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Karen loses his mind when fan raises the Mexican flag at USA vs Mexico game
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Fuck me, if this guy is so scared of a piece of material I've got a sheet of paper that will positively make him shit his pants
Is it the constitution?
Or a job application
Or a warrant?
Nahh just a piece of paper….
dookie stained tissue
A fucking library card
US flag code says you can’t wear the flag as clothes. Why isn’t he kicking that guy in front of hims ass? Or his own? He looks ridiculous and if i sat behind at a game I would ruthlessly mock him for it until his tallow encrusted heart exploded or he left What a dick
As an army brat recently moved to Texas, I think I’ve seen two or three flags displayed per code, and I’ve seen a LOT of flags.
Nobody cares about Flag Code until a brown person does something.
Child support paperwork
A high school diploma?
He wants to watch sports where only USA’s team is on the field and only USA supporters are in the stands.
WWE?
Nah, NFL.
WWE has a huge international following and currently 6 of their 12 champions are foreigners.
An American raises the Irish flag: I sleep.
An American raises the Italian flag: I sleep.
An American raises the Mexican flag: Real Shit!
Mad Libs?
He'd probably just claim that some "illegals" came and shit his pants.
This was the Gold Cup final and and Mexico won 2-1
As an American, thank fucking God. We do not need anything to be proud of rn
I agree
Right, honestly I dream we get clobbered during the Olympics. Feels like a miracle on ice needs to happen but the US is taking the L.
Don't need to dream, this iteration of the national team has been poor.
We desperately need it, but we absolutely don’t deserve it.
First thing I did was put money on Mexico to win.
I FEEL THREATENED’ says every moron that decides to stay in the situation and just mouth off.
It’s code. “Stand your ground” has just led to an excuse for violent people to commit assault/murder
I’ve never understood why people take sports so seriously to the point they are willing to fight someone else. Is your life that pathetically boring?
Yeah, the tribalism is quite silly. Such people’s lives are bankrupt as well as boring.
We lack true community in most corners of this country. Christianity is a net negative on the world, but going to church every Sunday with your neighbors and essentially meditating together has some community benefits. Sports is the corporate, sanitized version of that experience (hell, the NFL even took Sunday over). That tribalism allows two sports fans who don’t know each other to be immediately aligned and converse.
Lacking any true, consistent community gathering, sports will fill that role in the U.S.
Also this guy is obviously a moron and probably a bigot, no question there. And likely morally bankrupt and boring like you said.
We were watching a college baseball game a few weekends ago, and there were multiple commercials about how “it’s just a game” and “the players don’t deserve your hateful comments and death threats.”
The fact that they had to not only make the commercial, and show it multiple times during the game shows how absolutely unhinged people have become about sports.
Remember what the short term for fans is? “Fanatics” just the word itself means these people can be unhinged when it comes to their “sports team” or tribalism.
Yea not sure if you can claim you feel threatened when you dive over 2 rows of people at someone lmao
The dude is literally wearing a suit with like 50 American flags and is threatened by another flag 😂😂😂 bahahahhahahahaha as an American, our country is stupid as fuck
It's the worst kind of stupid too, loud and proud of it.
Make idiots ashamed again.
"It (the flag) was coming right for us!"
South Park called this out in the late 90's
They learned it from the cops.
Remember when they called everyone snowflakes?
So game is usa vs Mexico where its normal to raise flag of who you support Theyre raising their country flag, but you cant raise yours?
And they have audacity to call others snowflakes no doubt 🤨🤨
No but he can wear his flag in the most god awful way possible.
Which is also against US flag code and a sign of disrespecting the flag.
§ 8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free.
etc. etc.
Flag security blanket
Be respectful says the guy wearing that clown suit.
It vaguely reminds me of the Dollar mark suit from the guy who can tell me how to get government loans. But racist.
Matthew Lesko
Which surely goes against the flag code?
Oh Boy!... if this is any indication, the World Cup and the Olympics are gonna be a fucking dumpster fire of American idiocracy.
I can’t believe we are still hosting. Like why has FIFA not pulled a contingency plan yet?
FIFA only cares about money
It'll make Atlanta look like a small pipe bomb.
I was there that day working as a lifeguard for the Olympics. We are going to look far worse than we did on that day…
The US Flag Code states that the American flag should not be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. This includes items like clothing, costumes, athletic uniforms, and even household items like blankets or tablecloths...
...but this chode is a "patriot"
IIRC that only goes for actual flags though.
So e.g. cutting a hole in the middle of a flag to use it as poncho = not okay. But producing like a t-shirt and dyeing it to resemble the flag is still fine since it's not an actual flag you used to make it.
But don't quote me on that. I'm not an expert.
That's true, but I think they meant the guy in front of him wearing a flag as a shawl
You're right. You can have a stars and stripes t-shirt or whatever, but cutting up a flag and making it a t-shirt is a big no.
However, if you print the pattern in such a way that when you put it on it resembles the flag, that's a no.
Back in the 1960s, Abbie Hoffman wore a shirt that was designed to look like the American flag, and conservatives wigged the fuck out. For years afterward. My John Bircher uncles would go on and on about it (I was too young to have been aware at the time).
"God damn yippies, disrespecting the flag."
Fast forward to the Tea Party, and "Look! American flag boxers! Awesome!" No problem getting the sweat of your balls all over the flag if you're a Patriot, I guess.
These people also claim to follow the teachings of Jesus and then act like this.
They're just 100% fake, to the very core.
You're also not supposed to restrain it (I forget the direct term for it) but this dipdh!t's orange king was hugging and encumbered the flag like a dog in heat.
Dipshit. It's ok to curse on the Internet
right wingers are the weakest, most insecure, petulant xenophobes. did the term for their leaders as "strong men" come about through irony?
all part of the grift. always an idiot’s idea of a strong man
Conservativism is just a system of finding out where you stand in the hierarchy of daddies. You need to find your daddy and hope to be a daddy for as many others. It is daddies top to bottom.
It's a daddy pyramid scheme.
I’m just surprised they would attend a soy boy event like a soccer game. What happened to America? He could be out there coal rolling
socialism in the early 1900s created strong men which created good times when then created weak men (capitalists) and hard times
Tell weak people that you think they're strong and they'll line up at your trough.
"Tread on me, Daddy Dumpy, in your shoe lifts and diaper"
That Mexican matador waved a flag in front of that American bovine.
brilliant analogy.
“Be respectful“, lunges at flag knocking several people down.
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Blind hate is a hell of a hobby.
Because, amongst many other things, far-right conservatives as a whole are narcissistic and lack empathy. Everyone other than themselves are idiots. Anyone experiencing financial difficulties has some sort of moral failing.
I bet buddy wants ICE to start deporting people from Mexico too now lol
The way the US is going, Mexico might be facing a migrant crisis from their northern border in a few years.
"i am a hard worker willing to take on your most expensive and air-conditioned white collar English-speaking jobs"
Mexico City is already up in arms over Americans jacking up rent & prices in general through tourism exploitation. The way we fuck everybody over continually, walk around ignorant of our actions & then get all bullshit outraged when people finally push back. “The greatest country”. FFS
"Its about respect"
While wearing a USA flag hat. With a shirt with the flag all over it. While his homeboy in front of him is literally wearing a flag as a cape.
Respect of what? His soft ass feelings?
Guy literally says: "Hey be respectful. You can cheer but you can't bring that flag out."
IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPORTING EVENT. WHIPE WEARING HIS OWN FLAG.
The stupidity hurts my brain. Maggot Morons.
I can tell who he voted for
Dumb tribalism is the bane of humanity.
Yup. Folks care more about an inanimate object than the people it's supposed to represent. All them 'Murica types will cry for the flag but fuk over the Americrn people it represents.
I've said this multiple times in the past.
Americans would die for the flag but not each other.
Guy dressed head to toe in Stars and Stripes ‘Murica! gear gets offended at a flag.
Mate, your country is a fucking laughing stock. Sit down.
I went to a US vs. Mexico game as a teenager. I was there to support the US, but man did I have a blast with the Mexican fans seated next to us. We were jumping, chanting, and singing together and just having a blast. I feel kinda bad that people can’t get past their own moronic thoughts and miss out on a good time in life.
I used to find going to baseball games very boring, until a friend invited me to the section (the Left Field pavilion) that seems to be entirely populated by Mexican American families who all seem to know each other because they've been attending for generations. It was a huge party, people were playing music and dancing, sharing tamales and aguas frescas (and later, cervezas). I have no memory at all of the game, couldn't even tell you if the Dodgers won, but I had a great time.
And yes, they had the Mexican flag there because they're proud of their heritage. No one ever gave my mom shit for driving around with a Danish flag sticker on her car.
Unless they're blocking their view with the flag why would anyone care? It's totally normal to see flags from whoever's playing. That's just normal sports stuff. I don't understand how people can go through life getting so worked up about stuff like this.
It’s not naturally occurring. This guy’s brain just sees what his favorite media tells him to see and he does what they intend him to do when he sees it.
What a surprise they’re head to toe in shit disrespecting the american flag as well. Average brain dead red neck. W Mexico.
People like this make me sad for our country. Hard to be patriotic when these asshats exist. (18 year military vet here, this is not the way you represent USA)
Context: this took place at the USA vs. Mexico match in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a tournament between all of the international soccer teams from North and Central America.
The US and Mexico have a heated rivalry in soccer. A lot of Americans of Mexican descent still pull for El Tri. Obviously, we know how passionate American sports fans can be. This leads to a lot of heated interactions when they get together - especially when it's in Texas, as this game was.
When you go to an international football game, it should be unsurprising that the fans of your opponent are going to wave their banners and wear their merch. Even if they are antagonistic, chill TF out.
Nothing good is going to come from throwing hands over sports. And anyone who does is a world class moron.
Biggest snowflakes on earth.
Do these Whites get upset when they see an Irish flag on St Pat's day? Or when someone raise the Ukrainian flag or Israel flag to show their support?
Only when the person holding the flag is brown.
Those type of whites throw tantrums over anything.
Source: I'm the other type of white.
Did the guy dressed as a flag clown yell “this is illegal”?
How much do you guys want to bet that he's unbothered by the Confederate flag?
What a bunch of snowflake magat
God, I hate my fellow country"men."
from an observer's perspective, the united states has become a disgusting, shameful mess.
The flag wearing idiots shows no respect for the flag by wearing it. He thinks patriotism is disallowing someone to support Mexico. Brain dead, at best, reactionary bigot, more likely.
Revenge of the Gulf
Because of the current U.S. dictator, this American family was pulling for Mexico to win.
Triggered
The World Cup and Olympics are going to be one of the largest shit shows ever
Keeping stereotypes about people from the US valid!
All while Temu Alexis Lalas is breaking the US Flag Code.
Section 8 (d): "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free."
Source: https://www.legion.org/advocacy/flag-advocacy/flag-code
And yet, we constantly see it, especially at MAGAt rallies.
I’m so glad México won this game.
VIVA MEXICO LINDA 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Excuse me can you not use those flag emojis and be respectful to me please?
What a hot tamale.
Look at all that respect for the American flag.
Woahhhh ho ho there AMIGO. Did you remember to ask AMERICA whether you’re allowed to feel pride in your national identity?
Because if you did and it cleared the proper channels we maybe changed our mind now
VIVA MÉXICO CABRONES
If they had been playing Ireland, and fans were waving an Irish flag, nobody would have said shit. I feel like I'm watching colorized footage from the 50s. I really thought my generation was going to be different, but the cycle of hate ain't got no brakes.
Was that Andy Dick in the cowboy hat
“How dare you raise the flag of one of the teams currently playing!“ 🙄
I personally fought for anyone to say or support anything they desire in this country. The spineless folks in the back need to hush up and live with it. Our Battalion had Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Nicaraguans and we fought for one goal. Americas freedom. I can bet you none of those Jolly Rangers did. To each his own. This is just too much nonsense.
Someone wanna tell them wearing the American flag is also disrespectful
Meanwhile, in the Texas Hill Country, Mexican responders.
Lol these people all look so stereotypical American it looks like it's AI generated
How fragile of an ego must you have to be upset with someone else who's pride is in something else that what you have pride in.
Bro doesn’t realize he’s disrespecting the flag code with his whole outfit.
That guy is gonna brag to his mom/wife/sister after the put their son/brother/nephew to bed.
Saw the guy in the beard and wig on the broadcast and commented about how funny it was(Alexi Lalas costume, yes?). Ironic that dude behind attacked over the flag. The entire stadium was full of these flags and colors, and he’s acting like he’s somehow making a difference by maybe, possibly taking one away? lol.
Any dude cos playing as Lexi Lalas is automatic douche canoe
They need to cancel the World Cup. It's not safe here.
Why is carrot top just casually starring in this?
I'm an American. I was very much rooting for Mexico.
LMFAO
I had those kind of reaction in elementary school, but it has gone once i went to middle school.
I guess that idiot never grown up.
World Cup is going to be a shit show
I mean the country is already there.
THEY NOT LIKE US
THEY NOT LIKE US
Mustard on the beat hoe.
Turn his TV off during the World Cup
3 matches and they're gone.
ICE will just arrest all the teams opposing Team USA...
Gold medals all round for Team USA, just like Trumps countless golf wins smh
Oh shit, that's next isn't? Threatening or promising tariffs to countries the US plays against.
I always say, "Surely they wouldn't do that." Then they go ahead and do some dumb BS so i wouldn't count it out.
That will show how Great America is
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I wonder who's going to be the Jesse 2.Owens
It has to be Mexican.
There’s Isaac del Toro, a Mexican rising star in Cycling, taking the cycling world by storm…
Who knows. Maybe the Mexican team wins the world cup next year on US soil lmao
That would be amazing
We’re not good enough to win a World Cup. Too many S rank national teams
“It always seems impossible, until it doesn’t” -Nelson Mandela
It is, not even Nelson Mandela would achieve this one
I was thinking of "Escape to Victory" (1981).
The World Cup in the US will be sports-washing.
A genocidal, warmongering regime trying to launder its reputation and distract from the monumental amount of human suffering and violence it creates across the globe.
All while it simultaneously oppresses its own citizens for free speech and wages abductions of brown-skinned people whose existence the white supremacist government finds offensive.
Just like Argentina in 1978.
We are also having the Olympics here, and I'm willing to bet that'll feel like 1936 Berlin Olympics.
It would be wild to see a bunch of American athletes declare their intent to participate as Independent athletes. Not sure if the IOC would grant the waivers, but it would be a great statement to make for those who wanted to do it.
Even better if they're the only Americans that win medals, and they don't count towards the US
Close enough. Welcome back 1936 olympics
Especially with all the ice raids and border detaining.
The cross from the left was exquisite and the finishing touch past the keeper even better from Gakpo....VAR surely just a formality and ......wait a minute the referee is signalling to the linesman and the goal has been disallowed....ICE agents are escorting Gakpo off the field en route to the concentration camp.
Empty stadiums.
If you can't even support your own team...
Besides that, they probably won't even let me into the USA because I have a picture of JD's fat head on my phone.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/tourist-barred-from-entering-us-over-single-image-found-on-phone/news-story/1d78ed20f72550f7237657fd47883c20
World Cup should cancel the Game since they can’t guarantee people will be safe
Lol, when had that EVER stopped them before?
Remember Qatar? They didn't give a fuck about the poor conditions for the workers building the arena.
Colombia 1986
Caring about human rights would be very new for World Cup. They are fine with having slaves build stadiums.
https://www.antislavery.org/latest/world-cup-2022-the-reality-for-migrant-workers-in-qatar/
Nah, USA will be out of the group stage. Only real futbol fans should be showing up after that.
So will ICE
No one’s coming
Honestly? I hope other countries flat out refuse to send their teams here, especially countries with people of color on their teams (or where the entire team is not white). None of what's going on here is okay, and it nauseates me to think of Cheeto Hitler lording over the World Cup and the Olympics like actual fucking Hitler did in 1936.
They went to Qatar, they will go to USA.
No National Team is going to reject to go to a world cup, are you crazy?
But fans could and should.