Goring Gull
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Well the only openly gay person to have posted on this thread agrees with me, so it cant be that far wrong.
Are you joking or serious? I'm openly gay and I completely disagree with you... I can only assume by your logic that means you're "far off".
Maybe he's just used to homophobia living in a country where this sort of stuff is acceptable. I'm not crying bloody murder but I'm just saying it's homophobic to use the term gay as an insult. I'm not sure how that's hard to see. If you guys tolerate or use chants like that, have at it. It just says more about the people singing it.
¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤;3854562 said:Indeed - it's meant as an INSULT, ie designed to offend. In exactly the same way town full of pakis or something like that would be sung. It's saying to be gay is to be morally or socially unacceptable. Thus, homophobic.
A person can't help the colour of their skin, a person can't help their sexuality. Neither deserves to be abused or have the piss ripped out of them for it. And this from a heterosexual man.
Are you joking or serious? I'm openly gay and I completely disagree with you... I can only assume by your logic that means you're "far off".
Maybe he's just used to homophobia living in a country where this sort of stuff is acceptable. I'm not crying bloody murder but I'm just saying it's homophobic to use the term gay as an insult. I'm not sure how that's hard to see. If you guys tolerate or use chants like that, have at it. It just says more about the people singing it.
¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤;3854562 said:Indeed - it's meant as an INSULT, ie designed to offend. In exactly the same way town full of pakis or something like that would be sung. It's saying to be gay is to be morally or socially unacceptable. Thus, homophobic.
A person can't help the colour of their skin, a person can't help their sexuality. Neither deserves to be abused or have the piss ripped out of them for it. And this from a heterosexual man.
Exactly.
Some posters on here have shown themselves to be pretty ignorant.
Having lived in Hull for four years I am fully aware of the possibility of alternative attitudes to that of the North Laine...
That isn't really my point about ignorance. That was aimed at people who, in 2011, believe that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice.
Ok be like that, you know I mean your quote 'amongst the best fans in the country'.
We're not even close.
I wouldn't say that. We do have a really good away support compared to most clubs in the football league.
If there was, for example, an openly gay player on the pitch, and the crowd were singing songs about him and abusing him every time he got the ball because he was gay, that is homophobia and is as bad as racism, and yes there is no place for that in the game. But the home fans chanting "Does your boyfriend know you're here" or "Gay boys, what's the score", is not something that is worth getting too worked up about.
If we are to get all precious about opposition fans singing gay songs at us, then how are we any better singing the equivalent abuse back at them?