Small rant about the worldcup

[abyss_valkyrie]

Now see, I'm not a football watcher, but I do sometimes watch the worldcup because of the men...but like also because the matches are actually fun to watch sometimes lol. I was a lot more invested this time because Jungkook of BTS sang during the opening ceremony and he gave us such a meaningful, beautiful song!LOVE HIM!!
Saudi Arabia also went quite far this time and they won their first match against Argentina!MAAAN!That was wild. The King literally declared a holiday in celebration and you know what?I'm here for any unexpected holidays so that's probably what got me into watching more of the matches. I watched mainly the ones of Saudi Arabia, Japan, Morocco. It felt nice to see more Asian and Arab countries qualify for further rounds.

So so, if you didn't watch the final match yesterday (Argentina vs. France) it was an intense game!They had to take extra time and penalty shots because they kept tying.

Now everything was great but you know what?!THE MEDIA!! MY GOD!Why does the western media have to have so much beef with like everybody?

After winning the cup, the emir placed this cloak on Messi (it's called a bisht and many arabs wear it on special occasion like weddings, official programs etc. Think of it as a formal wear.) So obviously to us who know it was completely normal and just showed their respect towards Messi. So imagine my surprise when I saw all these headlines talking about how they're 'covering up' Messi! Headlines like 'Lionel Messi forced to cover Argentina shirt' and so on. People going on how they ruined Messi's moment by making him wear the bisht,looking like he's going for a haircut etc. etc. And here's an example of what kind of articles came out about this moment.

Y'all, I can't even. The ignorance just makes me speechless. Bro looks cool in it, whatever the media says.



Okay, so if anybody is interested, here's an article about bisht.

And leaving you guys with this MV of Jungkook and Fahad's worldcup song because I LOVE IT!!

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Comments

[twelvthdoctor]

Oh for sure, it's a big deal to host it in your country! I've got a friend who's big into soccer (sorry, football... I don't know why America does that either with the soccer/football thing lol) and FIFA. It's really a shame that Western media is so racist. I just don't buy it. There are bad people anywhere in the world of any race or nationality, including politicians, but I'm just not buying it in generalities, or because they're a certain race or nationality. I grew up and went to school in Dearborn, MI, a place with a very large Arab population, and many of them went to my schools throughout the years. They were just like the rest of us. They had their own beliefs, some wore the hijabs, and they were very sweet and polite people. There was a family of 5 kids that lived a street away from me that I loved hanging out with, and was sad when they moved. I'll never forget the polite discussion the two oldest, one in my grade and one the grade below in school, and I had about Christianity and Islam, and they were teaching me about Mohammed the profit and such. We just asked each other questions about why one religion believed this or that, and would just nod and be like ohhhh okay, I see what you're saying. Like why can't everyone be that way and just try to understand different religions and cultures?? Maybe they could prevent misunderstandings like this in the media where people aren't being disrespectful to their guest, but actually honoring them a little. How humbling! *gets off soapbox* But I'm preaching to the choir. I get fired up about this kind of stuff because it just feels inescapable in America these days. Stupid Trump supporters running their mouths and saying awful things everywhere, even though he's been out of office for 2 years. It will just never end. It was always there, but it got so much worse after he ran for office and was elected.