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44MHz t1_ix7j29n wrote

Reply to comment by grr_not_me in BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism by AcknowledgeableReal

> I don't remember the toxicity during he last World Cup.

Which is ironic because the toxicity should have been a lot worse. The state of Russia is orders of magnitude worse than Qatar.

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grr_not_me t1_ix7z5ks wrote

Good point, I completely forgot about that. Maybe FIFA has finally gone one too far for me and an okay percentage of fans around the world. I guess TV ratings will see if they went too far or are just too popular.

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Jimmy_kong253 t1_ixc3u1e wrote

But at the time Russia wasn't as bad as it is now. If Russia was hosting now it would be a complete uproar worse than Qatar

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44MHz t1_ixcfixk wrote

Russia invaded Ukraine and started its genocide in 2014. Four years before it hosted the World Cup.

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