ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC" part 3

[davek]

It's the hypocrisy and the irony of it all.

Bourgeois tourists, spending thousands on flights and hotels, buying in, to a supposed left wing narrative.

It's all lie, but there is money to be made.

I’ve heard that they are planning on doing a Liverpool FC Comecon style event in the convention centre. Basically rip as much cash as possible from their gullible fan base. Banging on about socialism whilst the club they support demolishes houses in Anfield, furloughed their staff, and raises ticket prices so they can pay a load of multimillionaires even more. Socialism indeed

That's the biggest lie ever.

Their history is dripping in Tory politics; they practiced sectarian exclusion at that club for almost a century of their existence; their 'ultra' groups like 'The Urchins' were part of a fascist ultra network; they killed foreign football fans in the biggest catastrophe at a sporting event in modern times.

They boo the national anthem though...something that most club supporters - including Everton - did years ago anyway.

Shankly is credited with being 'a socialist': was he bollocks. He mentioned the word 'socialist' ONCE and even then made it clear he wasn't talking about political socialism...he was also a racist. He instructed his defenders before the 1965 FA Cup final against Leeds to get stuck into their black winger Albert Johanneson because - he said - black players lack character and Johanneson would be put off his game with a few over the top challenges....compare Shankly with Clough who stood on Miners picket lines in 1984 and was in the Labour Party (when the LP was still the home for many socialists).