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Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by atchoo on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:18AM (#35771285)
"up your arse"

I wouldn't use Celtic is an example of "British Football" or British attitudes. They would likely be offended by that! They are the republican side of the Irish sectarian divide in Glasgow and will sing pro-IRA songs and such.

There is plenty of anti/disinterest in Britain about the Monarchy but probably not enough vitriol to get that chant elsewhere. There would probably need to be a specific catalyst e.g. if Prince Andrew turned up at a game then chants calling him a Paedo would be guaranteed. For most Brits, if you don't like the Monarchy, it's very easy to just ignore it. Celtic is on a different level.

Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by smcl on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:35AM (#35771937)
They're a very well-supported club where anti-monarchist songs, chants or signs are completely commonplace and don't ruffle too many feathers generally. Celtic may not like being called "British" and their feelings on the monarchy probably aren't the same as the majority of football supporters in the UK (maybe in Scotland though) but that wasn't the point.

That said the point was that it's unimaginable that supporters at a US sporting event chanting about how they hate their head of state. I disagree - someone is forgetting about the origin of "Let's go Brandon"

Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by hnfong on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:01PM (#35789651)
This is unfounded speculation but perhaps the difference is that a lot of people in the US voluntarily migrated there, while we know how the English crown got to rule over Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland.....

> I disagree with that - someone is forgetting about the origin of "Let's go Brandon"

The US system is "fine" with 49% of the population hating the elected president. The president is not the monarch, nor representing the supreme political ideal. AFAICT the equivalent of anti-monarchy in the US is denouncing the US constitution.

Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by smcl on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:22AM (#35801507)
> we know how the English crown got to rule over Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland

That's true for Wales and Northern Ireland, but the original union of the crowns had the Scottish king becoming the king of both England and Scotland.

But yeah the US equivalent might be insulting the constitution or even the flag.