Posted on 01/15/2023 2:38:35 PM PST by Salman
LONDON (AP) — Chelsea welcomed the English Football Association’s decision to make a homophobic chant aimed at its supporters a punishable offense, calling it a “step in the right direction” on Friday.
The FA announced on Wednesday that chants of “Rent Boy,” which have been directed at Chelsea fans by rival supporters, are now considered a breach of its rules.
It has written to all Premier League clubs and clubs throughout English soccer to enforce the point and attempt to stamp out discriminatory behavior.
“The ‘Rent Boy’ chant is intolerable and has no place in football or anywhere else,” Chelsea said in a statement. “That opposition clubs can now face disciplinary action if their supporters engage in this discriminatory and offensive behavior is a step in the right direction. Everyone who chooses to participate in this chant must know their actions have consequences.”
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Specifically relating to Chelsea. I wonder how such a chant originated.
The AP applauds any curtailment of free speech.
Thought crimes are next, until Muslims take over all of England.
The Islamist already own most of London. The homosexuals are going to wish they were in the good old days when they only had to endure homo chants. Much better than a thrown brick.
Homophobic means fear of the same.
Rent Boy, eh? Although not exactly sure what this connotes, this term “causes lasting harm”? Bollocks.
What’s a rent boy? Someone who rents things like apartments and cars instead of buying them?
Nevermind that the rent boys themselves engage in completely perverse stomach turning behavior.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rent-boy
Rent boy, or rentboy, is a term that is used to describe a particular type of male prostitute. It refers primarily to young men (although its use extends to male prostitutes of all ages) who have sex with men. The term originated in Great Britain, Ireland, and New Zealand and originally was applied to a male prostitute who was both young and working-class. Middle-class and upper-class male prostitutes more commonly would have been called escorts, and older male prostitutes would have been referred to as hustlers. The rent boy was almost exclusively a street worker who charged low rates for his service. Although the term retains its original meaning, it has gained a certain cachet within the sex-worker community and sometimes is appropriated by higher-end male prostitutes who wish to provide a rough trade fantasy to their clients.
The most famous use of the word was by Thomas Swinscow, who admitted in 1895 to having worked as a rent boy in a London male brothel. The subsequent investigation, called the Cleveland Street Scandal, implicated high-ranking officials. Rumors circulated for decades that the prince of Wales was involved in the scandal, and records released in 1975 confirmed that, although they did not conclude that he was a patron of the brothel. The public outcry over the scandal was partly responsible for the prosecution of Oscar Wilde that year on charges of gross indecency. Victorian morality could not accommodate the existence of rentboys, and rejection of the practice led to a general increase in homophobia.
Rent boy == boy for rent. A homosexual prostitute.
Not sure that cleared things up but perhaps Chelsea rent boy refers to some gay ghetto area.
There’s always a bit of truth in these chants. They don’t come out of nowhere.
Give it a year or two and they’ll make calling anyone a sissy a punishable offense. These people just don’t know when to stop.
I Duck Duck Went the term. It is a male prostitute.
Ceaseless faggotry running amok…
ok thanks
Basically, I’m sure we conservatives can agree calling someone (on an opposing soccer team) a homosexual is wrong, unless they actually are, but how is it the fault of the team?
And if it is illegal, shouldn’t they be arresting the transgressors? That is if they can find and identify all of them, which I think would be impossible, and your defense could always be you weren’t shouting it, but something else.
but they don’t bother to tell you how said silly phrase relates to the gay though
fefe’s rule i guess...
Much like how the OK symbol has been turned by the left into a symbol of white supremacy that can get you fired for using it, there was nothing wrong with the Chelsea Rent Boy chant until some woke lefties got butthurt about it and demanded it be banned.
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