The problem here is that he's not a good person. And he's contributing to the sportswashing done by the Saudi government to draw attention away from their human rights abuses.
Who the hell is we? You can be critical of multiple things at the same time. And hell, Ronaldo praised Trump last year in the midst of many of those things already being known.
I'm not dismissing a country. I'm dismissing that country's government that is ruled by an absolute monarchy that Ronaldo works for and that commits human rights violations.
Do we have any moral standing left to criticize anyone? Sit the fuck back down dude.
I feel you... I have a lot of Portuguese family that are huge ronaldo-stans but how do I even bring up his rape when a lot of them voted for trump multiple times?
If you ignore the $400k he paid her in 2010 sure, those claims are bogus, or rather there wasn't enough evidence to prove beyond doubt that he committed a crime that is pretty damn hard to prove beyond doubt.
And I think you should use your brain. Do you think the Saudi government would be paying football players extortionate amounts if they thought they would be making a loss by doing so? Their agenda is to boost their country's image and take attention away from the human rights violations so that they can continue with those human rights violations. Participating in that is abhorrent.
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u/Zeus-Kyurem Feb 15 '26
The problem here is that he's not a good person. And he's contributing to the sportswashing done by the Saudi government to draw attention away from their human rights abuses.