[Albion] The Leeds Family

[BadFish]

Imagine a homophobic person using this line as a defence to their homophobic chants...

Abuse is abuse and offence is offence, while there are different levels and degrees but there's a line that can't be crossed

Oh my god, I am incestaphobic!! I only made the word up half an hour ago and already I am exposed.

I will certainly remember not to cross the incest line.

 

[TomandJerry]

Oh my god, I am incestaphobic!! I only made the word up half an hour ago and already I am exposed.

I will certainly remember not to cross the incest line.

Did I accuse you of being such a thing? No, I'm just trying to convey that offensive chanting shouldn't be accepted, no matter what it's about

 

[TomandJerry]

If you’re trying to set the record for most stupid posts in 24 hours then fair play, it’s a cracking effort.

A song about incest is stupid, crass and not as funny as the idiots who sing it think it is. However comparing is incest to homosexuality is moronic. Why not go the whole hog and compare two men getting married to somebody marrying a dog?

I have said there are different levels of abuse, I never said both are equally bad. Neither should be welcome inside football stadiums.

 

[BadFish]

Did I accuse you of being such a thing? No, I'm just trying to convey that offensive chanting shouldn't be accepted, no matter what it's about

Fair enough, I was just trying to make a joke or two. Fell flat.

Yeah I wish we didn't resort to crass nonsense like the song about incest. But it is nowhere near as bad or damaging for people as homophobia.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

The great migration in 1065, is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
Where Nor Folk left, what is now East Anglia, and ventured north to the wastelands of Yerk Shire, dragging their family, livestock and knuckles.
Ledes (Leeds), is the area where they settled.

I love history!

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

So are we saying that this is the same as homophobic chanting?

Equally as bad?

What would you do with the answer ? They are both offensive. They are both difficult to explain to young children. I don’t really think a league table of offence helps particularly. The main point is that complaining about abusive stereotyping whilst stereotyping abusively is pretty stupid.

 

[TomandJerry]

If you’re trying to set the record for most stupid posts in 24 hours then fair play, it’s a cracking effort.

A song about incest is stupid, crass and not as funny as the idiots who sing it think it is. However comparing is incest to homosexuality is moronic. Why not go the whole hog and compare two men getting married to somebody marrying a dog?

I'm not directly comparing the two though, I'm saying offensive chants are offense chants.

Doesn't matter what they are about, they shouldn't be acceptable inside football stadiums in 2023.

 

[Yes Chef]

It's a pretty old chant, used to get sung at Blackburn fans way back I think?

 

[Whitechapel]

I'm not directly comparing the two though, I'm saying offensive chants are offense chants.

Doesn't matter what they are about, they shouldn't be acceptable inside football stadiums in 2023.

If you can’t see the difference then I hope you’re being wilfully ignorant because the other options aren’t great.

Chanting about incest is stupid, but unless shagging your sister is now covered by sexual orientation then it’s not a protected characteristic. Trying to compare the two of them is like comparing ‘small town in Baghdad’ against Luton to chanting ‘you fat bastard’ at someone.

The biggest crime committed by the Addams family song is the fact it’s a shit unfunny song for cretins.

 

[studio150]

Not accurate as surely if your sister is your mother, wouldn't she be your half sister given both parents are not the same for you and your sister.

The chant should be banned just for that alone.

 

[TomandJerry]

If you can’t see the difference then I hope you’re being wilfully ignorant because the other options aren’t great.

Chanting about incest is stupid, but unless shagging your sister is now covered by sexual orientation then it’s not a protected characteristic. Trying to compare the two of them is like comparing ‘small town in Baghdad’ against Luton to chanting ‘you fat bastard’ at someone.

The biggest crime committed by the Addams family song is the fact it’s a shit unfunny song for cretins.

Of course there's a difference, ones a hate crime and illegal and the other while not illegal, is still offensive.

Neither songs should have a place inside a football stadium, which is my main point.

Do you agree that offensive chants (no matter of illegality or not) should be in the past?