I'm not saying Liverpool-supporters shouldn't defend Suarez to an extent, we all did with Ronaldo/Rooney.
It's just on a completely opposite level though. Here is a guy who's been banned for issues ranging from racist abuse to biting another man, who's as blatant a cheat as has ever played the game, and in addition is snapping at the ref every fecking time there's a stop in the game.
Then he goes and does that on Parker, and who do the morons in the stands boo? Scott Parker, presumably for having the audacity to be kicked. Let's not forget they booed Evra, erhm, for being called a negro by one of their players.
I mean, I defended Ronaldo as staunchly as anyone for his diving, but when he blatantly dived, I manned up and called it as it was. And whenever Rooney goes and does something stupid, I always tell it like it his - him being a twat.
I don't defend a player blindly for the purpose of it, or invent an FA conspiracy. And that's before we take into account that Suarez in actual fact possibly is the most horrible human being bar Sergio Busquets and Jeremy Clarkson.
And he's not even that good at football! I mean, he's a good player, but he's no where near the likes of Rooney or Ronaldo. So why this cult status? It seems like this racial abuse has almost elevated him to some godlike status. It's not his 9 goals in 32 apps that does it that's for sure(see Berbatov).
I agree that with all of your points. I detest Suarez and think that the way he has behaved is horrible.
To be fair, however, Rooney has made some horrific tackles in the past only to be met with a chorus of "Rooney" chants from the majority of onlooking fans. He has attempted to engineer a move away from the club, cheated on his family multiple times, shouts at the referee every game, acts petulantly and childishly with a regularity that is borderline insane for a modern footballer. He is, without doubt, comparable to Suarez. Arguably worse, arguably better.
Suarez has done and said some despicable things that should not be forgiven. It doesn't really matter - at the end of the day, the fans continue to support him. As they do with Rooney, and as they will continue to do. When there is a grey-area, as there is with Suarez and Rooney, the fans will fill it in with what they want to see.
Obviously the blind support given after his racist actions was and is deplorable. It was a feeling and a movement that was fostered by the club and by the management in my opinion. Liverpool fans saw the vehement and unfair defence that was given by their club to Suarez and elected to go along with it. As many on here would, given a similar situation. The difference, I think, would be in how each club would handle it. From past examples, I think it's fair to assume that United would, given a similar situation, accept punishment, give a player a slap on the wrist and move on ASAP. Liverpool didn't do that, they chose (wrongly) to defend Suarez, and the fans went along with it. A badly chosen phrase, perhaps, but "monkey see, monkey do!".
As for why they have so much time for Suarez, I'd assume its a combination of the fact that he is a half-decent player and they haven't had many in recent years, Dalglish has backed him, and they've defended him thus far, they can't really go back now without looking like fools. Human nature. Wrong, of course. Still human nature though!
Maybe they will try to avoid it knowing kicking the hornets nest again is probably more hassle than they can handle.
