Things average Americans would say about soccer nowdays.

MLSinCleveland · Nov 6, 2013

Timon19 said: ↑

So douchey, in fact, that they hipster-ize the sport and become insufferable as a result, dragging the sport along with it. It's sad, as for the most part, politics has almost nothing at all to do with whether any given American likes or dislikes soccer. Usually where politics is cited, it's a justification rather than a cause of enmity toward the sport.

Some of the most virulent anti-soccer people around here (bluest Northeast Ohio) are rank-and-file Obamabots and/or party apparatchiks.
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I think it's more a matter of justifying why they feel the need to bash the sport rather than merely ignore it if they don't like it. There's really no need to justify a personal taste.

blacksun · Nov 6, 2013

atomicbloke said: ↑

The immediate discussion was about conservatives and soccer in USA. My posts pertain to that.

Let me break it down in bite-sized pieces.

Soccer is unforgiving for fat people.
It's unlikely you'll be a fan of a sport if you don't enjoy playing it.
Being conservative has a high correlation with being fat.
By your own admission, demographics who lean progressive are also correlated with being soccer-friendly.

Clear now?
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The obesity rate in Mexico is higher than the US, which shows how stupid your "argument" is.

Timon19 · Nov 6, 2013

MLSinCleveland said: ↑

I think it's more a matter of justifying why they feel the need to bash the sport rather than merely ignore it if they don't like it. There's really no need to justify a personal taste.
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Of course. That's what I meant, in case I wasn't clear. If someone simply doesn't like soccer, they don't like it. But the "ohhh, it's a Eurotrash commie sport played by pussy liberals, and I can't abide that" is a justification for their unreasonable virulence.