Well, in the posts of Hotspur, to name but an example. (Hotspur, you will recall, is the poster to whom my #277 - which you are responding to here - was actually directed and to whom the word "arrogance" was used.)
Remember Hotspur? He's the one who said that
Soccer is just one of many examples where silly, annoying American "exceptionalism" displays itself.
In other words, he knows how annoying we Americans can be.
But don't blame him because even though he's presumably American, he's not one of the "annoying" ones who doesn't watch soccer (and how "annoying" that is, indeed!). You see, he's wise enough to know how Americans are seen by "the rest of the world":
It's the disconnect between our global pretensions and the lack of worldliness of our citizens that makes the rest of the world anti-American
Ah, that's what makes "the rest of the world" "anti-American"! Got it! I understand it all now. Hotspur's got it all figured out!
In addition, recall that (still as part of this whole soccer discussion, apparently...) he holds a percentage of our "parliament" in rather disdain for (gasp!) never having had a passport:
How can a nation deign to dictate to the world when something on the range of half of the members of its parliament have never held a passport?
No passport! My word! Well you can be sure that Hotspur is not so provincial as our backward "parliamentarians". Surely he, in his eminence, has a passport.
That's what I was calling "arrogant", 1rudeboy. Understand now?
You have to admit that this food-fight was fun. Like most age-old arguments, it fell along predictable lines, and I don't begrudge Hotspur for his comments.
I maintain that this writer (describing himself as a "missionary'), attempted to explain why conservatives should like soccer. The fact that so many dismissed his attempt makes it all the more valuable.
So are soccer players "gay?" Ask your wife or teen-age daughter what they think.
Is soccer boring? Is baseball exciting?
Is soccer liberal, or communist? (the point of this piece) Well, now you have heard the arguments for "no."
Incidentally, can someone point out a "free-market, conservative sport" to me? I'm looking for a sport that has no protected markets, taxpayer-support, or barriers-to-entry.