I don't know what all the fuss is about.
It was just a normal reaction from a Spanish male chauvinist.
It was just a normal reaction from a Spanish male chauvinist.
That Kiss, power, abuse
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Luis Rubiales: FIFA suspends embattled Spanish football chief amid World Cup kiss row
Despite mounting pressure on the head of Spanish football to stand down after he kissed Spain's Jenni Hermoso, which she said she didn't consent to. Luis Rubiales has since said he will defend himself "so that the truth prevails and complete innocence is proven".
Already happening. The Spanish goalkeeper has said he won't play for Spain and I expect more to follow especially as every club is now criticising the Federation. And you are right - this is a form of mafia. All those cronies giving him an ovation are the lieutenants who receive the brown envelopes. It has nothing to do with football - just money and power.
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"Vox is the first party to challenge the consensus, claiming the law allows and emboldens women to falsely accuse men. In a 100-point program unveiled in October, as it was campaigning ahead of Andalusia’s elections, the party called for the repeal of anti-gender-violence laws, to be replaced with legislation providing “equal protection” for men, women, children, and the elderly in cases of domestic violence and the removal of abortion from government-funded health services."
I am not a Vox er by the way.
Once a woman opens her mouth and yells whatever the man gets instantly carted away, denied access etc., the converse is not tve case in many respects. Totally lop-sided!
I am not a Vox er by the way.
Once a woman opens her mouth and yells whatever the man gets instantly carted away, denied access etc., the converse is not tve case in many respects. Totally lop-sided!
I think you should read this as it sounds like you haven't fully grasped what machista now means and how society is reacting to it. I understand that you belong to another generation where things were different but it won't harm you to see why people nowadays might find your remarks slightly offensive. This is from today's paper:
Rubiales y el macromachismo
Los nacidos hasta los 90 habrán oído mil veces en sus casas aquello de que el padre “ayudaba” a su madre o que era un “padrazo” cuando llevaba a los peques al parque. Asumían como normal que un camarero llevara la cerveza al hombre y una coca cola a una mujer, y que luego se digiera a él a la...
www.20minutos.es
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...and hiding in a church!
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We have now entered the realm of the absurd!
ittedly this is getting stupid and embarrassing. What on earth does the mother think will be the consequences of doing this? She has just dug an even bigger hole for Rubiales. This is not the end of the world and the idea that he is Jesus is frankly embarrassing for Spain as it reinforces an idea that it is a backwards thinking country that resolves its issues by appealing to God. He is finished now and nothing is going to change that. Besides he is a very wealthy man and despite his behaviour he will not go to prison in fact he will recieve a huge payout and no doubt a pension before he is even 50.
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Rubiales has just released a statement. It basically says he is very sorry for the kiss but that it was in the heat of a celebratory moment etc. He doesn't mention grapping his crotch and thrusting it out whilst standing next to the Queen and Princess. Presumably he regards this as a normal celebratory gesture performed by both sexes with no overtones of aggression- because he is a man who has normalised this action so deeply he is unable to understand it as more educated people do. Anyway, what is extraordinary about his statement is that he goes on to say that there is a wave of popular for him in the streets and across the world from both men and women!! He clearly seems to lack any humility and is driven so hard by his ego that after all this time he still doesn't seem to realize the reality of his acts and how they are perceived by others. So far ( apart from his mum) there has been not one person publicly defending him. Even vox has criticised him. So how he reaches the decision that the public him is ...delusional!
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So finally Rubiales has resigned (unless it's a Nadine Dorries type resignation).
The Spanish press is full of 'Who is Piers Morgan' articles.
www.epe.es
Quick translation of the headline
The Spanish press is full of 'Who is Piers Morgan' articles.
¿Quién es Piers Morgan? El periodista tildado de machista que Rubiales eligió para comunicar su dimisión
El autor de la entrevista en la que el ya expresidente comunicó su decisión es una de las caras conocidas de la prensa sensacionalista
www.epe.es
Quick translation of the headline
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Women's charity Trevi cuts ties with Russell Brand
Trevi said it was "deeply saddened and upset" by the stories in the Channel 4 Dispatches programme.
www.bbc.co.uk
What happened to innocent, until proven guilty...?
Suspending ties OK, but cutting ties?
Equally for men gone out the window a long time ago.
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It looks like this has reached trial stage, prosecutor is looking for 2.5 years
www.bbc.com
Do we think this is a long enough sentence?
Why limit it to less than 3 years?
Is capital punishment really off the table?
Luis Rubiales: Prosecutors seek 2.5-year jail term over World Cup kiss
Spain's ex-football boss could go to prison because of a non-consensual kiss at the Women's World Cup.
www.bbc.com
Do we think this is a long enough sentence?
Why limit it to less than 3 years?
Is capital punishment really off the table?
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