2023-08-09 15:30:00
The culture war that is raging in the United States annoys me more and more, both on the left and on the right of the political spectrum. Polls indicate it is becoming as important as the economy in the 2024 election stakes.
The most recent manifestation of this dementia? The reactions following the defeat of the United States women’s soccer team at the World Cup. The main causes of this defeat? Wokism and the Biden administration.
Sport is political
At the heart of this new crisis of hysteria, we find the involvement of former players or current players of the team in various social causes.
These players did nothing much different from the athletes who came before them. The Wilma Rudolphs, Jackie Robinsons, Muhammad Alis and other Billie Jean Kings have used their status and influence to raise awareness regarding inequality.
Perhaps you are tired of these interventions of sports stars. It is quite possible that we can be upset when we simply want to get together and enjoy the performance of high-ranking athletes to forget, if only for an hour or two, the small and large miseries of everyday life.
However, it is inevitable to be overtaken by the political aspect, as professional sports benefit from the support of the State and their economic spin-offs influence the decisions of elected officials.
Very often, high-calibre sports are an extension of our society and there are issues that we cannot constantly sweep under the carpet.
What did the players of the last editions claim or those who have just known the defeat a few days ago? By refusing to perform the national anthem with their hands on their hearts, by kneeling on the ground or by speaking out in the media, they denounced discrimination once morest women and embraced the LGBTQ cause.
True, they spoke very loudly and their star player Megan Rapinoe missed no opportunity to attack President Trump. Many of you will remember that she declined a possible invitation to the White House in terms that might not be harsher and harsher:I’m not going to the fucking White House».
From heroines to pariahs
This team whose players have been called traitors, cowards and losers had won the two previous editions of the World Cup. After having been extolled, they are now becoming the latest victims of the culture war.
These great American “patriots” who vociferate in front of their keyboard were only waiting for a defeat from women who would be too imbued with the values of the current administration, Joe Biden being the embodiment of the destruction of the country by wokism.
In the past, Americans were considered the most chauvinistic towards their national teams. The culture war has become so fierce that some Republicans have come to wish their own people defeated. Ridicule does not kill, but it divides more than ever.
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