. . . "The ball, as they say, is in the U.S. Women’s National Team court. Will they find humility in their win, or continue to serve themselves (and a radical Leftist agenda)?"
The Slammer |
. . . "The President took the high-road in their victory, by tweeting;
Ugly Americans: US Women’s Soccer Embarrasses the Country With Their Petty Displays, Cursing at the President, and Stomping on US FlagCongratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team on winning the World Cup! Great and exciting play. America is proud of you all!
The Ugly Americans of soccer
. . . Like all things suffused in political correctness these days, the girls don't seem to feel joy in the simple act of playing soccer. Rather, they seem intent on winning as some kind of vendetta against the world in general and America in particular. This accounts for the mean edge that cuts through their statements, actions, and post-goal or post-game celebrations.Rapinoe in another of her "look at me, everybody" moments:
Well, girls, you didn't make me love soccer this year, but you sure made me dislike each and every one of your very ugly American profiles in pomposity. And you made it all look so easy. Michael James
LA Times photo |
"In their first game the US women’s team stomped on the women from Thailand 13-0 and rubbed it in their faces."
"In a later match against England US soccer star Alex Morgan mocked the Brits by pretending to drink tea after a goal."Somewhere in France today, a group of ugly American female soccer players are sipping tea from imaginary cups to mock a polite society they make no efforts to understand or respect. The Americans are loud and ostentatious. They are ugly Americans personified. Michael James
The Fox broadcast caught a player holding a flag, letting it drag on the ground before dropping it altogether.
National Review: The U.S. Women Are Winners, Not Victims . . . "It has been reported that the U.S. women’s team has been generating more game revenue than the U.S. men the past couple of years. This is telling, although not quite in the way that those who allege pay discrimination think. The women are celebrities and cultural heroes, winners of four Olympic gold medals and four World Cups. The men are nobodies who failed to qualify for last year’s World Cup. Yet from 2016 to 2018, according to the Wall Street Journal, the women barely out-earned the men, $50.8 million to $49.9 million." . . .