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BreezyWrigley t1_ivk20a7 wrote

Reply to comment by MatiasPalacios in Thousands urge FIFA to boot Iran out of World Cup over Russian 'kamikaze drones' by 29PiecesOfSilver

Aren’t the people of Iran actively trying to rid themselves of the horrible extremist theocratic government that’s been oppressing them right now? Shouldn’t we be cheering them on for trying to get rid of their problem officials and advance civil liberties and gender equality in their country?

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ArcturusEye t1_ivk3eb3 wrote

they are, also kicking them out of the WC punishes the players and fans more than the govt, so it doesn’t really even make sense

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PJTikoko t1_ivl5eol wrote

Sanctions also punish the poorest people in the country while not at all effecting the rich and powerful in any meaningful way but we still do it.

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MatiasPalacios t1_ivldhas wrote

How is that related with the World Cup?

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BreezyWrigley t1_ivm4v9z wrote

It’s not, but neither is whatever this thing is that happened that people are supposedly saying justifies kicking them out of the World Cup. The Iranian government is supporting Russian war efforts with equipment, and people are claiming the team should be kicked out because of it… but the civilian population is in the middle of trying to purge their government of all the hardliner theocratic right-wingers that have been oppressing them for decades. Seems unfair to punish the people for the actions of their government that they are in the very process of trying to get rid of.

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