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04 Jun 2023
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1.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 09:53:03
An attention seeker getting more attention than he bargained for.
2.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 09:56:34
Absolute scumbag.
3.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 09:57:47
Exactly how any scumbag from any club for that matter should be treated lifetime ban for bigots and racists no place for toxic people like that Manc fan in football.
4.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 10:43:05
I live within walking distance of **** Trafford, I will keep a special eye out for this idiot next season!
I had to stop a ‘fan’ on his way to the game verbally abusing an elderly Muslim bloke when they played Chelsea last week, thankfully my shouts of SEVEN NILL deflected the racist idiots attention.
Most United fans I know are horrified by these fools to be fair, but none can deny that there are more of them around since their success has waned.
5.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:00:47
It’s just a shirt, get a grip.
6.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:12:50
I have no idea why a human being would buy a shirt that cost about 100 pounds, pay extra money to print this disgusting message on the back of the shirt, wear it to a football game that said team is not even playing in, and expect NOTHING to happen to you nor any consequences at all?
Most importantly at no point thru out this process did it not occur to you to stop and reflect on what you are about to do? Now that's some serious mental issue with hatred that needs medical evaluation, IMO. Good grief!
7.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:25:37
Benny Baller.
Are you for real lad? Eds, can you have a word please?
8.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:50:23
Benny, you may to take a minute and think this through before you carry on mate.
9.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:32:48
Benny my 16 year school friend died at Hillsborough but I suspect this idiot did it more out of ignorance and stupidity than anything else however that doesn’t mean people should learn - and I suspect this short, sharp, shock treatment will hopefully help him to do that.
I think the gallows and public flogging is a tad too far though….
10.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:37:35
We have our own fair share of idiots, sadly that’s football. Don’t get it myself.
11.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:43:59
"Its just a shirt. Get a grip"? Benny, you would never say that to a family member of the 97. Give it a thought.
12.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 11:56:44
Whilst it is just a shirt, the meaning behind it is horrific.
Effectively dehumanising those fans to nothing more then who they support and saying more should of been taken on that day.
Each of those individuals had families and friends impacted and still are today and will be whilst their memory lives on.
The behaviour needs addressing to try limit these instances as much as possible.
If its not stamped out or shrugged off as 'just a shirt' the problem only gets worse in my opinion.
13.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 12:18:51
Where the ugly side of society and football meet.
I hope he is educated about what happened and the impact is had and still has on people's lives to find some empathy and compassion in his life.
14.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 12:31:27
I live in Australia these days and a few years ago there was a spate of fires in a very dry summers and a fair few were set by nutters. One idiot who set a fire which destroyed houses and badly injured a number of people was caught and put through the courts and punished. The New South Wales Premier (a fella called Bob Carr) added a little bit more to the punishment. He took the bloke found guilty to visit the burns patients and their families and made him apologise face to face. Just a thought.
The thing that gets me is the thought behind getting that printed on the shirt. Either extremely evil or extremely stupid beyond words.
15.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 12:37:16
On another note. Manchester Derby, City on the brink of destroying the 99 legacy.
Man United fans still only thinking about Liverpool. ??♂️
Anyway JFT97 YNWA. May they rest in peace without idiots like this.
16.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 12:51:58
I think it's just a tit in a shirt wanting attention and I think the police getting a grip of him was a good thing. I am sorry that Benny has a different opinion and I'm surprised the eds have allowed it on the page.
17.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 13:07:45
@bennyballer
Read the room. In isolation what you said makes sense because realistically, it’s gallows humour in very poor taste. Nothing more, nothing less. However, saying that on a forum where several of the people will have been directly affected is a bit dense and more than a bit insensitive, to say the least.
18.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 13:38:07
Mocking a tragedy on a shirt or otherwise is wrong and shows the level of IQ this idiot has.
19.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 16:51:06
While this numbnuts’ shirt is incredibly offensive and upsetting for many. I don’t believe this is an issue for the police. The club should kick him out, lifetime ban, be publicly humiliated. However, it concerns me when a shirt can have you arrested. I’m sure the guy has almost 2 brain cells in total but I worry we are getting closer to the thought police. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to suggest people shouldn’t be upset, I just don’t think it should be criminal by law.
20.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 16:10:52
Really think bennys post needs taking down really inappropriate for this page.
21.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 17:38:06
I'm as appalled as you are, utterly appalling. I struggle to understand the mentality of someone who thinks this is, well I don't know what.
I was working in Liverpool at the time, with people who were indirectly affected, this plant pot wasn't even born. It kind of demonstrates the sick side of society that exists now, I hope they throw everything they can at him.
{Ed025's Note - poisoned spears would be good AJH..
22.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 18:07:37
Potclay, it does have the feel of police overreach and is a little concerning for free speech laws, but that’s the way things seem to be creeping in these days. Even though none of us would say he doesn’t deserve it (though perhaps whatever martial justice was dished out if he’d have worn it outside Anfield and not whilst in the midst of a “friendly” crowd would be more appropriate) the fact that you can be arrested for a seemingly innocuous phrase above a number on the back of a shirt is worrisome. They will have a mandate for hate speech, incitement of violence etc so…
Then again, he could say it was a link to liverpool getting 97 points and that not being enough to win the league a few years back. Murky ground when interpretation is involved.
{Ed002's Note - It is unrelated to free speech.
23.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 18:25:14
Benny, give your head a wobble.
24.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 19:22:55
Unfortunately it reflects the society we live in nowadays.
25.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 20:06:28
It’s hate speech in my opinion
Inciting violence is another interpretation.
Hope he feels the full force of the law.
Hard labour and re-education.
26.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 19:48:01
How so Ed002?
{Ed002's Note - There is a huge difference between hate and free speech.}
27.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 20:18:19
Benny, Embarrasing does not even begin to describe your comment. Do better.
28.) 04 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 22:49:56
Oh I see. I understand where you’re coming from, but when we start criminalising people for ideas and opinions, no matter how insipid, it doesn’t take too long before any idea, no matter how benign, can fall into the realm of punishability. It’s a slippery slope that I don't want to be near the bottom of.
Man Utd, the FA etc should ban him for not conforming to their policies, but when the state gets involved to say what opinion he can or can’t express publicly then that sets a dangerous precedent.
29.) 05 Jun 2023
04 Jun 2023 23:45:09
Must be living a sad life. Deplorable.
30.) 05 Jun 2023
05 Jun 2023 00:13:03
Suggesting a shirt like that is banter is telling of how far society has falling.
31.) 05 Jun 2023
05 Jun 2023 00:24:37
Quo Vadis, I agree with your sentiments completely. In Europe we tend to see freedom of speech, as something that is not completely free, we tended to self regulate what is acceptable. That self censorship seems to be so much further out the window than it should be. In the States, the 1st amendment, that was created to allow political freedom to protest but is being used to spout all kinds of venom. Society on both sides is progressing into some murky realms. The problem is the age old question, who decides what is hate speech. As you say a slippery slope.
32.) 05 Jun 2023
05 Jun 2023 00:28:31
I think Benny used a letter too many when he typed the word 'shirt'.
33.) 05 Jun 2023
05 Jun 2023 03:56:39
@Ron, totally agree - it’s hate speech whether the moron wearing it appreciates it or not. Again, irrespective of the moron understands it or not it can also be construed as incitement. I’m n my opinion and incitement to violence removes the right to free speech as it totally disregards any responsibility both as a member of society or regard for the laws of the society that the moron chooses to live in.