Current Events > FIFA quashes LGBTQ armband support at World Cup with yellow card threat

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TheChariot8
11/21/22 7:26:21 PM
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Yazarogi posted...
Why is Qatar so stupid?
They huff all that gas on a daily basis. Most Qatari are probably suffering from brain cancer.
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Doe
11/21/22 7:27:03 PM
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TheChariot8 posted...
Uh, it's not a democracy, the people there aren't voting for this stuff.

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PballDepot
11/21/22 7:40:39 PM
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Ilishe posted...
Well, they can't book her, at least.

Though to be fair she's being disrespectful to the host nation. It feels weird to say it, but they're a sovereign nation and they have a right to their culture, backwards though it may be to our sensibilities.

terrible take

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Mizznox
11/21/22 8:01:31 PM
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Hornezz posted...
FIFA now demands that Belgium modifies their away shirt because it has the word 'love' on the inside of the collar.

Man, I thought this was just some satire, but nope.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/belgium-bel/story/4808660/fifa-tells-belgium-to-remove-word-love-on-shirts-sources

FIFA has demanded that the Belgium team remove the word "love" from the collar of their away shirt, sources have told ESPN.
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A source told ESPN that FIFA was not even open to negotiation and categorically refused to discuss the matter with the Belgian federation.

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Lorenzo_2003
11/21/22 8:06:14 PM
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K181 posted...
Eh, I wouldn't get too holier-than-thou there. There's going to be plenty of lib Americans, Canadians, and Europeans that huff and puff on twitter and then watch almost every game on tv.

They could have said that the entire non-Western world is generally not that progressive and their point would still stand. I do agree with you that lots of Western viewers arent going to give up watching footballs biggest event over this, unfortunately.

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Questionmarktarius
11/21/22 8:07:47 PM
#59:


Hornezz posted...
FIFA now demands that Belgium modifies their away shirt because it has the word 'love' on the inside of the collar.
well now FIFA is just being pedantic.
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the_rowan
11/21/22 8:07:52 PM
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ForsakenHermit posted...
The difference here is that we have every right to correct our country's wrongs. Qatar is wrong on LGBT rights and correction should come from Qatari citizens not the west.

It really doesn't work like that. The only thing that will change policy in Qatar is a profit motive. That is literally the only thing their government cares about.

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Medussa
11/21/22 8:11:11 PM
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Mizznox posted...
Man, I thought this was just some satire, but nope.

and there's only one relevant response: "no."

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Nukazie
11/21/22 8:18:08 PM
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K181 posted...
Soccer fans: We are outraged!
Also soccer fans: *continues watching*


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Dragon56
11/21/22 8:29:01 PM
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What will not watching do?
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Foppe
11/22/22 1:23:19 AM
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Hornezz posted...
FIFA now demands that Belgium modifies their away shirt because it has the word 'love' on the inside of the collar.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/6/9/AACpnzAAD6Kd.jpg
They didnt care about the inside.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/1/AAA_aCAAD6Ot.jpg

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Mr_Karate_II
11/22/22 1:30:51 AM
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Sad to see the teams cave in to fifa, every team should have worn the armbands.

Also, fuck fifa for having the world cup there.

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Hornezz
11/25/22 3:32:51 AM
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Foppe posted...
They didnt care about the inside.
Belgian sources specifically mention the inside:

Het woord is niet zichtbaar als de shirts gedragen worden, omdat het aan de binnenkant van de kraag zit.
https://www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/ook-de-uitshirts-van-
de-rode-duivels-afgekeurd-vanwege-het-woordje-love~b2c15c71/

Het opschrift "LOVE", vergezeld van de regenboogkleuren, aan de binnenkant van de kraag.
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20221122_92794879

"binnenkant van de kraag" = inside of the collar


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Foppe
11/25/22 3:53:34 AM
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In other news, FIFA has started an investigation if they are going to punish Mexico because their fans were singing homophobic texts during the match.

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Kloe_Rinz
11/25/22 3:53:47 AM
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sports sucks

that government also sucks
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Sphyx
11/26/22 11:43:32 PM
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I can't see a single C in FIFA, but I KNOW there's at least one Corruption in there somewhere...

Shame on the teams that caved in though. Could have been the big moment in history that would have outlasted their careers, and now they just look like snivelling cowards.

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008Zulu
11/26/22 11:44:20 PM
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Compsognathus posted...
Fucking cowards. Like FIFA has to know they are being the bad guys right? They just don't care.
They were bribed too much money to care.

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Questionmarktarius
11/27/22 8:59:41 PM
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/26/football/german-soccer-fans-rainbow-colors-qatar-2022-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html
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Noumas
11/28/22 1:13:36 AM
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No joking aside, I heard a nice sentiment on the radio:

"Its their country their rules/lifestyle/culture"

"However, it's everyone's tournament. So while it's not up to us to change their way of life, the tournament should not be given to a host country that fails to accommodate all types of people be they gay, women, bts, etc"
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Chadwick69
11/28/22 1:23:28 AM
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america is the worst country in the world

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ColdOne666
11/28/22 2:14:21 AM
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It's a soccer match, why is everyone trying to dump a pile of politics on it.

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Doe
11/28/22 2:30:35 AM
#78:


ColdOne666 posted...
It's a soccer match, why is everyone trying to dump a pile of politics on it.
What is political about being gay?

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Oatcakes
11/28/22 2:49:03 AM
#79:


ColdOne666 posted...
It's a soccer match, why is everyone trying to dump a pile of politics on it.

Lol, football and politics are inseparable. Loads of teams were set up due to politics.

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_Marka_Ragnos_
11/28/22 2:52:32 AM
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ColdOne666 posted...
It's a soccer match, why is everyone trying to dump a pile of politics on it.

There is nothing political about being gay.

That said, people going there to protest wearing rainbow stuff, I don't understand. The correct way to protest this is to not spend money traveling to Qatar and giving them your tourism dollars. Not showing up with a rainbow armband smug acting like you're the man. Qatar is laughing behind the scenes counting all the money they're getting from this.

Yes I know its unrealistic to expect no one to go, but wearing rainbow stuff in Qatar as a way of saying "I showed them haha" is hollow as hell. Yeah you got them while also giving them thousands of dollars.
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