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Culture War Roundup for the week of August 28, 2023

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If Rubiales was incompetent he should be removed on those grounds. But that's not what's going on. Instead the public incident is being used as a weapon to oust him. On that front, how can you say, from a culture war neutral perspective, that Rubiales isn't just playing an optimal power game? If his detractors wanted him gone, why not go after the actual substantive stuff? Instead they hand him this publicity stunt to play around with. Now they can't remove him without perceptions being that it's because of a kiss.

I don't think you realized how entrenched in corruption the various heads of FAs are and how widely they're despised by everyone. This is the perfect opportunity because his misdeeds are dragged into the limelight; nobody cares about Rubiales siphoning off millions for sex orgies or cocaine, this kiss made national news, and it's easier to pressure FIFA to remove him if it's on the front page of all Western media.

I can tell you don't follow football at all, this isn't a culture war issue at all. This is mainly about corruption within the RFEF and this is the perfect opportunity to get rid of Rubiales.

Casillas (the captain of the 2010 men's team who won the WC) has spoken out against him. Xavi has as well. Sergio Ramos has hated Rubiales when he was still captain. Florentino Perez absolutely fucking despises the man and despite being one of the most powerful people in Spain, he can't do shit to Rubiales.

Again, if you don't follow the sport, you may not realize how absolutely hated the heads of the FAs are across all nations. Fans and players will gladly use any excuse as a way to get rid of them. Argentina has just won the fucking WC, and people still hate Chiqui Tapia (he's even called "Chiqui Mafia" because of how corrupt he is).

The corruption is seriously disgusting and impossible to get rid of. You have shit like a 79 member body producing an anonymous 40-40 split of votes for the head of the FA.

I don't think you realized how entrenched in corruption the various heads of FAs are and how widely they're despised by everyone.

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This is the perfect opportunity because his misdeeds are dragged into the limelight; nobody cares about Rubiales siphoning off millions for sex orgies or cocaine

It can't be both. Either everyone knows and cares enough to despise them, or they don't.

I can tell you don't follow football at all

Your comment sucks.

I know, from playing and watching plenty of football, that most people who watch don't care at all about corruption. They 'know' about it, sure, but they are not activists in any sense. Events like the Calciopoli corruption scandal in 2004 don't mean anything. People still show up to watch the next game and cheer for their side because it's a hobby. Every event is just more entertainment. And what else can you expect? Football is not a democratic thing.

You just don't have an argument. Which is why you need to leverage your culture warring with the appearance of being in the know, when all you are doing is projecting your own opinion into the world and trying to mold it around it.

But maybe that view of mine is wrong. To help me understand your position here: Do you not care about womens rights at all? Is this all just a shadow campaign to fight corruption?

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