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[bluevillain]

All this talk of ships and Bees.
What about a ship with a Bee crest.
Oh and fuck the Guardian and it’s crap.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

You really are rattled by one little article haha

Well, that’s already the second article on it. And neither are little, the first was huge.

Next thing will be moaning about the Lancaster Rose and what negative connotations it has, after that Big Bananas and it being racist to wave them about, after that it could be that the Man in Manchester is sexist because it means a breast…

Anything the Guardian can get its nails into moan about City or the Sheikh, they fucking love it.

The fact is that the ship does not signify slavery, it simply signifies trade. And that twat of a writer of the article is just being a **** about it to get clicks from football fans who don’t like City or United or people who don’t like Manchester or people who love slave shaming shit.

 

[Oystercatcher28]

Are we supporting the 3 rivers in their conquest to wash through our city? The floods, the buried washed from Phillips Park, the lost footballs that float away hopelessly...

Time to strip the rivers away. Besides climate change. Surely inevitable river is enough.

 

[paska]

I’ve always taken it to be a symbol of the ship canal, I’m sure the club’s press releases usually say the same thing.

The current version of the crest is probably the most popular with ourselves it’s ever been. The eagle design didn’t sit well with about 40 to 50 percent of fans, but I don’t think there’s anyone that doesn’t admire the current design. A modern take on a classic, done classy.

If the ship was for whatever reason swapped out for the worker bee, and the rest stayed the same, I’d be fine with it. I’ve always been quite attached to the worker bee as a symbol, I liked the black and yellow away kit (09/10 was it?) because it was supposedly meant to reflect the worker bee, it’s a symbol with just as much history for the city.

Other than this article, I think it’s safe to say nobody is pushing to get rid of the ship from any of the three emblems it features on. Certainly part of Manchester’s trade and industry for a long time was built on those foundations, but it was never the sole element of our trade and industry even at it’s height. I see a ship; it could be carrying potatoes, paint, persil or people, whether in chains or seated comfortably.

I do want to remember history, good and bad, I don’t want to glorify the bad parts. I do agree with taking down statues of enslavers, but would be happy for them to be relocated into museums that accurately describe the character of those people.

The ship doesn’t represent the same thing in my eyes as those statues. If it was at any time meant to do so, then it wasn’t as blatant or obvious.

I doubt much traction will be made of this, but if it did blow up into the latest frenzy, I think the board would consider minor changes to avoid another stick to beat our image with.

 

[Thornliebank]

More woke shite. Everything in everyday life nowadays that is normal is not acceptable to these white middle class baby face zealots. So therefore it has to be cancelled. F*ck them.......

 

[Thornliebank]

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All this talk of ships and Bees.
What about a ship with a Bee crest.
Oh and fuck the Guardian and it’s crap.

That looks terrible.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Why are People bowing down to these fuckers, it’s about time people made a stance and said No that’s enough.

 

[give it to gordon]

Looking forward to reading how the city of liverpool with some of its streets name after slave traders. Plus the city was built on the back of the slave trade, are reported in the press/media

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Absolute nonsense coming out from these fucking whoppers offended by everything every single day.

 

[give it to gordon]

Cant have worker bees because it represents the hard working mancs in the factories and mills. Mills that used cotton and so it goes on and on

Does the article mention how Manchester thought to stop the slave trade ?