World Cup 2022: American journalist 'detained' over rainbow shirt ahead of U.S.-Wales match

Yahoo ^ | November 21, 2022 | Henry Bushnell

[C19fan]

Two American journalists have been told to remove rainbow-patterned articles of clothing by authorities at World Cup venues in Qatar in recent days.

On Saturday, Los Angeles Times reporter Kevin Baxter was told by a police officer at the U.S. men’s national team’s Qatari training site that a rainbow-colored mask was not allowed.

Two days later, at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, where the USMNT plays Wales on Monday night, longtime soccer journalist Grant Wahl said that he was told by security to change out of a shirt with a rainbow pattern around a soccer ball. FIFA told Yahoo Sports that the incident was a "mistake," and said it has been "sorted."

[C19fan]

I understand hospitality is a way of life in that part of the world. These preening Westerners are doing nothing but going out of their way to insult their hosts. I wonder what Arabs are thinking of seeing these Westerners taking a dump in their world. The Arabs have a memory and see the West being an imperial power in all ways ever since Boney showed up. The likes of Wahl are just like Napoleon except without using violence. That is one reason many countries prefer to deal with China. They might be arrogant Han Chinese but they do not shove LGBT down your throat when dealing with them.

[ryderann]

Does anyone else remember when grammar school teachers taught us manners. High school teachers reinforced those lessons in a much different way.

[ncalburt]

Tired Typical PR Scam by a Attention Hungry Nobody Gay Left Wing Activist .
You are not Wanted .Get over it .
The Daily Smear Peddles Pure CRAP.

[Paul R.]

When in Rome...

[Terry L Smith]

the idiot knew what he was doing.

[USS Alaska]

They might be arrogant Han Chinese but they do not shove LGBT down your throat when dealing with them.

The short peckered Chinese males shove it sown their own throats, since there is a lack of females to mate with.

Since the chinks have slaughtered their own female babies by the hundreds of millions, they now have exactly what you would expect, too many males and not enough females, which is producing a load of shemales.

[mykroar]

They might be arrogant Han Chinese but they do not shove LGBT down your throat when dealing with them.