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NerdyKeith's avatar

Should FIFA have a responsibility to speak out against hate speech from fans?

Asked by NerdyKeith (5489points) August 8th, 2016

A number of openly gay athletes have been subjected to homophobic abuse since the games began last week.

Female football players have reported hearing anti-gay Portuguese insults ‘bicha’ and ‘puta’ shouted by Brazilian fans – as well as ‘Zika’, referring to the virus that is currently gripping the country.

Footballer Robbie Rogers recently claimed:

“FIFA is corrupt… it’s run by racist, sexist homophobic dudes, who are in charge and put their buddies in charge.”

What are your views on this?

Source: Pink News UK

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zenvelo's avatar

There are lots of things FIFA “should” take action about. Corruption, cheating, racism, hate speech. I am not holding my breath.

But the incidents of which you speak is not a FIFA event, it is the Olympics. I would say it is the IOC’s responsibility to speak out and to remove any fan that makes a place unsafe.

oh wait, IOC is just as corrupt as FIFA.

stanleybmanly's avatar

Hooligans! You expect to shame them into behaving civilly? Good luck with that.

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

Somebody should speak up, but as @zenvelo mentioned, it should be the IOC.

elbanditoroso's avatar

Legal or ethical?

Legally, not at all. No responsibility.

Ethically, probably yes, but remember that those uncouth idiots are also soccer fans, and they help pay the bills. So FIFA has a pretty fine line to walk.

If any group has responsibility, as others have said, it is the IOC. But they’re a unch of disconnected old corrupt fools, so they won’t.

SecondHandStoke's avatar

^ Should Fluther be held responsible for it’s user’s ageist speech?

Everyone, please get a grip.

ragingloli's avatar

They do penalise teams for the behaviour of their hooligan fans. So, maybe.
@SecondHandStoke old people smell
also, it is ” its users’ ”

SecondHandStoke's avatar

^ Also, my statement was sarcasm.

Remove the furry head and take a deep breath to relax.

MrGrimm888's avatar

I would rather FIFA take a stance ,but I don’t see it happening soon. Plus, as mentioned above, they have bigger fish to fry.

JeSuisRickSpringfield's avatar

Ignoring this kind of behavior normalizes it and can even make some people think that it is being implicitly endorsed. So yes, I think that FIFA and the IOC should denounce this sort of behavior and have some policies in place to intervene if it gets out of hand. They shouldn’t be policing every stray remark, but they do have a responsibility to keep the spectators in check when they go too far. So if the hate speech is really as rampant as the article suggests, it’s time for FIFA and the IOC to step in. They won’t, of course, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t.

@zenvelo Olympic football is a joint IOC/FIFA event. FIFA has its hands in every major association football event in the world.

@SecondHandStoke Having a duty to respond is not the same as being held responsible. Fluther should not be held responsible for its users’ bigotry, but it is responsible for moderating it when it goes too far. And the moderators would be derelict in their duties if they allowed rampant bigotry on the site.

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