Kate

My main account is private, so I created this Sock Account that allows me to disagree with stupid people without doxxing myself.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@I_amMukhtar There used to be a saying:
A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.

In the digital age, that's incorrect.

Now a lie can travel a billion times around the world before the truth's alarm clock has even gone off.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@Pando_pop @BladeoftheS How many athletes, coaches and support staff are they going to deny visas for?
How many family members and supporters are they going to ban?

I forsee mass boycotts by most African countries, and people of colour and their allies and friends from many other countries too.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@Pando_pop @BladeoftheS The Olympics is bigger in terms of participation, both in terms of countries and competitors.
10,000 athletes from over 200 countries participated in Paris in 2024.
How many those 200 countries are on the US block list?

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@SylDeLaMer @denis_guiney @bambibristol @tonytiger67 It's weird how none of other countries to host the World Cup have ever had to implement security measures that deny players and referees from entering.

Have you never wondered what the USA is doing that is making it so hated by so many other countries?

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@MPD_6228 @Solvriz WhY dOeS eVeRyOnE sTiLl WaNt To CoMe HeRe. 🤦‍♀️

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@andreste1589 @Nick___Collins One possible explanation is that we got Satellite TV and the internet, and we discovered the REAL America that Hollywood didn't show us.
The school shootings and mass shootings.
The broken health insurance system.
The racism.
The apathy about trying to fix ANY of it.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@andreste1589 @Nick___Collins Back in the 80s, the entire western hemisphere were your #1 fans.

Maybe you should spend a little bit of time off social media, and contemplate why everyone now has what you describe as an "anti-US" agenda.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@denis_guiney @bambibristol @tonytiger67 So why did you bid for GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS like the World Cup and Olympic Games, if you are not willing to let some of the participants into your country? 🤔

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@OorRoy @RobHarris https://t.co/rE4VDpdw5v

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@OorRoy @RobHarris Sorry, but they should never have bid for GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS like the World Cup and Olympic Games, if they're not going to let countries they don't like participate.

It's literally that simple.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@OorRoy @RobHarris Sorry, but they should never have bid for GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS like the World Cup and Olympic Games, if they're not going to let countries they don't like participate.

It's literally that simple.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@OorRoy @RobHarris You brought the Russians into this - you just keep moving those goalposts, huh?

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@OorRoy @RobHarris I'm sorry, I must have missed the news that Somalia just invaded a European country which threatens to destabilise the entire region!
🤡

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@BladeoftheS Imagine the traditional parade of the participanting nations at the opening ceremony, and it takes 3 minutes.
Imagine events where there are no qualifying heats, no semi finals. No drama.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@BladeoftheS Forget the World Cup, what about the Olympics due to take place in two years time?
I predict total boycotts by all those countries in red, and individual boycotts by athletes from the others - and it will be a humiliating trainwreck that the USA may never recover from.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@HaythamKenway99 @moselambfarwell @anders_aslund

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@HaythamKenway99 @moselambfarwell @anders_aslund Please post your evidence that this particular sports referee is a security risk.
I'll wait.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@HaythamKenway99 @moselambfarwell @anders_aslund As I understand it, there is a complete ban on ALL Somalis, and there is literally NO EVIDENCE that this referee is a terrorist.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@HaythamKenway99 @moselambfarwell @anders_aslund You CHOSE to bid for GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS like the World Cup and Olympic Games.

If you don't want people coming from countries you don't like, DON'T BID FOR THOSE EVENTS.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@HaythamKenway99 @moselambfarwell @anders_aslund https://t.co/6GogphPxYG

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@moselambfarwell @anders_aslund @HaythamKenway99 You're due to host the Olympic Games in just two years time.

I don't think you understand the backlash that will ensue when you start refusing visas for athletes, coaches, support personnel, IOC officials, and supporters.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@moselambfarwell @anders_aslund @HaythamKenway99 You're due to host the Olympic Games in just two years time.

I don't think you understand the backlash that will ensue when you start refusing visas for athletes, coaches, support personnel, IOC officials, and supporters.

[Kate @fizzyknitting]

@moselambfarwell @anders_aslund @HaythamKenway99 Even professional officials are being denied entry.

https://t.co/IONS23Tsw3

And players. The entire Iranian team have had to base themselves in Tijuana.