gordondaviesmoustache
Well-Known Member
I'd completely disagree that "nothing used to bother us", as the reaction of City fans to the Mirror's reporting of our attendance against Mansfield in 1998 suitably demonstrates. Perhaps now, some supporters are more vociferous because we've got more to respond with than we did back then. Plus, all the lies about the myth of the united way, so willingly disseminated in the press for the last two decades, have been deliciously exposed as a lie in the last three years; that is bound to render City fans to be more vocal towards those that spread that propaganda. That isn't City fans in action, but rather human nature. Vindication is a powerful loud-hailer.They'd be wrong though. We used to be the thickest skinned set of fans going. Nothing used to bother us. What bothers some people these days is very soft.
Nobody accepts it neither, people just choose to ignore it like the club do (who's stance with the media is spot on!) because it isn't worth taking any notice of.
If everyone did that I don't think the media wouldn't bother with half the shit they come out with. They do have their Rag Liverpool and London club audience but they also had their over-sensitive City audience with this thread as an example to wind up. If I was a journalist I'd read this thread, rub my hands, smirk and write some bollocks to wind up the softies in this thread too. They make the journalists' jobs easy.
As to your final paragraph, we clearly have very different perspectives on the world. I remember when I was younger, my parents telling me to ignore bullies at school and they'll go away. Unusually for them, they were wrong. People like that need to be told to go fuck themselves. I'm firmly of the view that if someone tries to belitte you, then you should respond in kind. It's an attitude that I believe has served me well in this life, but each to their own. I accept not everyone is naturally assertive and can stand up for themselves.
If people (and the club) want to ignore it, fair enough, but don't expect everyone to follow suit. I've posted previously that I don't believe that the press we receive causes any meaningful damage to the club, but that won't stop me pointing out hypocricy, inconsistency and plain poor journalism when I spot it.