Regardless of how you feel about any of this, there’s documented evidence of ICE committing atrocities to people who have never done anything but contributed positively to a country who abhors them. If you’re okay with that, then we have nothing to debate here, you have no conscience.
As we revisit this tired narrative ahead of the World Cup, I’d like to shine a light on what it’s like to hear people ignorantly comment on a topic they know very little about and a reality they CHOOSE to ignore.
My love for fútbol came from my immigrant parents. Parents who, like countless immigrant fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts, have always lived at the mercy of the U.S. immigration system—one that has been repeatedly found to have enabled rape, medical neglect, and exploitative detention conditions.
So when people say immigrants should “support the USMNT because you live here,” they completely sidestep the reality many immigrant families have experienced or feared. For some, it’s difficult to separate national symbols from the policies and institutions that have caused real harm in their communities. So when they commit these atrocities in the name of that flag, do you expect people to rally behind it? Disgusting.
Yes, being American… living in the USA and rooting against the USMNT 🇺🇸 in the World Cup is a bit pathetic.
But do whatever you want I guess, it’s your right.
I don’t have to explain myself to someone who doesn’t understand the experience of living as a first generation person with my parents immigrating to this country and being vilified for it. You uphold the values of a country that has murdered millions in the name of ‘prosperity’ and American ‘values’. I don’t care what you think, but I will forever defend the community that made me who I am. You haven’t been on the ground with ICE like I have. Those people are soulless monsters, and they will burn in hell like those who defend them, hiding behind the justification of law. You disgust me, but I pity your lack of humanity.
@FormerHighHeat@Assassin_Nole Sure dude, letting yourself be raped by ICE is what America represents. Glad you feel proud of that dude, I don’t need to say much else.
Read The Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano and The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner.
Even as we speak today, Trump, Netanyahu and Milei seek to continually destabilize prospering countries to allow capitalism to ravage LatAm of its natural resources. What happened to Guatemala in the 1950s? You think it’s okay to murder thousands in the name of monopoly and profit? For someone who so staunchly defends capitalism, you have a very little understanding of the history surrounding it and its relation to our countries.
Here’s another solution, don’t treat Latin America like your colonies, massacring millions of people in the name of “democracy”. Do you know what the CIA did to El Salvador in the 80s? Where all the weapons used in Vietnam went to? Your argument isn’t the gotcha you think it is. Obama, Bush, and Biden are all part of the same neoliberal, warmongering empire. I can tell you’re not well versed on this, so I suggest you sit this one out buddy.
@Assassin_Nole Being stupid is a choice. Also, just because someone is ‘illegal’ in a fascist government’s eyes, doesn’t mean they should be subject to rape and slavery, thanks for outing yourself.
Morocco 🇲🇦
2022 WC Semifinalists
2025 U20 World Cup Champions
Knocked out the USMNT yet again in the U17 World Cup
Sorry, but Morocco is miles above the USMNT in player development. Sullivan just got a taste of his own medicine 🤷🏽
Moroccan 🇲🇦 players that might barely become pro players and no one knows who they are mocked Cavan Sullivan after they barely beat the USMNT 🇺🇸 U-17s on pks.
This is becoming a weird rivalry.
https://t.co/tVvuIv9OtB
@AGuyNamedNam fair. I think there’s definitely a different way to go about it. I mean people have been ecstatic seeing countries like Cape Verde 🇨🇻 qualify because who doesn’t love an underdog story. We shall see how this one rolls out.
The World Cup is and has always been more than a tournament, it’s a celebration of culture. When I was in Qatar two years ago, I saw and met people from so many different countries. That’s what made it special. To look down on three countries who would be delighted to (1/2)
see their team in the World Cup in the name of “sport” or “competition” or whatever you want to disguise this weird elitism is absolutely an absurd sentiment.