I’m glad this is winning. Shows that at the very least we’re not emotionally blinded to quality. RVP is one of the most gifted technical players we’ve ever seen in the Emirates era. Were it not for early career injury issues he may have been nothing short of talismanic. Sad to think what could’ve been if Arsenal was allowed to have full, healthy careers of Cesc, RVP, Diaby, and Wilshere.
As it was, he peaked late, left early, and will go down as one of our clubs great recent villains.
Obligatory fuck him.
That’s exactly what it is. A political wedge issue. For example the issue of trans women “dominating” sports because they were born male is now a super hot button topic, even though the NCAA actually dealt with this issue in 2011 and laid out a very reasonable policy which functioned fine for many years and did not result in any level of trans women “dominance” of women’s sports.
Surprise surprise, it’s because in the U.S. the liberals won gay marriage and the conservatives “won” abortion, and now the conservative outrage factory needs a new angle to keep single-issue voters in line. It’s hilarious how the right always accuses the left of playing identity politics when they’re the ones that conjure up issues out of nothing.
What I find confounding is how Europe continues to import our political issues. These countries, especially the right wing, are always so derisive of American politics, but always seem to end up fighting the same stupid fights we do here. The rise of fascism seemed to also get kicked into high gear after Trump. Aren’t y’all supposed to be proud to be better than us? Stop copying the worst of us.