I have a neon blue Cattle Decapitation tank with a bright yellow logo, love that shirt.

No, the Islamic Republic of Iran specifically petitioned FIFA to ensure this flag would not be permitted in the stadiums as this flag represents the regime that the Islamic Republic deposed. Iran has faced multiple rounds of serious protests even before the US initiated war and the son of the Shah is a popular figure that some protesters rally around as an alternative the existing government. Essentially the Iranian leadership sees this as a threat to their governance.

FIFA’s solution is a blanket ban on all “political” flags, which I find kind of silly because all national flags are political symbols. There have definitely been petitions against LGBTQ+ flags in parallel to this situation though.

It’s the flag of Pahlavist Iran, essentially the Shah’s flag. FIFA only allows flags of member nations, and a ban of this flag in particular was held up in court.

GODDAMN WOKE PHOTOSYNTHESIS

I remember my friend using it here in NJ directed at a kid in our class who was from Pakistan which I found pretty odd as my buddy’s family is from Egypt. I’d expect a little solidarity but I guess middle school is not a great time. It’s definitely not very common here though.

It sounds like you’re not from the UK; there’s a lot of violent hate towards South Asians there. People have had their houses burned down while they’re called this very slur just this past week.

It’s Paki, a racial slur for South Asian people common in the UK.

Nah, it’s a regional racial slur common in the UK, Paki. I’d compare it to how people outside of the UK don’t realize it, but spaz is a heavy ableist slur over there too.

I’d generalize it to South Asian brown people in general as racists aren’t exactly geography experts

Well that’s just a forgone conclusion as it’s a day that ends in Y

I’d be offended by this if I could read

Hey, at least this time the republicans aren’t jerking off to nonsense tariffs, right?

May their socks stay wet for an entire year.

A punishment I’d only wish on Nazis

Ah I have wondered what the root of the nickname was, just not enough to look it up. I mostly figured it was a bastardization of Gunner

Easily the most overrated president imo. The fact that his signature economic policy, trickle down economics, has been shown to be empirically false, and yet people still love him, is astounding to me

Yeah history is rhyming a little too much. I see echos of Jackson blowing up the Bank of the US any time Trump cries about the Fed. Cant wait for our panic of 1837 part deux

It’s not a surprise to me that this is happening given Donnie’s love of another failure of a president, Andrew Jackson. Andy had a White House inauguration party which he brilliantly decided should be open to the public. It became such a disaster he had flee to get clear of the crowd (20,000 people showed up… which is crazy given this was 1829). The party only ended when the White House staff moved tubs of booze and ice cream onto the very lawn this stupid octagon is on to get all rioters party guests out of the White House at which point they locked the doors.

I really fucking hate Andrew Jackson. Anyone that says anything positive about him automatically goes on my dipshit list.

I just watched that again this week because it was on tv. I still feel bad about that poor shoe

I thought suet was only for the late fall into spring

I put my phone upside down and they still look weird from that angle.