"I wish I could go into bars that are showing the World Cup game and just deport everyone." - Dan Ryckert
Yea, what an awesome standup guy.
As a hispanic also living in California who enjoyed watching the World Cup (sometimes even in bars) I found that unbelievably offensive and it kinda irks me seeing all the praise this guy has been getting. :/
So I obviously don't mind if people call me dumb, stubborn, etc. If I had an issue with that, I wouldn't loudly broadcast my stupid experiences and opinions on a forum as widely seen/heard as Giant Bomb. I saw this thread tonight and wanted to clarify this particular tweet. I meant it 100% as a "I hate the game of soccer, and I hate that my friends and the country at large are starting to care about it" thing. At zero point did I even remotely consider that the tweet might come across as race-related (in fact, it was white gaming journalists that were tweeting about soccer that made me tweet it in the first place). When it was pointed out to me that it might be misread, I deleted the tweet so as to avoid confusion. One of the many things I love about America is its initial purpose of being a melting pot that offers the chance at the American Dream for everyone, regardless of where they come from. So yeah, wanted to clear that up. Cool? See ya!
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