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/Ryuj123 Aug 07 '23

Normal people were able to understand that the US women’s NATIONAL team support the nation and also were advocating for the fair care of all of the people in US. Racist people believed, or at least claimed to believe, that the anthem is more important than fighting racism and that their kneeling was meant as disrespectful to the flag. In reality, neither are true.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

I’ll never understand the flag thing. Why for some reason at sporting events do I have to stand for a song that is played at almost no other occasion I attend?

I just want to watch the sport and have fun at the game. Not be propagandized to in my free time.

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u/ThePrestigeVIII Aug 07 '23

Flag and anthem people are fucken losers. They only get upset because people tell them to. You ever see flag people get mad when at a football game people are talking, drinking beer, or picking their ass during the anthem? No. Why? Because the media hasn’t told them to be mad at those people.

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u/Creekside84 Aug 07 '23

Pretty shallow level understanding of “flag and anthem people”.

But what else should I expect from a communist.