Veserr@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoFIFA clashes with Iran, Egypt over rainbow symbols at World Cup Pride Matchwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down14
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minus-squaregasgiant@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·19 hours agoWow FIFA has managed to be slightly less shitty than two oppressive regimes.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 hours agoA different possibility is that this action of FIFA is just rainbow washing.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoDefinitely a case of moneygay.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-226 minutes agoThese are the people who gave Trump a “Peace Prize”, so this is a lot more likely to be a cheap image management PR stunt that’s acceptable for the corrupt crooks in FIFA because it doesn’t impact their personal upside maximization.
minus-squarececinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoThe imperium of man has strange beginnings.
minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoThese are indeed very strange times.
Wow FIFA has managed to be slightly less shitty than two oppressive regimes.
A different possibility is that this action of FIFA is just rainbow washing.
Definitely a case of moneygay.
These are the people who gave Trump a “Peace Prize”, so this is a lot more likely to be a cheap image management PR stunt that’s acceptable for the corrupt crooks in FIFA because it doesn’t impact their personal upside maximization.
The imperium of man has strange beginnings.
These are indeed very strange times.