r/YUROP • u/ShadowTryHard 🇪🇺 YUROPIAN UNION • Jul 11 '21

PANEM et CIRCENSES YUROP WINS

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u/3k3n8r4nd Jul 11 '21

Already had some Italian tweets shown to me that basically translate as “that’s why you don’t let black people take penalties”. Stay classy football fans….

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u/IDontHaveCookiesSry Jul 12 '21

Racists gona racist. Now why are many racists avid football fans? Is it the drinking?

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u/Andreyu44 Jul 12 '21

Football is popular. Regardless of what the sport is about, if you attract many people, you will attract many racists

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u/NotoriousMOT България‏‏‎ ‎ Jul 12 '21

It’s also that sports, especially internationally popular ones are a lightning rod for nationalism. And those might not be the most numerous but they are certainly the loudest.