Booing the German National Anthem.. morons

I can't help but laugh that people genuinely still think woke is an insult.

21st century society.

 

It's not about respect it's about being in the moment abit of passion n creating a atmosphere like I said in a previous post I can see not many with certain views have travelled away with England I for one love it when we get booed and stick away from home it all adds to reason I want my country to win

 

Not all Brexiteers booed the little German lass, but everyone who did, probably voted Brexit. Or summat? I gave up on general human decency years ago..

 

If you’ve a set of views that lots of other people object to for different reasons you could listen and try to understand why. But that means you’d have to be be open minded. Or you could take an easier route. Dismiss them with one word given to you people with similar view to yours. If those people happen to be running the country, you’ll be right every time.

Woke. Handy word for the narrow minded to use.

 

Don’t think of it myself as an insult, just a pathetic label on people who want to stand up and call something out that the Patriotic sheep. Bleat out

 

All B@ll@x to me

 

It’s not about just between domestic clubs and National teams, it’s about booing a Country’s National Anthem, you are disrespecting a whole Nation not their sporting team/fans

 

I genuinely don’t know what ‘woke’ means. & will be buggered if I’m googling it..

 

A term generally aimed at those that don’t believe, think alternatively, or just question what the mass media and establishment tell them to think and do.

 

Really..?

 

To be woke is to be aware and open to important social issues and societal change such as racial inequality and LGBT+ rights. It means willingness to break the status quo if there's valid reason rather than being swayed by false concepts of tradition or statements like: 'it's always been like that so why should we change it?'

The irony is that using Woke as an insult says more about the insulter than the insultee

 

We'll have people moaning about YNWA getting booed at anfield next.

 

Will we?

 

Not a fan of the booing. Never done it myself. But I wouldn't read too much into it. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the vast majority do it in jest, as part of a friendly rivalry. Sure, there are always muppets that take things too far and see football as a blood sport. Other nations boo, too

As I say, I might be wrong. I've seen kids at oakwell boo opposition subs coming on etc as part of friendly rivalry. I wouldn't get too hung up on it. I think the Germans are clever enough to realise we've got plenty of respect for them and their national anthem.

 

Who?

 

What amazes me is that you and your mates have turned this into an "ooh them lefties are anti English" thread. It quite clearly isn't.
I for one have said repeatedly that I support England. All I've said is that I want to be proud of my country. To not have yobbos and pond life dragging it down by their behaviour at the football and by mocking 4 year old German kids on the internet. None of us are anti English, just anti those who drag England through the mud. But you crack on with your defence at all costs anything draped in a St George's flag. It seems that for you there can be no wrong done by anyone claiming the cover of patriotism.
The only people anti English are those who will turn a blind eye and excuse anything. It's alarming.

 

Also works both ways

 

Obviously heard the booing of the anthem pre game. Honestly I didn't really register with me beyond that. It happens all over the world, I've always just thought of it as pantomime stuff.
I found the showing of the young German girl crying and the subsequent cheering more distasteful personally.

 

True, but something being more distasteful than something else doesn't mean the other thing is acceptable. The booing of anthems, mocking the little girl, booing the knee, trashing city centres when we lose, starting fights in foreign cities... It's all disrespectful, distasteful and shameful behaviour. Which you consider worse is a moot point.

As is the argument that others around the world do it too. Whataboutism is a defence used by those who can't muster a legitimate argument.