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There is of course a wonderful irony in Liverpool supporters seeking to assert that everyone who follow Chelsea is racist and culpable for the actions of a few nasty little morons.
These are presumably the Liverpool supporters who thought it fine when thousands of Liverpool supporters chanted homophobic abuse at the recent league cup match. Homophobia, it seems, is acceptable to Liverpool supporters.
To try to assert that all Chelsea supporters are racist is a bizarre stretch of stereotyping. While in the 1980s there were racists among the Chelsea crowd as there were among the supporters of most other sides (Leicester is of course the notable exception).Chelsea worked then and has continued to work to eradicate the racist element. One thing I have noticed over the past day is that many people whose position might have been suspect on the issue some years ago, are as fervent in their denunciation of the vile idiots on the metro as anyone else. Football has helped to change social attitudes.
I appreciate that this is not what you want to hear.
It would be pleasant if Liverpool, the club of Robbie Fowler, took a stand against homophobia rather than condoning it.