Pete the Pirate
Midfield
I've known of Old Holborn for many years.
My thoughts on him were that while he was sometimes offensive and even depraved (I mean nobody can defend the Jamie Bulger trolling), he acted the way he did as he was a firm believer in free speech "whatever the circumstances may be" and he seemingly stuck to that all the way through.
Because of this, he developed a dislike for how he perceived scousers to frame themselves as "perpetual victims" (I am not endorsing this) and as such, took delight in pushing their sensitivities over tragedies with Hillsborough (he posted a picture of two fat woman in Liverpool shirts and said "this is what crushed the 96") and Jamie Bulger, knowing the kind of reactions it would get.
He was old and bitter, but also smart in his own way in some aspects of political commentary. I also heard his passing came from terminal cancer, and they would have to be far more awful than him to "deserve" that. I can imagine he would find the fracas over his death amusing.
My thoughts on him were that while he was sometimes offensive and even depraved (I mean nobody can defend the Jamie Bulger trolling), he acted the way he did as he was a firm believer in free speech "whatever the circumstances may be" and he seemingly stuck to that all the way through.
Because of this, he developed a dislike for how he perceived scousers to frame themselves as "perpetual victims" (I am not endorsing this) and as such, took delight in pushing their sensitivities over tragedies with Hillsborough (he posted a picture of two fat woman in Liverpool shirts and said "this is what crushed the 96") and Jamie Bulger, knowing the kind of reactions it would get.
He was old and bitter, but also smart in his own way in some aspects of political commentary. I also heard his passing came from terminal cancer, and they would have to be far more awful than him to "deserve" that. I can imagine he would find the fracas over his death amusing.
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