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Mexican soccer fans are reluctant to give up a favorite chant — an anti-gay slur
LA SLIMES ^ | 6/25/17 | Kate Linthicum

Posted on 06/26/2017 4:05:22 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexuals; media; soccer; sport
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To: SoFloFreeper
Has the LA Times EVER called out "reconquista" dreamers for their bigotry and hate?


21 posted on 06/26/2017 5:49:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: Tax-chick

It shames sex-workers.


22 posted on 06/26/2017 5:51:16 AM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I don’t have a dog in this fight so I don’t care how it turns out. But its going to be really amusing seeing the LAT try to shame the rest of the world into giving up on bigotry. Earth to LAT — the rest of the world is filled with bigots. The US is tame by comparison.


23 posted on 06/26/2017 6:21:29 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: CodeToad

A male prostitute is a gigolo...ala former Mass Senator and Sec of State John Kerry. If they changed the chant to....EeeehKerry would that be less offensive?


24 posted on 06/26/2017 6:34:51 AM PDT by nhbob1
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To: SoFloFreeper

IBTF”FG,MP”FTOSNL

In Before The First “Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute” From The Old Saturday Night Live

https://www.hulu.com/watch/3514


25 posted on 06/26/2017 6:39:34 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: 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”?””

BINGO - I always wondered the same thing when celebrities (years ago) denied being gay/lesbian as if there was SOMETHING WRONG with it and they didn’t want to be associated with the label. THEN years later, they all gathered together to protect and HONOR the “afflicted”....heck - even hold parades for them..


26 posted on 06/26/2017 6:57:07 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: CodeToad

In the Philippines Puto is a steamed rice cake. Yum!


27 posted on 06/26/2017 7:02:51 AM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Character and Mexican society, never seen those words together before.


28 posted on 06/26/2017 7:07:04 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: SoFloFreeper

Homosexuals are in perpetual hissy fit mode.


29 posted on 06/26/2017 7:36:03 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: SoFloFreeper

much ado about nothing, Raiders still suck.

Pinches Holandeses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQ1xw6dXp0


30 posted on 06/26/2017 7:36:14 AM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: nhbob1


Gigo-what?
31 posted on 06/26/2017 7:44:14 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Flag_This

Is the sarcasm thick on that post or what? LOL.


32 posted on 06/26/2017 7:52:30 AM PDT by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I am not the least offended over the Mexican anti faggot chant


33 posted on 06/26/2017 1:34:27 PM PDT by okie 54
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To: okie 54

If this keeps up, the MSM will have to come up with a different translation for the word.

“Puto is Spanish for ‘a left-handed bricklayer’”.


34 posted on 06/26/2017 1:38:08 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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