Mexican soccer fans are reluctant to give up a favorite chant — an anti-gay slur

LA SLIMES ^ | 6/25/17 | Kate Linthicum

[SoFloFreeper]

They've been begged by star players to stop it, fined repeatedly, and threatened with dramatic sanctions that could hurt their national team’s chances in....

Mexican soccer fans have been loath to give up their favorite game-day chant, a homophobic slur that has been condemned by gay rights groups, government officials and international soccer authorities.

.....Each time the goalie for the United States team picked up the ball to punt it, the crowd began chanting, “Eehhh,” stretching out the sound like a long musical note on a crescendo. When the goalie finally kicked the ball, the crowd shouted, “puto!” in unison.

The word, which translates roughly to “male prostitute,” has long been used in Mexico as a slur against gay men.

[SoFloFreeper]

The LA SLIMES thought this was a big story. Crowd calls opposing players names.

Fake News.

[kearnyirish2]

This was a story a couple of years ago, when FIFA was pressured to sanction Mexico for this. They looked into it, and decided not to take any action.

Odd that teams could be punished for something they really can’t control; it does happen in Europe, though.

[Flick Lives]

"Eehhh, puto!"

[LeonardFMason]

LOL!

[ZULU]

Ehhhhhaputo!!

[NativeSon]

I guess the LA Times, never heard of Phila. sport fans - they may enjoy a friendly Eagles game...

[Flag_This]

It’s a tragedy of our benighted times that there are still somehow some cultures out there that do not recognize the shining brilliance that is Gayness.

[\/\/ayne]

Gesundheit!

[JoeProBono]

[vooch]

mexicans have plenty of names for sodomites.

and puto ain’t one of them.

puto/a is a mild term used roughly akin to our ‘bitch’ as in your SOB

[CygnusXI]

Laslimes shows its racism!!!

[grobdriver]

Laslimes shows its racism!!!

And its ignorance, apparently.

[RightGeek]

Here,s a cheer that works well in the USA

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

That is a VERY bad word. There is absolutely nothing benign about the word and they know it. Use of it reflects on the character (rather, the lack thereof) in Mexican society.

[Tax-chick]

How can it be a “slur” if there’s nothing wrong with being a homosexual prostitute? Isn’t that like “insulting” a tall person by calling him “tall”?

[Ouderkirk]

Since when has addressing a faggot as a fudge packer, ass-bandit, or puto, become a mortal sin?

Faggotry used to be looked down upon...and by me and my brood it still is.

[OrangeHoof]

They should check out the slurs hurled at Tom Brady on many NFL fan boards.

[ßuddaßudd]

and I always thought they were teasing that Chicharito dude . ..

[CodeToad]

Fake news. Some idiot “journalist” googled for it but didn’t find that “puto” means many things and not just “male prostitute”, the first definition.

In the context of soccer it means “fag”.

[ml/nj]

That good old song of Wah-hoo-wah—we'll sing it o'er and o'er
It cheers our hearts and warms our blood to hear them shout and roar
We come from old Virginia, where all is bright and gay (NOT GAY!!)
Let's all join hands and give a yell for the dear old UVA.

(First verse of ersatz alma-mater of UVa, sung after UVa scores at football games among other times. No matter the efforts of the PC crowd, the bolded words have become a de facto part of the song.)

ML/NJ