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Another reason to hate soccer (re "racist" gesture)
Posted on 6/15/26 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 6/15/26 at 6:53 pm
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Summary: As a goof, 4chan users started a hoax to find out if hatemongers and race baiters (apologies for the redundancy) would fall for a completely fabricated new racist gesture (Chinese eyes was and is still the GOAT while "OK fingers" was and is lame as frick). The race machine predictably fell for it. A dude in New Zealand used it in 2019. New York fell for it bigly, codifying the fake gesture as if they were the arbiters of such things. Since a dude in New Zealand used it in 2019, an Australian accidentally using it in Houston 7 years later on the opposite side of the planet gets investigated (by FIFA ) yesterday seemingly because Australia is near New Zealand.
F soccer. I would post this story on the Soccer Board, but I don't want to catch the gay.
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FIFA finds 'no evidence' of racist gesture by VAR assistant
ESPN News Services
Jun 15, 2026, 06:21 PM ET
FIFA said Monday it found no evidence that VAR official Shaun Evans intentionally made a racist hand gesture ahead of Sunday's FIFA World Cup game between Germany and Curaçao.
When the official broadcast of Germany's opening game against Curaçao cut pregame to show the team of video review analysts, Evans, who is from Australia, made an "OK" symbol with his right hand in front of his right leg.
The gesture -- with thumb and forefinger touching in a circle and other fingers outstretched -- has been associated with white supremacy. In 2019, it was designated a hate symbol by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League.
"FIFA's independent Disciplinary Committee can confirm that, after looking into the matter involving support video assistant referee Shaun Evans, it has found no evidence of breaches of the FIFA Disciplinary Code," the governing body said in a statement Monday.
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The OK gesture was appropriated a decade ago as a signal for white supremacy that started as a hoax on the far-right online message board 4chan.
The sign got global attention in March 2019 in New Zealand, after it was made during the first court appearance by the white supremacist shooter who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch.
Summary: As a goof, 4chan users started a hoax to find out if hatemongers and race baiters (apologies for the redundancy) would fall for a completely fabricated new racist gesture (Chinese eyes was and is still the GOAT while "OK fingers" was and is lame as frick). The race machine predictably fell for it. A dude in New Zealand used it in 2019. New York fell for it bigly, codifying the fake gesture as if they were the arbiters of such things. Since a dude in New Zealand used it in 2019, an Australian accidentally using it in Houston 7 years later on the opposite side of the planet gets investigated (by FIFA ) yesterday seemingly because Australia is near New Zealand.
F soccer. I would post this story on the Soccer Board, but I don't want to catch the gay.
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Posted on 6/15/26 at 6:56 pm to EatnCreaux
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The gesture -- with thumb and forefinger touching in a circle and other fingers outstretched -- has been associated with white supremacy.
Posted on 6/15/26 at 6:58 pm to EatnCreaux
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started as a hoax on the far-right online message board 4chan.
I never thought that site full of basement-dwelling edgelords would be referred to as “far-right”
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:02 pm to EatnCreaux
quote:Why would this make you hate soccer? It sounds like it should make you have the media.
FIFA said Monday it found no evidence that VAR official Shaun Evans intentionally made a racist hand gesture
Cliff notes:
Media - “soccer ref made racist gesture”
FIFA - “we checked it out, no he didn’t”
You - “frick FIFA!”
Pure stupidity
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:16 pm to EatnCreaux
So you’re mad that FIFA didn’t rule it is a racist gesture and didn’t fire the guy?
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:19 pm to funnystuff
The OP is retarded
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:19 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
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I never thought that site full of basement-dwelling edgelords would be referred to as “far-right”
Anything that involves free speech or challenges the thinking of far leftists is considered "far right."
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:59 pm to EatnCreaux
OP is doing a nice job of pearl clutching over something that FIFA said wasn't racist
Posted on 6/15/26 at 8:55 pm to EatnCreaux
Your post history looks like you're a baseball fan.
The cubs banned a fan for life for making the gesture below the waist, an age old prank. So do you also say F baseball? Especially since they overreacted when FIFA clearly did not..
I swear the more these types try to rage against soccer the stupider the posts become.
The cubs banned a fan for life for making the gesture below the waist, an age old prank. So do you also say F baseball? Especially since they overreacted when FIFA clearly did not..
I swear the more these types try to rage against soccer the stupider the posts become.
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 9:32 pm
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