Hello, this is my first post, I'm a Liverpool fan and I joined these boards to support you against the accusations from Celtic. I am sick of Celtic fans portraying themselves as lily white innocent non-sectarian fans when plainly they are not.
I was born and brought up in Portadown which has seen more than its fair share of attacks from the IRA. I now live in England. A few days ago a Celtic supporter started a topic abut "racist Rangers" , so I stepped in to add my views. The point I made was that Celtic fans ARE sectarian because they sing IRA chants and that the IRA had a 30 year murderous campaign targeting Protestants. I gave examples of atrocities that were aimed at Protestants (Enniskillin, Tullyvallen Orange Hall, LaMon House Hotel, Kingsmills to name only a few). I also posted links to video clips proving that Celtic fans chanted IRA slogans
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nXTyjsvk
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwqWQS8oRY&...feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7LzlJ4dhBlm&...feature=related
there are other clips on youtube if you follow links from these examples
I can post the replies of the deluded Celtic supporter, who continuously denied that the IRA were sectarian that they were instead freedom fighters. I pointed out that regardless of his opinion, the IRA had murdered thousands of innocent people and destroyed many more lives of those who had been injured by their explosions. He refused to acknowledge that chanting IRA slogans was offensive. At this stage I pointed at that the IRA had bombed Warrington the day before Mothers Day killing a 3 year old boy and an 11 year old Liverpool fan and how dare he come to a Liverpool website and claim that IRA slogans were OK. Later that day the thread was deleted, but I have the replies of the Celtic fan in my email. They make telling reading.
He admits that abusing orangemen and protestants is wrong, but fails to see that murdering them is wrong too.
If I can help in any way by posting the emails, I am happy to do so. I firmly believe that Celtic are on the ropes and that they scored an own goal with their ridiculous accusations.
Good luck with your fight and let me know what I can do to help.
PS A good number of Liverpool fans backed my views against Celtic, so you are not alone.