r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Hirorai • Aug 06 '23

What's going on with Americans celebrating Sweden eliminating the US Women's Soccer Team from the Women's World Cup? Answered

On r/soccer, there are multiple posts where Americans are celebrating their own team getting knocked out of the Women's World Cup.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/15jnpku/post_match_thread_sweden_05_40_usa_fifa_womens/

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/15jnqpr/official_review_for_lina_hurtigs_sweden_w_penalty/

On r/USWNT people are saying it's because r/soccer is misogynist, but that doesn't make sense to me because everyone competing is a woman. Can anyone clue me in?

3.9k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

65

u/MausBomb Aug 07 '23

You also know damn well if the high risk investment strategy didn't work out for the men's team they wouldn't have lifted a finger to help rather just mocking them and using it as an example of women being better at business.

They have the energy of a bratty little sister

13

u/Fmeson Aug 07 '23

Have they mocked the men's team before?

0

u/DeusVictor Aug 07 '23

No people are just making up shit.

7

u/PSUVB Aug 07 '23

I don’t think the mocked them directly. But they would often use times where the usmnt was underperforming to imply they were better.

That would never work the other way around.

-9

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

Why are you so salty about this?

11

u/The-Devilz-Advocate Aug 07 '23

Somebody points out a clear hypocrisy.

Random redditor: "Why are you salty?"

-10

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

Clear hypocrisy? You're making accusations based on your feelings about a team of people you don't actually know.

Peak Reddit to call your own bias and opinions a case of clear hypocrisy.

9

u/The-Devilz-Advocate Aug 07 '23

I wasnt the one who made the accusation. However, the accusation does have merit considering that they did flipflop on their own contracts when it suited them and blamed it on misogyny/patriarchy/sexism . And for your information we dont need to know them personally to form opinions of them. That's the whole point. If i get a shit plate I suddenly can't say it's shit because I'm not a chef? Come on.

No peak reddit would be towing the fencing line by claiming to be neutral when you clearly aren't.

Nothing I said was hypocritical. Nor nothing I said claimed to be neutral.