Posted on 11/12/2022 3:12:33 PM PST by george76
FIFA bans "human rights for all" practice jerseys at World Cup
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What happened: FIFA, the international soccer federation, refused to let the Danish national team practice in shirts promoting "human rights for all" at the World Cup, which begins later this month in Qatar.
Seriously? Yes. The chief executive of Denmark's soccer association said FIFA rejected the team's request "due to technical reasons." The seemingly innocuous phrase was presumably deemed too "political" due to the host country's appalling human rights record and ties to terrorist organizations.
Wait, what? Human rights groups have condemned Qatar for using forced labor to build the infrastructure required to host the World Cup. More than 6,500 migrant workers are believed to have died there since 2020. The country is a longstanding supporter of Hamas, the Taliban, al Qaeda, and other Islamic terrorist groups.
So why is Qatar hosting the World Cup? Because FIFA is an irredeemably corrupt organization that represents an irredeemably corrupt sport. A U.S. Justice Department investigation found that Qatar and Russia, site of the 2018 World Cup, secured hosting rights by bribing FIFA officials.
What the hell? I know.
Is soccer a threat to freedom and democracy? Perhaps the single greatest threat, thanks for asking.
Why? The sport itself is an abomination. It is technically a game of skill, and that skill is performative whining. The players fall down every few seconds and are occasionally carried off on stretchers despite never actually getting injured. It is relatively common for two professional teams to play for 90 minutes without scoring a single goal. Most disturbingly of all, America is very bad at soccer.
What about the fans? Cretinous ghouls. The American ones in particular are almost certainly the most obnoxious people on the planet, with the possible exception of those climate activists who throw soup at paintings and keep gluing themselves to things.
How so? Imagine a 38-year-old schlub who has never played sports his entire life. He still won't shut up about the time he studied abroad in London and saw a "football" "match" at Wembley.
He voted for Elizabeth Warren in the Democratic primary and posted a black square on his Instagram account to honor George Floyd. He abhors capitalism but loves his job as a financial consultant specializing in equitable outsourcing and inclusive restructuring. He thinks those obnoxious climate activists have a point.
He enjoys the unironic patriotism of supporting Team USA because it makes him feel cultured—like buying The Economist at an airport—but also enjoys watching them get crushed by Belgium because American exceptionalism is a "force for evil."
Gross. I know.
Sounds like soccer fans are the real "force for evil" in the world. They are.
I thought it was MAGA? Are we slipping?
Democrats refuse to support the bill sanctioning Iran’s leaders for human rights violations..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4102994/posts
"Football is woke, or football is too violent"
"Soccer is something both by son and daughter can play"
"Soccer goes with my bicycling and keto diet regimens"
"I love it when I drive my EV by a newly minted bike path"
etc.
Yep!
“human rights for all” is code words for “Homosexual Right to Rape Children”. That is the ultimate goal of the Global-Homo agenda led by the decrepit Biden regime.
FIFA happily supports the rainbow agenda… but didn’t want to offend the Muslims of Qatar.
Though they’ll happily offend Christians all day.
That’s your social hierarchy in action.
What FIFA loves more than anything else were the bushels of swiss francs sent by Qatar to win their WC bid.
I remember when they introduced it to us in 1970 during elementary school. I was 10 and knew immediately it was a communist sport. It was introduced as a sport anyone could play and we were all equally handicapped because we couldn’t use our hands.
Thankfully it never caught on until well after I graduated HS.
Communist European sport for poor people. All you need is a ball somewhere in your hut. It’s only usefulness is that it was great cardio and great for the body. But that ended with the covid clot-shot.
And then, there are the vuvuzelas....
Guys running around pretending to get hurt is dangerous?
I remember playing a similar game when in the army 50 years ago. It was called war ball. Yes, they used a soccer ball but we played it in fatigues and combat boots. Oh and the rules, there wasn’t any, just move the ball to the goal post by any means . Kick, run, pass carry whatever you needed to do and the other team, what ever means they could use to stop you from getting that ball to the goal, push, shove, tackle. It was brutal.
I was going to laugh. And then I did...
Rush used to mention the soccer moms often enough. I always
thought he was about as supportive of that sport as I was,
which is to say, not at all.
I remember playing the normal sports we always did in P. E.
in high school, and then they informed us we were going to
play soccer for six weeks. A collective groan went up from
the playing field that day. Birds evacuated the area...
It always appeared to me that all the moms and daddies
out there who didn’t want their kids playing that other
sport with the hard ball, were thrilled to know about
soccer. I knew it was only a matter of time.
So is soccer evil. I could have told you that day in
the sixties, but who would have listened? Grin...
Hey, there are humans playing. It’s bound to have its
degree of poor sportsmanship, or a leadership that can’t
keep its players off their knees, or their politics off
the agenda.
Is it more evil than any other sport this day? I doubt
it, but is it okay if I still act like it is for old
times sake?
I like it.
Soccer?
He had the balls to make that claim.
Qatar’s reported “soccer villages” for fans (at $200 a night) are actually metal shipping containers with a small AC
and even then, you can’t drink there, that’s only allowed in special areas
(bleep) that nonsense!!!
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