I'm the last of a very very long lineage of Portuguese people and I consider myself Swiss after spending 14 years there. Being proud of your grandparents' origin is wild to me
I am a 4% Palestinian, 6% Lebanese, 6% TĂŒrkish, 3% Moorish, 6% Syrian, 10% English, 2% French, 3% Welsh, 5% Scottish, 23% Irish, 19% German, 8% Swiss, 5% Dutch, and ofc 100% homosexual, American. My ancestors never owned slaves, however they did unintentionally spread diseases to Native Americans, and "settle" Native American land. And that's how I identify.
Because historically we've had to deal with all sorts of nationalistic based racism, including white-on-white racism (particularly with Irish and Italian heritages). Being of the wrong national lineage meant exclusion from all sorts of different social circles, including being passed up for promotions or getting jobs in the first place, pushed out of desirable schools or housing in the right neighborhoods, even churches and clubs or other services. For a long time, who you were genetically and where your family came from determined much about the default reaction others would give you, and whether you were even given a shot at being a part of the in crowd.
Hey, I hope you don't let the negativity on reddit get to you. Just so you know, noone in Norway would think you're weird for claiming to be 50% Norwegian. Lots of people here are half Norwegian.
The semis and final were Argentinaâs best games.
Before that, we had an unexpectedly hard group stage, a well played but ultimately close game with Australia, and a two goals lead squandered against the Netherlands in the quarters, where we won on penalties.
The semis against Croatia and the first 70 minues vs France were the only moments where we looked undisputedly like the best team of the world
Portugal as well, with Ronaldo. But there were a total of 4 players that should have been suspended for the initial match of the World Cup that got their suspensionsâŠer suspended.
Several? Lol It was Otamendi. Fifa changed the rules to let Ronaldo play (he had a two games suspension and was going to miss most of the group stage), and a few players benefited from the change, includinh our 39 yo substitude centre back.
Who said I liked the USA? I absolutely despise the USA and MAGA and don't want them to win either. I just said Argentina because that's what the commenter was talking about
Lately? Argentina's history puts most other colonized country's history to shame. Every Latin American country hates them and hell, they're so racist they don't even want to be called Latin American.
Their president (in 1996) literally said: "Black people do not exist in Argentina, we do not have this problem".
I was only reporting on what people here say about the Argentinian football team, not the country. I have visited Buenos Aires and people were nothing but nice to me and everyone, there was a bit of showing off but it was always done in a joking tone.
Also, to give context, Iâm Colombian. That is what people here think about the Argentinian football team. They kept complaining that they had advantages that let them well rested for the final while our team had it harder. And I canât say for sure everyone saying that has traveled outside of Colombia, thatâs a very specific thing and itâs not related to football, which is what I was talking about.
That's surprising because here we like Colombians very much. If Argentina can't make it I would want Colombia to win the cup. I know it's gonna be France, but the sentiment is real
People get salty, the Copa America final was quite the game and Colombia isnât used to making it to finals in any tournament. We were hanging on for a long time and people really thought weâd win. And winning to your team isnât something that happens for us very often, people here still remember the 5 - 0 against your team like it was a trophy or something, and that was in 1994.
Also, and again, Iâm just letting you know why people say they donât like the Argentinian team, Dibu has been rude to the Colombian players, and the last time they played in Colombia he pushed a camera man. In my opinion, the camera man was way too close to him and doing the âte voy a comerâ when penalties happen is just a way of playing and even our own players do it sometimes.
I met some Argentinians who had no idea that this ârivalryâ was happening, so itâs very much one sided and weird, but thatâs some context for what I posted before.
ETA: para que Argentina no gane y Colombia sĂ, tendrĂamos que ganarle a tu equipo en la prĂłxima ronda y yo personalmente no veo esa realidad jaja entonces traigan esa copa otra vez al sur, ustedes son los Ășnicos que pueden parar a Francia đ«Ą
I would rather have U.S. win than Argentina.
All the video we see of Argentians fans being racist, and being an F1 fan seeing all the bullshit they did to everyone who do anything to their own mid driver.
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u/ShAped_Ink Dark Mode Elitist Jul 06 '26
And Argentina