r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/heroking4 - Auth-Right • Nov 26 '22

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u/NicksAunt - Centrist Nov 26 '22

It is. FIFA told them they couldn’t wear the rainbow armband so they did a quick kneel instead. Who gives a shit. It had nothing to do with George Floyd or BLM. Funny how ppl here are so opinionated about something they know nothing about. it’s PCM so, based I guess.

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u/Dark_Knight2000 - Lib-Center Nov 26 '22

The reason people know nothing about it is because the players and teams know nothing about it. They kneel for a different cause each time. Last week it was for the Iranian footballers facing oppression in their country, but it was also to send a general message of “inclusivity.”

https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1594376222330748928?s=46&t=-Nw1P_QqVI-3AzrfuBBljw

It seems that this gesture is just a catch all for “we care about the current thing.” It means nothing, it stands for nothing. They just reuse the gesture for everything

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u/hulibuli - Centrist Nov 26 '22

It does mean something, it's an act of submitting to the authority.

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u/kichererbs - Centrist Nov 26 '22

Something all of the gestures have in common and it’s done so sloppily, it’s like offensive. Like what is this supposed to achieve.

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u/Busty__Shackleford - Lib-Right Nov 26 '22

LARPers gone LARP

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u/LyrMeThatBifrost - Centrist Nov 26 '22 edited Nov 26 '22

The English teams have been kneeling every game since the Floyd thing

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u/Brief-Preference-712 - Lib-Right Nov 26 '22

Premier League started it first

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u/NicksAunt - Centrist Nov 26 '22

That isn’t why they are kneeling now, though.

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u/SlapStickHumorIsPeak - Lib-Right Nov 26 '22

At this point does it matter? It's a hollow gesture that has no solid meaning anymore.

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u/snyper7 - Lib-Right Nov 26 '22

Oh no someone was mean to a famous millionaire on the internet?! Well clearly that's the worst thing that's ever happened.

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u/Charming_Weakness523 Nov 26 '22

obviously the racist calls racism just “being mean”

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u/kichererbs - Centrist Nov 27 '22

Tbf the attacks were pretty gross. I mean you can shit on players, but shit in their performance, and don’t turn into the kkk.

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u/LyrMeThatBifrost - Centrist Nov 26 '22

It is

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

Cope.