United thread 2017/18

[MarsLlama]

Although we could sing that about a white player and it would be fine. Seems like an assumption to me to say that United fans think Lukaku's penis is massive because he's black. Maybe they think that because he's massive and covered in muscles. Or maybe Lingard saw it while he was brown-nosing the f**k out of his new teammate. It could be true.

That said I can see why it's being banned.

 

[Hoghead]

I've managed to get behind the team and sing my heart out at games for over 25 years without having to sing racist/sexist/homophobic songs

How do you know? What you might have considered fine then might not be now. These days you just don't know until someone comes along and says they are offended.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

One Radio Five Live thIs morning..... tonights commentary comes from Old Trafford .... Manchester United V Burton Albion ....a tasty fixture


YCMIU

 

[Neville Kneville]

Which 'ist' would a fellow be, when calling Paul Scholes a Ginger Pig ?

There must be one.

 

[old blue]

Which 'ist' would a fellow be, when calling Paul Scholes a Ginger Pig ?

There must be one.

Realist?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Also, Nigel Clough recons Mourinho is similar to his dad in some ways.

I don't suppose that he means becoming a sad caricature of himself, but if he does, he's spot on.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Realist?

I think that about covers it.

 

[SWP's back]

It IS a racist stereotype and if people want to carry on singing it then go ahead, but they'll be rightly called out for it.

Incorrect. It's a racial stereotype, not a racist stereotype.

 

[andyhinch]

Incorrect. It's a racial stereotype, not a racist stereotype.

Grammarist.

 

[laserblue]

Which 'ist' would a fellow be, when calling Paul Scholes a Ginger Pig ?

There must be one.

Ah, but would there be an outcry if the rags sang about him having a dick like an acorn?

 

[blueincy]

So the rags can offer free further education to youth?

http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/20...ootballer-in-talks-with-lancaster-university/

 

[SWP's back]

So the rags can offer free further education to youth?

http://scan.lusu.co.uk/index.php/20...ootballer-in-talks-with-lancaster-university/

I doubt it, United were hardly in favour of the class of 92's Hotel Football.

 

[blueincy]

Both piss in the same pot nowadays...

 

[dario2739]

One Radio Five Live thIs morning..... tonights commentary comes from Old Trafford .... Manchester United V Burton Albion ....a tasty fixture


YCMIU

Funnily enough one of Talkshite's commentary games tonight is that very same tasty fixture... and guess who the televised match is?
Hmmmm

 

[geoff clipp]

Incorrect. It's a racial stereotype, not a racist stereotype.

It's a stereotype which was dreamt up as part of efforts to portray black men as subhuman beasts and as a sexual threat to women. It also has no factual basis. I'd say it's both racial and racist.

How do you know? What you might have considered fine then might not be now. These days you just don't know until someone comes along and says they are offended.

Strange thing to pull me up on but fine, to my knowledge, I haven't. I'm not saying I haven't said or held opinions away from football in the past that wouldn't be considered ok now, but i also don't have a problem with listening to other perspectives and acting like less of a twat if im pulled up on it. We all make mistakes and we're all ignorant to certain facts, it's how we act once we find these things out that's important and personally i find the idea of pathetically clinging on to the need to obsess over black mens' penis sizes kind of weird, especially when it takes like 2 mins to find out the history of that specific trope.

Whenever anything like this comes up people tend to fall into one of three categories:

1) Whoops, sorry I didn't know the story behind that. Will swerve this kind of thing in future.
2) So what? I'm cool with being a racist so i'll carry on as i am.

And then finally (and these are the strangest of the lot because they're usually the ones that like calling everyone else snowflakes when in fact they're the ones struggling to cope)

3) I want to carry on as I am but I also don't want to be called a racist. Everyone else is wrong and it's the PC brigade telling me what to do (when in fact you are still free to carry doing what you want to do, it's just the rest of the world won't be laughing along with you anymore and for some reason that really hurts you.)



If anyone wants to know why it's considered racist (and also untrue), Richard Herring's discussion on it from a couple of years back is a very good place to start.



Anyway, that's me done. Spent enough time talking about this and I've nothing else to add.

 

[mosssideblue]

So they won the nothing cup, beating Southampton, mostly due to awful officiating in their favour (surprise), after an easy run to the final inc beating our reserves, won the UEFA cup after the easiest run to the final anyone has had (pattern developing here), beating a woeful Ajax who were even knocked out of this seasons qualifying rounds for the UEFA cup, what was the 3rd. They can't be counting the Charity shield can they?

I can only imagine he has come out with this shite as they are petrified at the way we play and are trying to disrupt things - SCUM

 

[SWP's back]

It's a stereotype which was dreamt up as part of efforts to portray black men as subhuman beasts and as a sexual threat to women. It also has no factual basis. I'd say it's both racial and racist.

1) Do you have any evidence to back up the part in bold as it sound like total bollocks.

2) it has factual basis. Source is the British Medical Journal:

 

[mosssideblue]

One Radio Five Live thIs morning..... tonights commentary comes from Old Trafford .... Manchester United V Burton Albion ....a tasty fixture


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They are already handed a home draw in the next round

 

[johnnytapia]

1) Do you have any evidence to back up the part in bold as it sound like total bollocks.

2) it has factual basis. Source is the British Medical Journal:

I'm on the white line, just above the green one. Towards the right...

 

[Grassland Blue]

They are already handed a home draw in the next round

That takes the biscuit!