As much as I hate the childish sectarian s**te, which often isn't even genuine but more a

badge of honour for Celtic fans (do we really hate everybody from Ipswich?), it's a valid and non violent form of protest.

They also weren't calling for anybody to harm royals or royalists.

If you take a step back it isn't really any different from "Stand up if you hate the scum" other than the Celtic fans using slightly less aggressive language.

They simply picked a poignant moment for it.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on September 20th 2022 at 11:03:28

Message Thread

Scummy Celtic fans … (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 10:10:45
- Absolutely disgusting. I suppose we couldn’t have expected anything else. (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Sep 20, 14:07:24
  - I'd lose the drums (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Sep 20, 14:26:36
- There’s something quite clever and mildly amusing re that (Other Football) - JoeyDeacon, Sep 20, 14:01:41
- Get over it Loz, you beta male snowflake (n/m) (Other Football) - Steven_P_Morrissey, Sep 20, 13:10:46
  - Afternoon Steven lovely to hear from you 😘… (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 13:14:56
- Quite amusing tbf (Other Football) - CWC, Sep 20, 11:52:01
- So, you don't believe in the right to protest or free speech? (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 20, 10:42:20
  - I think he's just using his right of free speech to protest (Other Football) - Captain Bligh, Sep 20, 10:46:10
    - Maybe, just not sure what was "scummy"... particularly given other behaviour (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 20, 10:51:16
      - Its clearly scummy and disrespectful. Deliberately ruining any minutes silence is (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Sep 20, 12:00:22
        
        Was a minutes applause tbf but point still stands (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 12:07:17
      - Unfortunately that's the way it is these days (Other Football) - Captain Bligh, Sep 20, 11:05:29
      - You don’t think it’s scummy way to behave … (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 10:53:58
        
        I don't, no. As explained more fully in my other reply (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 20, 10:55:36
  - Even a banner getting the message across but respecting the silence … (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 10:43:53
    - Wasn't it a minutes applause rather than a silence anyway? I agree on a personal level (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 20, 10:54:54
      - To audibly sing “if you hate the royal family clap your hands”… (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 10:58:48
        
        Because a silent protest isn't really a protest (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 20, 11:02:24
        
        sign language would be the obvious solution (Other Football) - Tombs, Sep 20, 11:05:59
    - It was a minute's applause (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 20, 10:51:25
      - True so sit in silence if you want to make a protest … (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 10:55:48
        
        As much as I hate the childish sectarian shite, which often isn't even genuine but more a (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Sep 20, 11:03:28
        
        It's akin to us chanting 'stand up if you hate the scum' during Bobby Robson's silence. (Other Football) - Adster, Sep 20, 11:07:48
        
        Exactly this. Let the minute of recognition go by without joining in THEN (Other Football) - megson, Sep 20, 12:16:21
        
        Which I certainly wouldn't do. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 20, 11:50:48
        
        Well fuck my old Tombs' boots (n/m) (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Sep 20, 11:06:06
        
        There have been plenty of occasions where people to pay their respects, every single day (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 20, 11:00:01
        
        And surely st mirren should have been entitled to do same … (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 11:02:45
        
        They did a minute's applause (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 20, 11:07:34
        
        Amusingly the wording of the banner for a minutes applause is effective (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 20, 10:57:14
- As some of you may know I’ve always followed Celtic as my ‘other’ team (Other Football) - BINMEN8R, Sep 20, 10:24:15
  - I imagine this is one of the softest examples of the sectarian nonsense you've seen though (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Sep 20, 10:43:11
    - It is….but there’s just no filter for many fans on either side of the divide. The hatred (Other Football) - BINMEN8R, Sep 20, 10:45:38
  - Celtic and Rangers fans are as bad as each other (Other Football) - jamesward, Sep 20, 10:30:57
  - It’s a shame because I am sure they have some reasonably minded fans but equally …. (Other Football) - loz, Sep 20, 10:29:39

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