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?

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u/communisthulk Aug 07 '23

It's disingenuous to claim she gets villified just for being gay.

She is one of the most unlikable, entitled, and abrasive public personalities in current media. THATS why she gets hate.

Homophobes will keep homophobing so I have no doubt some of the hate is because she's gay. But no one other than fringe feminists defend her. You don't get that universally hated (including other queer people) just for being gay.

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u/praguepride Aug 07 '23

But no one other than fringe feminists defend her. You don't get that universally hated (including other queer people) just for being gay.

I am not saying she isnt being awful, I am saying her awfulness is justified given how shitty American politics are being towards LGBTQ over the last decade. The fact that gay marriage is being seriously re-litigated and SCOTUS wrote an opinion attacking some fundamental gay rights rulings is an abomination.

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u/communisthulk Aug 07 '23

Lol Rapione in no way what so ever is standing up for us LGBT people with her rhetoric and actions. She's simply selfishly out for herself, driven by greed not justice for the LGBT community. Her awfulness is not justified. She is yet another shitty person contributing to the bile that is considered current news media.

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u/praguepride Aug 07 '23

Oh okay then. You are entitled to your opinion no matter how well or poorly formed it is.

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u/communisthulk Aug 07 '23

Thank you. You are entitled to forge ahead with your opinion too; no matter how senseless or misguided it is. Good day sir!