Sean McSweeney 💙

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Right-wing traitors would have been collaborators in WW2.
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[Guille Vidal @eltemagv]

La FIFA le robó el fútbol a los verdaderos fans y quiere controlar hasta el idioma en que hablan los jugadores...El culto al dinero lo arruina todo.

El peor mundial de la historia.

[Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧 #FreePalestine #CongoInCrisis @CarrieCnh12]

Thierry is confused over why Spanish isn't being allowed to be spoken at these FIFA press conferences, and the answer is simple, the main host the U.S.A. is a racist country that currently has ICE agents kidnapping and ethnically cleansing Spanish speaking people from the country

[Sean McSweeney 💙 @Seanimsatso]

Other countries in the W Cup that have Spanish as their main official language:
Paraguay
Uruguay
Ecuador
Argentina
Colombia
Panama
… and … have I forgotten one? Oh! SPAIN!!!!

[Francisco de la Torre 🥑 @fdelatg]

No es necesario prohibir formalmente el español para enviar un mensaje equivocado. Basta con impedir que se pregunte y se responda en español durante conferencias. La decisión es difícil de entender por varias razones:

1. El español es el idioma de uno de los tres países anfitriones: México. Un Mundial organizado conjuntamente por 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 debería reflejar una realidad lingüística.

2. El español es una de las grandes lenguas del fútbol mundial. Los equipos de 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇺🇾 que participan en la Copa lo hablan y numerosos jugadores de habla hispana han construido una parte fundamental de la historia de este deporte.

3. Más de 500 millones de personas tienen el español como lengua materna. Es una de las lenguas más habladas del planeta y una de las oficiales de la ONU. Además, el español es una de las lenguas más estudiadas del mundo; 240 millones de personas estudian español como lengua extranjera.

4. 🇺🇸 alberga una de las mayores comunidades hispanohablantes del mundo. Ignorar esa realidad durante el evento deportivo más importante del planeta resulta incomprensible.

5. La FIFA habla de inclusión y diversidad. Limitar el acceso al español en espacios oficiales va exactamente en la dirección contraria.

6. El Mundial no pertenece a un país ni a un idioma. Pertenece a todos. Si hay una lengua que debería estar garantizada en cualquier conferencia de prensa de esta Copa del Mundo, es precisamente el español.

7. Lo más sorprendente es que en un torneo organizado por tres países y con recursos tecnológicos prácticamente ilimitados, la FIFA “parezca” incapaz de garantizar interpretación para uno de los idiomas más importantes del planeta.

8. Estados Unidos es ya una potencia hispanohablante. Más de 50 millones de personas en 🇺🇸 hablan español o tienen competencia en el idioma.

9. El español tiene un peso económico y mediático gigantesco en 🇺🇸. Las transmisiones deportivas en español, especialmente las relacionadas con el fútbol, alcanzan audiencias brutales. Los aficionados hispanos constituyen uno de los mercados más importantes para patrocinadores, derechos de televisión y venta de boletos durante la Copa del Mundo.

10. Si un idioma debería estar garantizado en este Mundial, es precisamente el español. No solo porque México es coanfitrión, sino porque el español es la lengua de cientos de millones de aficionados, periodistas, jugadores y entrenadores. Un Mundial que presume ser global no debería poner obstáculos a uno de los idiomas más importantes de la historia del fútbol.

Resulta difícil entender que en una Copa del Mundo organizada por Estados Unidos, México y Canadá se dificulte el uso del español. El fútbol se hizo universal precisamente porque nunca perteneció a un solo idioma.

[Lina Tobón @linamatote]

¿Cómo así que el Mundial MÁS COSTOSO de la historia NO tiene contratada traducción para la segunda lengua más hablada EN EL MUNDO, más aún siendo lengua nativa de uno de sus países anfitriones (México) y el segundo idioma más hablado en Estados Unidos?

[Sean McSweeney 💙 @Seanimsatso]

If only the USA had some Hispanics who could offer translation services…

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong:

“I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines.

We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem.

Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico?

Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed?

The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others.

Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible.

Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish.

If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.”

“FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”

[Sean McSweeney 💙 @Seanimsatso]

@herqles_es If only they had some Hispanics in the USA…

[Guille Vidal @eltemagv]

La FIFA no dejó que se hicieran preguntas ni respuestas en español en la rueda de prensa de Brasil vs Marruecos...

Esta es la peor copa del mundo en la historia.

[Sean McSweeney 💙 @Seanimsatso]

If only they had some bilingual Spanish-English speakers in the USA. Did they deport them all? Or is it policy not to give them jobs?

[Guille Vidal @eltemagv]

La FIFA no dejó que se hicieran preguntas ni respuestas en español en la rueda de prensa de Brasil vs Marruecos...

Esta es la peor copa del mundo en la historia.

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

This assault occurred last night outside Cotswold's on Trinity Street, Dublin 2. You can see Salamanca's in the background.

The victim, Vlad, isn't transgender - he's a crossdresser - not that it matters in terms of an expectancy not to be assaulted on a night out.

Pathetic.

[Sean McSweeney 💙 @Seanimsatso]

@beverleyturner @MatthewStadlen Did someone hand you the shovel or did you pick it up yourself?

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

This was tweeted by @GBNEWS presenter @Alexarmstrong.

He deleted it. He’ll face no consequences.

The most extreme, unhinged opinions are being mainstreamed.

If that carries on, this country will fall into the abyss

[Paddystinian @Paddystinian]

A must-watch video of an Englishman giving a breakdown of the complexity of the riots in the North of Ireland.

[Bushra Shaikh @Bushra1Shaikh]

The deleted post by a @GBNEWS presenter @Alexarmstrong

No apology, no statement from the channel, nothing.

[The Balls on the Falls @BeechieBoys]

A friend of mine was due to have a hip replacement yesterday. She was prepped & ready to go to theatre only for it to be cancelled? Why was it cancelled? Because racist dickheads frightened so many staff they couldn't do the surgery.That is the hidden effects of their racism.

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

if you know your history

[Richard Corbett @RichardGCorbett]

So, it turns out that the violent protestors, who Farage & Reform would have us believe were regular members of the public showing justifiable rage, had numerous previous criminal convictions
https://t.co/HHCaxa2QZf

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

GB News host denies there were 'riots' in Belfast

GB News host Bev Turner said 'no house burned down' and that the police weren't calling it a 'riot', Both statements are entirely false. Will Ofcom act?
https://t.co/A2vnQmSajZ
https://t.co/A2vnQmSajZ

[Brexit Buster @BrexitBuster]

Here’s Darren Medhurst (36) another Southampton Farage rioter who has just been jailed for three years, three months. ‘Concerned citizen’ Medhurst has 51 previous convictions for 96 offences, including handling stolen goods, burglary and shoplifting. A parasite, NOT a patriot.

[Brexit Buster @BrexitBuster]

Meet Callum Darch (27), another ‘concerned citizen’ who has just been jailed for 30 months for his part in the Southampton Farage riot. Naturally he has a very nasty criminal record: a drug-driving hit-and-run in 2020 (2-year sentence); theft; assault; criminal damage. Parasite.

[Stuzi 🐝🐝 @stuzi_pants]

Young Bob… singlehandedly notched up more arrests than chronic heart disease

Don’t ever change you useful wally