“I wonder if any of these American pundits grandstanding about human rights will call for the U.S. to be stripped of hosting the 2026 World Cup for the way elected leaders in this country and our judicial system in this country have rolled back reproductive rights, moved to ban the word ‘gay’ in public schools along or even ban books.” …
Mohyeldin, however, called critiques part of a “blatantly Western-centric discourse around the sport” and insisted he’s simply being more “nuanced” on the human rights concerns. Now, he claimed, is a time for “self-reflection.”
“No one is saying Qatar is perfect. That would be ridiculous,” he wrote in his op-ed. “But I am urging us to be more nuanced in our critiques and resist simply parroting generic biased accusations, without some self-reflection.”
[Upon further self-reflection, this is appallingly absurd. — Ed]
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