Important: Reporting homophobic chanting

[Muzzy]

If people are offended by fans chanting "Does your boyfriend know your here" or "we can see you holding hands"

Then surely, heterosexual people would be offended by "Does your Mrs know your here"

No difference in my mind!

This is not abuse. This is banter!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I'm not offended by the chants. I am offended by the f***ing knuckle draggers who think it's ok to be living in the dark ages. Maybe Albion fans should start singing about blacks and Asians because, to us, it's all a bit of a laugh? How about we start offending the disabled? That'd be dead funny.

I'm not suggesting we do any of the above but would it be any different? After all, it's only a bit of fun.

No wonder the government don't allow alcohol to be consumed within sight of the pitch when we're amongst Neanderthals.

if you're not gay whats the problem get over it . they could sing it too me all day long .

 

[Tooting Gull]

The Laughing Bluebird once told me that this sort of thing only went on up in the valleys. Cardiff residents don't.

I'm shocked. Another casualty of urban sprawl.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Once again the discussion has got back to the more inoffensive chants which 99% of people don't find offensive such as Does your boyfriend know you're here, but that isn't the situation that is being discussed.
There have been far more obscene chants heard recently so where do you draw the line? 'We can see you sucking cock' was heard at Leicester.

love bus anyone ?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Whether anything happens or not, I think it is good and high time this situation got the attention it warranted and Buzzer nailed it on the head.

Attention seeking? My word, I would never have thought it!

 

[Hillian1]

Its got nothing to do with being a Man or the need to man up. Being insulted and not giving a toss does not make you a hard man or a tough guy. It makes you a bit of an idiot really, sorry.

Well it doesn't offend me, therefore I am an Idiot, Thanks for that.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Not sure what you mean. I raised an important subject, its being debated. Thats all really.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Well it doesn't offend me, therefore I am an Idiot, Thanks for that.

What I mean is, its not a sign of weakness to say something is not acceptable or I am offended and I think some people on here think it is.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

If people are offended by fans chanting "Does your boyfriend know your here" or "we can see you holding hands"

Then surely, heterosexual people would be offended by "Does your Mrs know your here"

No difference in my mind!

This is not abuse. This is banter!

No one is talking about these chants though are they ?. However , I agree it would be difficult to prioritise which is homophobic and which is not.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Its got nothing to do with being a Man or the need to man up. Being insulted and not giving a toss does not make you a hard man or a tough guy. It makes you a bit of an idiot really, sorry.

maybe they had seen you as a bit of a soft touch, seems like you've taken a fair bit of shit in the past from what i've heard

 

[Rich Suvner]

sorry but anyone who gets their knickers in a twist about chants like "Does your boyfriend know you're here" needs to relax - it's all part of the terrace banter and not that offensive

in the same vein i'm sure that 99% of you will have employed lazy stereotypes about fans from loads of other clubs as part of the matchday experience. sheeps, giros, gipsies come to mind.

what i object to is the genuinely vile, almost-rabid like hatred that you very occasionally encounter around the grounds - this is what i cannot abide. bristol city away lives in my memory

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Not sure what you mean. I raised an important subject, its being debated. Thats all really.

Your subject is FAR from important.

Much a do about nothing.

The sanitisation of football is getting worse and worse, and it is people who get offended by this who are doing it.

 

[Champagne charles]

Its got nothing to do with being a Man or the need to man up. Being insulted and not giving a toss does not make you a hard man or a tough guy. It makes you a bit of an idiot really, sorry.

Dickhead....

If you care about this your an idiot yeah?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

maybe they had seen you as a bit of a soft touch, seems like you've taken a fair bit of shit in the past from what i've heard

I had my share DR. How is it best to react to it, punch someone in the head ?. I have been tempted many times believe me. I guess in the " circle " you inhabit I am considered weak and not " a man ", for not resorting to violence and treating a Women like a whore.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Dickhead....

If you care about this your an idiot yeah?

Fair enough, thats your opinion.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

I had my share DR. How is it best to react to it, punch someone in the head ?. I have been tempted many times believe me. I guess in the " circle " you inhabit I am considered weak and not " a man ", for not resorting to violence and treating a Women like a whore.

Do you have sausage tasting tendencies and dont know what to do about it

Lighten up Sol, no harm done.

 

[matt]

Where does "one-nil to the nancy boys" fit in to all of this?

Sorry if someone has asked this already.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Do you have sausage tasting tendencies and dont know what to do about it

Lighten up Sol, no harm done.

I think DR is referring to other stuff I have had to deal with in recent years.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I had my share DR. How is it best to react to it, punch someone in the head ?. I have been tempted many times believe me. I guess in the " circle " you inhabit I am considered weak and not " a man ", for not resorting to violence and treating a Women like a whore.

no ones talking about violence , it's just knowing who you are old boy, so you've never given your mrs a slap on the arse before

 

[Muzzy]

No one is talking about these chants though are they ?. However , I agree it would be difficult to prioritise which is homophobic and which is not.

This is the problem. What is considered abuse and what is banter?

As things stand today, and this may be controversial to some.... It just sounds like chips on shoulders. e.g When some coloured people think they are being wronged they just use the race card. I find it very offensive if I'm having a discussion or debate
with a coloured person and their response literally is, "Is it coz I is blick" that you say that, grrrrrrrrr. very annoying IMO. And that is what this debate is sounding like to me thus far.

I am what I am, and if somebody wants to chant that I'm straight, White, short and fat then so what. If anyone accuses me of being tall and thin then I would laugh and suggest a visit to specsavers! If I was gay and people wanted to have a laugh at my expense then my shoulders would be broad enough to take it.

Sticks and stones and all that spring to mind!

Violence and/or menacing behaviour is entirely different and should be dealt with severely!