over the place. As You travel north You will notice that the bunting and flags slowly fade away until You get to the north west where You don't really see it anymore. Just an observation which may go some way to explaining the thread title
Care to elaborate? Or are we not worthy of your wisdom?
I’m not anti booing either. It has always been done at England games and it had always been done in a fun, not aggressive or personal.
It only became “offensive” when other people decided it was, last summer.
I wouldn’t say booing your own is “much more acceptable”, though.
Criticising people for booing. Then agreeing with people for booing. That’s inconsistent.
It’s even more ridiculous than that, the sparkly hat had its own car and then took pride of place on a table, sat on its own cushion because, heaven forbid, someone can’t read out a speech written by someone else without it being there.
I was furious when I heard the booing at the weekend. Detesting all scousers and everything that they do and say is a very entrenched part of my worldview.
Finding myself 'on their side' has shaken me to the core.
Finding myself 'on their side' has shaken me to the core.
I mean they have. Loads of times. It just didn’t get any press.
I just don't think the subject of booing a national anthem is worthy of discussion at all. It's common knowledge Liverpool fans aren't fond of England and what England represents (and I must add for more than legitimate reasons), the same way it's common knowledge that England fans who follow England religiously aren't the brightest set of proverbial LED bulbs. Let them have a bit of fun.
The only time booing is not on, for me at least, is when fans boo players kneeling for racism or during a minute's silence. The rest is fair game.
Lots of boo's from the Stretford End at the Youth Cup final, its not something confined only to Liverpool.
The anthem is homage to an institution which stole land, pillaged the colonies and became richer through the proceeds of slavery. Also, if you are a republican atheist it is stupid to sing.
Our fans belted out the 'once more than England, world champions twice' chant all the way from Wembley Park to Baker Street the last time we won the FA Cup. I'm not English, I joined in, nothing malicious, it was good fun.
Manchester isn't that dissimilar to Liverpool in that regard, to be fair. Republic of Mancunia, capital Crumpsall and all that.
I would never boo it, but at the same time I'd never sing it. It's meaningless crap to me.Imagine booing your own national anthem
Everyone's a snowflake thesedays. Oh and a woke too. I blame the Yanks for these buzz words and mentality.
They were also booing ‘Abide with me’.
Let’s not pretend this was some intellectually informed anti-establishment protest. They’re mindless ****s who believe the world is against them, and therefore boo when others are singing, drunkenly heckle acts on stage thinking they’re being smart and harass people at bars on holiday.
It’s simply what they do, and it’s why they are the most hated club amongst fans in England.
Let’s not pretend this was some intellectually informed anti-establishment protest. They’re mindless ****s who believe the world is against them, and therefore boo when others are singing, drunkenly heckle acts on stage thinking they’re being smart and harass people at bars on holiday.
It’s simply what they do, and it’s why they are the most hated club amongst fans in England.
There’s about a thousand great reasons to boo the British anthem. Knowing Liverpool, I’m sure their fans picked a wrong one.
It's not common knowledge if people are wondering about 'random booing'.
But yeah, booing is grand, even the anti knee booing at least elucidates the low lifes among us in a non harmful way.
You need to go to Leeds if you really think that. I actually really like Leeds' team atm which is very confusing because they have the scummiest fans that ever scummed.
I must confess to having felt rather conflicted towards Scousers since the Brexit results as well. One of the only properly working class areas that overwhelmingly voted against Brexit because they know the government has no interest in what's good for ordinary people, unlike most of the country. It's very hard being a manc United fan in modern Britain, somehow I have more in common with most of the people I naturally dislike than anyone else
I didn't knew Brits were angered with their Crown. I had the idea they liked their royal stuff.
Truth be said, no monarchy should exist on these days... Spanish, Dutch (with Argentine queen) or British they are all leeches TBH.
Truth be said, no monarchy should exist on these days... Spanish, Dutch (with Argentine queen) or British they are all leeches TBH.
pretty much , the concept seems to belong in history books now
Used to be great (Britain), still not bad… But if the Royal Family evaporated, would the Welsh need a boat to visit Scotland?
Attention seekers.
Extra Bank Holiday on Friday 3rd June for the Queens Jubilee.
Suppose the scousers don't take it and go out to ... work?
Extra Bank Holiday on Friday 3rd June for the Queens Jubilee.
Suppose the scousers don't take it and go out to ... work?
Australia's anthem has the word, 'girt' in it which is bad enough. When I was younger, I didn't have a clue why we were: "girt by sea." In the mid 70's, a referendum happened to vote for the anthem. Four choices -- Leave is as God Save the Queeen, or choose from three others - Advance Australia Fair (which won, and contains the word, girt), Song of Australia, and Waltzing Matilda. We had a chance to have Waltzing Matilda and fecked it up. That's a song no one would boo.
Agreed im a manchester united fan but i back liverpool on this the royal family is massively corrupted only insects with 6 legs have queens at the end of the day
I quite like the Sex Pistols version, being re-released apparently to mark the monarch's upcoming Platinum Jubilee
Half of them are Irish. Same as as the caf.
Half the half that aren't Irish are anti establishment.
Half the half that aren't Irish and arent anti establishment don't care.
Half the half that aren't Irish are anti establishment.
Half the half that aren't Irish and arent anti establishment don't care.
So only 12.5% actually care
Can't imagine booing my own Anthem. But they have every right to do so I guess
Manchester has plenty of Union flags and buntings, Liverpool is the odd one out.