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WooWoopSoundOThePULI t1_ixaardw wrote
He’s a real good journalist, and a real good dude, I guess naturally occurring patterns in the sky are forbidden to be worn over there
VerdureNotMurdure t1_ixakp5m wrote
If a rainbow shirt is a “stunt”… then I’d say more people should wear them.
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TheFencingCoach t1_ixbhiwa wrote
Just a reminder: Qatar used trafficked slave labor to build their stadiums for the World Cup. Thousands died in the process.
In other words, to the Qatari government and FIFA, rainbow shirts/alcohol in stadiums are more offensive than kidnapping immigrants, confiscating their passports, turning them into slaves, forcing them work in horrible conditions, and letting them die in the thousands.
PEHspr t1_ixbk23d wrote
I’m sure he knew what he was doing and testing the waters, but it’s solid reporting. People are curious about how strict Qatar is being and this sheds some light on that curiosity
Tinydesktopninja t1_ixbnkda wrote
Keep in mind, the "rainbow shirt" is a rainbow circle around a normal looking soccer ball on a solid color shirt. Its barely a stunt, but more of a tiny show of solidarity.
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sir-nigel-dickbutt t1_ixd26zw wrote
We all know that there are two orientations: straight and politically charged
Aikeus t1_ixgq0th wrote
I could easily walk past someone wearing that shirt and not think it was LGBT related, just think it was some design.
Ferris_Wheel_Skippy t1_ixhikq6 wrote
i knew this was going to be a mess from the day it was first announced. I honestly didn't expect it to be such a shitshow like it is now though
marketrent OP t1_ixa3qnj wrote
21 November 2022 19:03 UTC.
>US soccer journalist Grant Wahl says he was detained by security staff after he wore a rainbow shirt to USA’s World Cup opener against Wales.
>Wahl, who works for CBS Sports and writes a popular Substack column, wore the shirt as a show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community to the game at Qatar’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar.
>However, he said a security guard told him the shirt was not allowed. Wahl said his phone was “forcibly ripped” from his hands by a guard as he tweeted about the incident.
>He said he was then detained for 25 minutes and told to remove his shirt, which a member of security staff said was “political”. He was also asked if he was from the UK.
>Wahl says he told a New York Times journalist who was passing by what had happened and he was detained too before being let go shortly afterwards.
>Wahl said he was subsequently allowed to wear the shirt in the stadium.
The Guardian