Meme - Noam Blum @neontaster: "First Ana Kasparian's Bosnia and Herzegovina blunder and now this. Every one of these people is at base level just stupid. It's why they're also all ideologically aligned - stupid people are easy to sell stupid ideologies."
Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur: "Chinese don't use soy sauce. That's Japanese."
Readers added context: "This is incorrect. Soy sauce originated in China, where it has been used for over 2,000 years and remains a staple ingredient in Chinese cuisine."
Miss Jo on X - "This is really very sad. Mexico fans are making a massive noise in the middle of the night outside the hotel where the England team are staying in an attempt to keep them awake at night. I really hope that England thrashes Mexico."
Melissa Chen on X - "Flew into Mexico City from DC last night and I’m already clocking the shift in energy. I left my England shirt in the bag for this flight despite wearing it loud and proud on every single one before now without any second thoughts. But here? The Mexico fan vibe isn’t reading as normal rivalry. It’s heavier and meaner. It’s not banter; there’s no playfulness about it. There’s actual aggression in it, and underneath that, something colder and almost unhinged. Walked a few blocks around the hotel in my England shirt this morning and got called “puta gringa” - white whore, basically. The whole atmosphere is steeped in this hostility. Police have shut roads down, running checkpoints, confiscating glass bottles like they’re expecting things to pop off. Riot vibes. I’ve traveled everywhere in this shirt and never once felt this on edge. It feels like it’s more than “just football” at stake here. I hope that I’m reading it all wrong, that it’s just pre-match noise that burns off once the final whistle blows and everyone goes home."
Canadian Soccer Fans Boo United States Flag At World Cup (aka "Canadian Soccer Fans Proved The USA Lives Rent-Free In Their Heads By Booing The American Flag At World Cup") - "Every country represented at the 2026 FIFA World Cup was introduced prior to the first match at Toronto Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Only the American flag was met with boos... This should not come as a huge surprise. We have seen the Canadians boo a 15-year-old girl who sang the Star Spangled Banner. They do not care who or what it is. They are going to boo."
Fifa bans England fans over ‘submarine badge on flag’ - "Barrow has a submarine on their badge as a nod to the port town’s history of manufacturing and launching Royal Navy submarines. In the response sent to Mr Watts, Fifa said: “The application was rejected because the item includes imagery of weapons or military (submarine)... Taking a jab at the sport’s governing body, the National League side’s account posted an edited picture of its badge with the submarine blurred out. Accompanying the image, they said: “In order to make sure our supporter John Little can represent the Bluebirds over in Boston properly, we’d like to unveil our new *temporary club badge for the duration of the World Cup... “Fifa let us know if the Arrow has to go too...”"
Meme - Drew Paviou: "Third world mentality vs first world mentality"
MTH *Brazil flag* @4motane: "I'd rather burn whole streets than turn into a cleaning maid for the American"
End Wokeness @EndWokeness: "Moroccans vs Japanese after the World Cup *riot vs cleaning up stadium*"
Clearly, if you praise people who clean up after a match rather than riot, you're a racist, xenophobe and white supremacist
Thomas Partey banned from Canada after failing to declare rape charges - "Thomas Partey remains banned from entering Canada for Ghana’s World Cup campaign after his appeal did not mention he had been charged with rape. Lawyers for the former Arsenal midfielder, who was stopped from entering because of his rape charges, said his visa refusal had caused “irremediable prejudice”."
Time to condemn the US for not letting people with terrorist ties in
End Wokeness on X - ""World Cup — who are you rooting for to win it all?"
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D): "Mexico"
Darializa Chevalier (D): "Senegal""
Mike Solana on X - "it's just a soccer game, you might say. but that's exactly why this strikes me as so insane. there are zero stakes, the easiest "I care about america" in the world, and they still can't support our country. in fact, they seem to see any demonstration of support as a liability."
End Wokeness on X - "Yup. Somehow showing any support for the US is politically toxic in blue areas."
We are still told that left winger don't hate their countries
If you talk about dual loyalty despite its open proclamation, you're racist and xenophobic
Sky News on X - "Following Morocco's exit from the World Cup in the US, some football fans confronted police in and around London's Edgware Road. At least one police officer is injured, and several arrests have been made as football fans run amok in London."
Monty3812 on X - "There are plenty of Moroccans living in the Gulf countries. They won’t have caused the slightest bit of trouble, because they know full well that they and their families will be deported and on a plane home the following day. We are far too soft at dealing with this."
Paul Embery on X - "This is the downside of abandoning an overarching national culture and turning your country (and capital city) into something resembling an international airport terminal. Diversity is not our strength. It is, in many respects, our greatest challenge."
Visegrád 24 on X - "British police officers fleeing rioting supporters of Morocco in London after the France-Morocco game 🇬🇧🇲🇦🇫🇷"
Tyler on X - "When native white people protest against white children being brutally stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift dance class they are labeled far right thugs and subjected to the “full force of the law.” When foreigners trash our capital city and attack our police officers because they’re upset that they lost a game of the kickball, they’re treated with kids gloves because of “cultural sensitivity.” In other words, if you’re white you’re going to get shit by the state on even if your anger is understandable, but if you’re brown you’ll experience soft leniency even if the reason for your anger is laughable nonsense. And that’s the systemic racial two-tier justice that we can all very clearly see with our own eyes even as we’re told it doesn’t exist and that ‘we’ are the racist ones if we spot the very obvious pattern."
Visegrád 24 on X - "Antisemitic chanting in The Hague, Netherlands after Morocco lost to France in the World Cup. Holding up Palestinian flags, they chanted: “All Jews are gay” “Hamas Hamas, Jews to the gas”"
Max Klinger on X - "No doubt Owen Jones and all the other ‘anti-racists’ and islamo-leftists who suggested it was totally understandable that large Muslim mobs ran around attacking ‘cancerjews’ and throwing them in the river in Amsterdam. And then supported Islamist calls to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from entering the UK. And who claimed that sort of behaviour and open extreme, violent bigotry was just self-defence and an understandable response to a few videos of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans chanting dodgy things and that it was israeli propaganda to suggest otherwise….will therefore apply exactly the same logic here, and would be entirely comfortable to support calls for all Moroccan fans to be banned from the country. And would defend large mobs travelling around randomly beating up ‘cancermuslims’ and demanding to see their passports to check if they’re from Morocco then battering them, and throwing them in rivers and sending them to hospital… Right. Right?"
Mustapha Ezzarghani | Facebook - "Why Is It Always the Jews?
I watched Morocco lose to France in the World Cup quarterfinal with the same mixture of pride and disappointment that millions of Moroccans around the world felt. We wanted to keep dreaming. We wanted our team to keep making history. Losing hurt. What I did not expect was what happened after the final whistle. Within hours, videos began circulating from cities across Europe. Instead of grieving a football defeat, crowds were chanting, "Hamas," calling for the murder of Jews, and reviving slogans that belonged in humanity's darkest chapters, not in the streets of democratic societies. As a Moroccan Muslim, I felt something deeper than disappointment. I felt shame. Not because Morocco lost a football match. Every team loses eventually. I felt shame because a small but visible minority turned a sporting event into another excuse to express hatred toward people who had absolutely nothing to do with the game. France scored two goals. The Jews did not. Yet somehow, once again, the anger found its way to the same destination it has found for centuries. That should disturb every decent human being. Let me be clear from the beginning. The overwhelming majority of Moroccan supporters simply mourned the defeat, congratulated France, and went home. They represented the values of sportsmanship and dignity that I recognize in my own country. But the fact that only a minority engaged in antisemitic chants does not make the phenomenon less alarming. It makes it more revealing. Because this was never about football. Football was simply the latest excuse. The more I thought about those images, the more one question refused to leave my mind. Why is it always the Jews? History offers the same pattern again and again. When economies collapse, someone blames the Jews. When pandemics spread, someone blames the Jews. When political leaders fail, someone blames the Jews. When wars begin, someone blames the Jews. When conspiracy theories flourish, Jews somehow become the hidden hand behind every event. Now, apparently, even the outcome of a football match becomes another opportunity to direct hatred toward the world's smallest religious minority. As someone who has spent years building bridges between Muslims and Jews, I have learned that antisemitism rarely begins with facts. It begins with convenience. Blaming Jews is easier than confronting corruption. Easier than questioning failed leadership. Easier than examining extremism within our own societies. A scapegoat is always simpler than self-reflection. That is why antisemitism has survived for centuries despite constantly contradicting itself. Jews have been accused of being powerless outsiders and all-powerful insiders. They have been blamed for capitalism and for communism. For globalization and for nationalism. For war and for peace. The accusations change with every generation, but the target remains remarkably consistent. As a Moroccan, this troubles me for another reason. Our country has a unique history. For centuries, Muslims and Jews built Morocco together. Jewish communities were not strangers in our homeland; they were part of its very foundation. They contributed to our commerce, our music, our diplomacy, our crafts, and our culture. Morocco's identity cannot honestly be told without them. That is precisely why I refuse to remain silent when Jews become the convenient target for frustrations that have nothing to do with them. Silence is never neutral. History has taught us where silence leads. The Holocaust did not begin with extermination camps. It began with words that many people dismissed as harmless. It began with lies repeated so often that they started sounding reasonable. It began when ordinary people convinced themselves that blaming Jews required no evidence at all. Every generation believes it is different. Every generation imagines its hatred is justified by new circumstances. But hatred does not become noble simply because it finds a new excuse. As a Moroccan Muslim, I believe my faith calls me to stand against injustice regardless of who the victim is. My patriotism calls me to defend the best traditions of Morocco, a country whose history demonstrates that Muslims and Jews can share not only neighborhoods but also a common national identity. That is why the scenes that followed Morocco's defeat mattered. Not because they revealed something about Jews. They revealed something about us. The question the world should be asking is not what Jews supposedly did to deserve another wave of hatred. The question is why humanity keeps searching for reasons to blame the same people generation after generation. Until we answer that honestly, the excuse will keep changing. The target never will."
Masih Alinejad on X - "Wow, now Iran’s regime and Egypt have objected to Seattle’s Pride Match and urged FIFA to remove Pride-related symbols. This is exactly what I’ve been warning about: authoritarian Islamists never stop at asking for tolerance. First: “Respect our religious practices. Respect our customs. Respect our sensitivities.” Then: “Change your traditions. Silence your values. Adjust your society to our ideology.” These are the same “values” that sentence women to 74 lashes for singing, execute gay people, and shoot peaceful protesters in the streets. Free societies should never surrender their values to appease authoritarianism."
Garry Kasparov on X - "🎯 And when Westerners travel to repressive Islamic countries, they’re told to respect Islamic traditions. When representatives from these nations come to the West, Westerners are told to discard their traditions and freedoms and respect Islam."
Dr. Eli David on X - "Egypt's coach waving the Palestinian flag after their win in World Cup yesterday 👇 Fun fact: Egypt has built a 7-layered wall on its border with Gaza to make sure not a single Palestinian refugee crosses into Egypt 🤡"
Melissa Chen on X - "This is so captivating precisely because it has become such a rare sight in modern European societies. Each traveling World Cup fan base showcases the full, unfiltered expression of its national identity, something that now feels discouraged back home. Mass migration and a prevailing culture of self-loathing have made open pride in one’s heritage increasingly unfashionable. From Swedish fans raising maypoles and weaving flower crowns, to Norwegians rowing in unison like their Viking ancestors, to Scots marching in tartan to the sound of bagpipes. These are living portraits of a people, distilled to their purest essence. They embody the particular inheritance of language, custom, landscape, and ancestral memory that shaped who they are. For a few short weeks, Swedes can be fully and unselfconsciously Swedish again. Norwegians and Scots the same. The joy on display is the visible relief of finally remembering who you are when the constant pressure to dilute (or apologize for) that identity is lifted. These fans prove that the old nations still live on inside their people. Mass migration has transformed their homelands, and critical theory has instilled a deep sense of guilt, so much so that public displays of historic identity are now often seen as provocative rather than innocent and affectionate. Yet none of this has erased the fundamental human need to belong to a particular culture and story, and to express it without apology. What’s tragic is that this authentic expression can now only be performed freely abroad, at events like the World Cup. Enjoy it while it lasts"
Eat, pray and score, but only if you’re Muslim, not Christian - "Christianity is a thorn in the side even at the World Cup, whilst Islam is treated with the utmost deference. The prayer offered by footballer Felix Nmecha at the end of the match in which the German national team beat Curaçao 7–1 did not go unnoticed in his home country, Germany. It was precisely this German striker of Nigerian origin who kicked off the German rout with one of his own goals. But it is not for purely sporting reasons that we are reporting on this. The reason is linked to his Christian faith. A faith – he professes to be an Evangelical – which the young striker lives out publicly. After scoring the goal, he knelt on the pitch, formed a crown with his hands above his head and placed it on the ground. He then raised his hands towards the sky and later posted a photo of this moment on Instagram with the words “Thank you Jesus!”. After the match, he also formed a prayer circle together with Jonathan Tah and a couple of Curaçao players... The criticism that has rained down on him has all come from the press, which has not only criticised Nmecha but has also mocked him. “A professional footballer obsessed with Christ: a red card for Jesus!”; “German international Felix Nmecha flaunts his faith like a monstrance. Behind it lies a grim view of humanity”. “Nmecha’s prayer after the World Cup match is a stumbling block”... the fact that there is a not-so-subtle double standard is demonstrated by two other incidents set in the Atlanta stadium, where Spain beat Saudi Arabia 4–0 on Sunday. Here, the religion under scrutiny is Islam, but let us take a closer look at the treatment it received. First and foremost, the stadium made preparations to welcome the Saudi fans with every honour: designated areas for Islamic prayer and halal food available at the venue’s catering outlets... it is interesting to note the contrasting fate that befell Lamine Yamal, a rising star of the Spanish national team and, as is well known, of Moroccan descent on his father’s side. On his debut for the Spanish national team at the World Cup, Yamal scored and, whilst celebrating, knelt in the Islamic manner, raising his arms to the sky. A clear sign of reverence towards Allah. After all, this young Barcelona star is no stranger to displaying his Islamic faith in public. And he did so again on Sunday, in the European champions’ second match at the World Cup in the US. Protests? None. Criticism in Spain over this display of faith? Not even a shadow of it. Indeed, certain Muslim websites have praised the footballer’s gesture – which is certainly not the first of its kind (Antonio Rüdiger and Mohamed Salah have also done so). It goes without saying that the World Cup is a showcase capable of embedding certain gestures in public opinion and cementing them there. European public opinion, on the other hand – which had been up in arms against Nmecha – has gone silent. Praise rained down on the Muslim Yamal, whilst the poor Christian Nmecha received nothing but criticism. And it is also from these details, to paraphrase the well-known Italian singer-songwriter Francesco De Gregori, that a player is judged and – we might add – that the barometer of Christianophobia is gauged."
Brother Rachid الأخ رشيد on X - "I went to the Morocco vs. Haiti game in Atlanta yesterday. One thing immediately caught my attention. Right after scanning your ticket at the entrance to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, there were groups of people handing out "Muslim Hospitality" pamphlets. They showed where to pray and which food was halal. Then, just a few steps inside, there was a large sign with the same information. It didn't feel like simple visitor assistance. It felt like the promotion of a religion. The stadium doesn't hand every fan a printed map, stadium rules, or event information, those are all available online. Yet for Islam, there were printed pamphlets being handed to everyone and an entire team dedicated to distributing them. No other religion had volunteers handing out pamphlets at the entrance. There were no Christian hospitality teams, no Jewish hospitality teams, no Hindu or Buddhist pamphlets, only Islam. This is a soccer match, not a religious event. If someone wants to pray, there are churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques for that. The irony is even greater considering that, according to many Islamic scholars, professional soccer itself is considered haram, and FIFA generates revenue from sponsors such as Budweiser. Yet instead of addressing that contradiction, there is an organized effort to promote Islamic practices inside the stadium. @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom"
Melissa Chen on X - "The World Cup has brutally exposed how shallow the "racial solidarity" framework actually is. Peruvians are openly declaring they'll root for Harry Kane and England in the semi-finals against Argentina because of very specific, very deep historical grudges: Peru backed Argentina during the Falklands conflict decades ago, only to feel betrayed when Argentina supplied arms to Ecuador during the 1995 Cenepa War, plus the ongoing cultural jab of Argentines using "peruano" as a casual insult. In other words, there is absolutely no such thing as "Latino solidarity." The whole construct is promoted by leftists in the West and astroturfed hard on Ivy League campuses by actually ignoring the complexities of history. Shared skin tone and shared language don't magically make you into a brotherhood. Ironically, they promote exactly the same race-only lens championed by race realists on the right. The matchups have been an excellent way to dig deeper into history. I learned for example, that Mexico has zero beef with England because the British sold them arms during their fight for independence from Spain. Turns out fellow Europeans did more to screw each other's colonial empires and decolonize each other than the subjects ever managed. So it's funny when it gets weaponized by today's third worlders. The ruse becomes clear when you see that they only care about colonialism of a *specific* (read: European white) kind. Everyone else from the Ottomans to the Arabs to the Chinese get a pass. Populations mix, empires rise and fall, alliances flip, specific betrayals get remembered for generations, and national identity or even regional club loyalty almost always beats abstract racial essentialism. I've seen people online treat the World Cup like a racial census. Black fans refusing to back any remaining team because they are "white colonizers." White fans abandoning their own squads for having too many non-white players. Cheering for matching melanin levels and broad ancestral categories is just dumb. There is no such thing as black solidarity, Western/white solidarity, and there's CERTAINLY no such thing as Asian solitary (lol) and Latino solidarity. This is all just activist nonsense. Yes people are tribal, but the tribes are usually smaller, older, and more specific than skin color or continent. History is messy, grudge-filled, and gloriously complicated."
Les Mileistes Français 🦁🇫🇷 on X - "Ayant échangé avec littéralement des milliers de personne sur ce site, il est clair qu'un grand nombre de français pense que les États-Unis sont une sorte de semi tiers-monde avec quelques très riches et beaucoup de très pauvres. On peut leur présenter tous les chiffres du monde qui montrent que les US sont bien plus prospères que nous, ils n'en démorderont pas. Ils l'ont entendu à la télé. La seule solution pour leur faire changer d'avis et voir net semble être de les envoyer y faire un voyage."
Europe buys the future, America builds it - "Europeans do NOT often holiday in America: too far and, these days, too dear. Except for the World Cup. As fans chase their sides across America this summer, they are discovering country music, ranch dressing and—most striking of all—the mass affluence of America’s suburbs. “DUDE LMAO THIS IS A GAS STATION”, marvelled one German online upon encountering Buc-ee’s, a chain of gobsmackingly large Texan rest stops. The American wealth enticing holidaymakers troubles European elites. America, once a peer, seems to be racing ahead. Mario Draghi, a revered Italian grandee, calls Europe’s stagnation an “existential challenge”."
Rocky statue curse lives on after Ecuador fans placed jersey on Philadelphia landmark before World Cup - "In Philadelphia, statue curses live on through the city's sports lore. The Curse of Billy Penn lived on for decades, and now the modern-day Rocky statue curse appears to have claimed its latest victim. Before the first 2026 Men's World Cup match Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, aka Philadelphia Stadium, Ecuador fans swarmed the city, including at the Art Museum steps and the Rocky statue. But that might have jinxed Ecuador. Fans put the country's World Cup jersey on the Rocky statue, and then the team lost on a 90th-minute goal to the Ivory Coast in the city's first of six World Cup matches Sunday night. Both teams hit the crossbar three times before Amad Diallo's goal for the Ivory Coast at the end of the match. "
Meme - "The England team without immigrants *9/11 blacked out*"
Greenpeace UK: "Diversity is our greatest strength. he England eam igrants The England football team shows us that our country is stronger because of the many different people who have come here and made it their home. Sadly, extreme right politicians are trying to divide us right now. But we can't let them, because divided societies are unfair and unequal 'ones that are unable to come together to tackle the huge issues we all face like the climate crisis. Please add your name to our urgent petition to help us prove that the MAJORITY of the UK stands against the divisive politicians trying to divide us https://act.gp/4xXQOjz"
"Name me one player in the England squad who came here"
"I don't think this mate. Look back to the 80s, 90s. We did much better just saying"
Comment: "Marc Guéhi is the only player in the England national squad who was born outside of the UK. He migrated as a child. The rest are British born and bred."
Left wingers are racist and consider minorities immigrants even if they were born in the country. Also the left wing agenda is all connected - what does this have to do with the environment?
Suddenly, left wingers are able to tell who's an "immigrant". Curious.
