It's a shame but they're just trying to justify themselves watching it. A lot of people have conflicting feelings about this world cup and they don't know how to feel good about themselves enjoying this world cup after all the shitty things Qatar has done, so they try to argue their way into believing "its not that bad" or "other countries are worse" just so they can enjoy the cup.

At least that's how i see it. It's football fans were talking about here, they might just be shitty people and that's that.