If you’re talking about Heysel it effectively has. I saw a documentary about it recently where even Mark Lawrenson, a very pro lfc person said he was amazed that it almost had been airbrushed out of history; for once I agree with himIt hasn't been
Next, it'll be:Do Liverpool ever play a game of football without getting an apology for something or anything after the game?
It’s the complete absence of any debate on the subject within the media that troubles me. It‘s repeatedly presented as a fait accompli that the song is unquestionably about Hillsborough - and the reason for that is actually quite sinister.The more clubs issue statements on the chant will either further reinforce the claim the chant is 'associated with' Hillsborough, or it will start to erode at that claim. It will likely be a recurring topic either way. Which is good for us in the sense it widens attention and criticism aimed at the club.
I hate it when a narrative recrudescesOk, I’ll rephrase: the narrative has been allowed to recrudesce by the club.
It’s the same with uefa. We get mocked by the media for booing their shit anthem but none of them take the trouble to find out WHY we boo it, they just assumeIt’s the complete absence of any debate on the subject within the media that troubles me. It‘s repeatedly presented as a fait accompli that the song is unquestionably about Hillsborough - and the reason for that is actually quite sinister.
It is because our so-called free and fearless press are utterly terrified about even airing the widely held view that there is a culture within that club, and with its supporters, that is incapable of accepting responsibility for its various misdemeanours - and that, in fact, is what is in the minds of those singing it, not Hillsborough.
Because of what happened (quite rightly) to the Sun, and subsequently to others who dared question the culture associated with that club, the press are frozen with fear as to the consequences of even debating the meaning behind the words, even though the people writing the article will be fully aware of that view, how widespread it is, and the connection to the song. In spite of that, it is never even raised as a counterpoint. It’s essentially a contemporary form of Doublethink.
So instead of even raising that as a possibility, and providing examples that support that notion, as a matter of balance and fairness - they ignore all that, and state that the song is about Hillsborough as a matter of fact, because that is the path of least resistance, even though, at the very least there is a debate to be had. Because to have that debate would mean listing those misdemeanours, and the actions that followed them, in the same article. And they are too terrified to do that.
It’s both dishonest and spineless.
You’ll Never Walk Alone - mocking the disabled?Next, it'll be:
"Gerrard slipped" - mocking people with mobility problems.
"Suarez cried" - mocking people with mental health issues.
"And we're all singing Edin Dzeko" - mocking the victims of war in the former Yugoslavia.
What do you want to see that isn't happening nowIf you’re talking about Heysel it effectively has. I saw a documentary about it recently where even Mark Lawrenson, a very pro lfc person said he was amazed that it almost had been airbrushed out of history; for once I agree with him
Unless it’s in the CoA…I hate it when a narrative recrudesces
I hate it when people use words that the vast majority of people don’t understandI hate it when a narrative recrudesces
Every day is a school dayI hate it when people use words that the vast majority of people don’t understand