SecondWar said:
I do roll eyes when I see that the colonialism argument brought to sport, especially with the double-standards like the one you highlighted. (Maybe that’s how other see the OneLove and Taking the Knee campaigns though). |
That's a pretty silly sentiment at the best of times, but it's a little hypocritical in regards to Morocco too. The Arabs conquered/colonised an awful lot of land as well, their empire was only about 3-4% smaller than France's and in the top 10 largest empires ever (twice actually, under different caliphates). There's a reason so many countries have Arab people, use Arabic as their language and have islam as their religion.
Granted, I know a lot of Moroccans would identify as Berber rather than Arab, but it certainly wasn't just Europeans that were colonising the world.
Edit: It's also kind of funny seeing somebody complain about colonisers while supporting Japan. I live in Japan and love the country, but they definitely were a coloniser, one of the worst ones too. Personally I don't much care about what countries did in previous centuries though, I care more about the present.
Last edited by Ka-pi96 - on 13 December 2022
