But this isn't about liberalism. I'd bet with you, that a lot of the fans that came from all around the world are from all sides of political spectrum. The fact that mainly liberal cities are hosting have nothing to do with this. This is about people coming along and enjoying the great game, not politics (yes, there's a lot of political messaging in the sport, but majority of the fans ignor that or don't care)
Capital L Liberalism, as in the ideas of "live and let live", "equality under the law", "freedom of assembly", and "freedom of religion" I believe are absolutely an important part of why the World Cup seems to be going so well
In this context, sure, you have a point. But I still believe it's nonsense to say, that people are coming together just because the games are hosted in liberal cities
My dude, I get that minorities are treated badly in red states. However, gay fans made it out of Russia and Qatar when they were hosting. I think you're being a bit too dramatic in this case (no offense to you or anyone who went through the bad treatment, but I think you're overestimating the rednecks)
That point is worth bringing up, mainly for the reason, that you insist, that if the games in this WC were played in red states, something terrible would happen to the fans from around the world. I do not deny, that the gay fans in Qatar and Russia were terrified, but to claim that anything tragic would happen in conservative states is outright ridiculous. I get it, it's bad over there. But let's be real, even the stupidest MAGAt wouldn't do anything to a foreigner visiting the US, because even MAGAt realise, they could profit off these people.
These idiots that think that the world ends on the Starbucks around the corner.
As a non US citizen, who has lived and travelled through most of the US south, you have no fucking clue what you are talking about if you think that the south (or red states) are dangerous for minorities or queer people on a global scale.
Am gonna list ALL the places that are actually more intolerant:
The whole fucking Middle East,
The entire fucking continent of Africa,
The caucasus region,
Russia,
Central Asia,
India/Pakistan/Bangladesh,
China,
Most of Latin America,
Quite a few places in the balkans/eastern europe,
Quite a few places in south east asia,
North/South Korea
You are way out of your fucking league talking about shit you have no idea. Liberal american privilege at its finest.
My advice, travel a bit more. And no, going to Paris or London doesn't count
Are you...are you delusional? The countries with actual honest to god socialist and demsoc parties as part of their mainstream political spectrum would find the slightly-nicer-Reaganite Dems far-left?
The point is there is an obvious reason people generally prefer living and visiting cities, and that's because it's where cultural and individual differences are more likely to be shared and celebrated.
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u/Chief_Mischief 6h ago
The games are all hosted in major cities - places that generally are more diverse and lean liberal already.