Why do pro-palestinian supporters always end up being violent?

I've noticed that most riots in the Middle East tend to have someone at the front in a Manchester United shirt.

Because its the palestinians who are dying in their 100s.
Isrealis are not going to start a riot because america only sold them 50 f16s instead of 100 are they ?

The middle east is littered with plastic fans of european teams they've never seen. The number of 'madridistas' from Pakistan on twitter is obscene

So what you're saying is that left wing 'Pierre' from suburban Paris and Ahmed who was born in France but whose parents are from Morocco - are justified in smashing up France because some people are dying in a conflict a couple of thousand miles away that has nothing to do with France?

What if pro-Israelis in France smashed up the place because of the three boys kidnapped and murdered?

Plastic fans ? they probably watch more games than you do and just because they cant attend the matches doesnt make them fake. You wouldnt say the same about US based fans where british football teams try desperately to get fans. Hardly anyone in Pakistan cares about football, ive seen tons of madrid and barca fans in the middle east uae/algeria but pakistan inst in the middle east.

So why riot in France?

Because a large part of the population of France is French only in name?

Because a large part of the population of France is French only in name?

Buying a shirt doesn't make you a fan. Going to the games makes you a fan. And I have every ounce of respect for the people who support the sounders/red bulls etc in the US

french is a nationality, anyone who immigrates to france legally is as french as someone who has been there for 4 generations.

french is a nationality, anyone who immigrates to france legally is as french as someone who has been there for 4 generations.


going to games doesnt make you a fan, all thoose people who get free corporate tickets and dont even come back after half time are not fans.
I meant british teams like Man U who go to America.
Following a team makes you a fan, thats all. We dont live in a world where only some people have the powr to give others labels

The issue here is that many don't believe that to be the case and actually judge ancestry more than what passport they happen to have.

For example, I am sure tat there would be a large amount of French people that would consider the child of 2 white French expats living in Australia (who has never stepped for in France) who speaks French, has a French name and follows French traditions to be more French than an immigrant from Ghana, Japan, Cuba (countries picked at random), who just happens to qualify for a French passport.

I said, "in name", as you say "legally". By "somebody who has been there for 4 generations" do you mean an octogenarian or somebody with 4 generations of ancestors in the country? Just how much more French is the fifth generation/a 90+ year old?

Well those people are bigots. The child of the two white french people would be australian. In 40 years time if the french boy returned to france he would know less about france its people,society and haveless roots,friends,home,children and family in that country, than the french boy would ghanaian parents.





In name,in culture,in blood in everything they are 110% french. They all french, even if someone is half german half french, if they only claim the french part become 100% french.

yep i went to a few pro palestinian protests in london, all of them were peaceful, quite a few jews joined up amongst muslims against zionism as well. no trouble there.

OPs question 'how can they always be so violent' made me actually chuckle. grow the **** up.

I went to a Pro-Palestine protest, yesterday, in London. It was peaceful. You shouldn't stereotype all Pro-Palestinans just because a few were extreme. :/

This is the one that I attended in Leeds, from start to finish. No violence took place we merely chanted slogans, talked and listened to calls from phones from Palestine.

I wonder what kind of slogans? same as the "peaceful" ones in Berlin calling for Jewish pigs to be slaughtered?