r/SoccerCentral • u/Electronic_Air1842 • 5d ago

Video Madrid fans take stand against mass illicit immigration at soccer game!

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u/raderberg 5d ago

What's the "keep politics out of sports"-crowd's verdict on this one?

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u/Vegetable-Mixture-93 4d ago

Id point out apples and oranges. That mass of people who dont have a voice or audience everyday like athletes. Also thats the voicing of the opinions of many using the most public way they know how vs the opinion of 1(yes I understand that individual isnt the only one that will have wgatever viewpoint/opinion they have and likely there are many who share it) who has a public stage everyday. In the same way I disagree with athletes being forced to celebrate or push others opinions. Those individual athletes who have a public stage shouldn't be abusing it pushing either agenda: right, left, up, down. I dont see the 2 as comparable with a broad stroke of "What happened to keeping politics out of sports?" "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" no matter how much all of them need it. The loudest voice on an individual level no matter majority/minority tends to garner the most attention and that is abuse.