I didn't start the thread (if that's what you are referring to?)

I think it's clear that "hate" means different things to different people. If it's banter, that doesn't cause genuine pain, that doesn't cause people to be intimidated out of coming to the games, to joining youth teams, to becoming professional players....I'm totally on board with that, no problem.

But we've seen it before in decades past...and sadly we're seeing it again, with the recent racist treatment of Raheem Stirling and others.

I especially don't want a return to the dark days of violence, unfortunately we've started to see a trickle of incidents. That's why "hate" makes me wary.

But even without actual violence, just google "Palace Brighton homophobia"...and there's way too many recent hits.
That's not "banter" I want my club to be associated with.

Stirlingsays considers that to be censorship, or StasiVille.
It's not. It's the opposite of that. It's market force, social pressure. If someone is misrepresenting my club, making my club look bad, I want them out of it. I don't want them next to me in the stands. I hope you wouldn't either, and we can stand together as a Holmesdale community, same as if they were throwing banana skins on the pitch.

For the record Stirlingsays, comedians don't get a pass either. Check out this interview with Ricky Gervais. Gervais is absolute advocate that no subject should be off-topic for humour. But he also understands that the situation (target, time and place, etc) is critical. [Link]

For the rest of it, I'm looking forward to Roy and the boys smashing Brighton.

I'm not so sure that Gervais would enjoy you using him here. Gervais has no issues offending people and you appear to....he's made rape jokes, holocaust jokes and so on.

To quote him at 9:35 into that video, 'you can tell people I'm an arsehole, good luck to yea, but I'm going to carry on saying what the f**k I want'.

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I've read you stuff here and I won't be standing with you. I agree that many people say offensive things. However, I'm not willingly to travel down this soviet road and I'm far closer to the US one.

A free society has the bar on restricting free speech set as high as it can.

If you disagree with an idea, contest it, within an appropriate forum. For example as you have done here.

With the changes that you appear to support....well, if some other movement took over that was against your views....they could very well use the very same restrictions to say your views are 'offensive' and their utterance should result in punishment.

I wouldn't support that either.

Edited by Stirlingsays (09 Mar 2019 6.47am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Well said Dougie...there's some right cretins on here

Hate the c***s even more after today. Only sing when they're only winning . Giving it big in our back yard . Bunch of w***ers ! Hate is putting it mildly.

oh yeah ,fcuk off brighton.

To be fair, it's hard to sing whilst sucking off the bloke next to you at the same time

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)