Nazi chants at Dutch soccer game expose an ugly blot on ‘the beautiful game’

[King_David]

It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam.

As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly.

“Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas,” sang a section of the home supporters towards the fans visiting from Amsterdam, a city historic in part for its Jewish community. “My father was in the commandos, my mother was in the SS, together they burned Jews, because Jews burn the best!”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/10/nazi-chants-at-dutch-soccer-game-expose-an-ugly-blot-on-the-beautiful-game/

[oberliner]

1. Posted this story on GD and it sank like a stone

Not something that folks on DU want to discuss apparently.

[King_David]

3. Even when posted here we are told its a non story

I posted a different one about extremely antisemitic chants at a Pro Palestinian rally in Vienna and was told that....

[shenmue]

2. Good Lord

I thought people learned their lessons years ago, about fascism and hate in Europe. Some in the new generation seem to have gone to the dark side.

[King_David]

4. Depressing

And it's not an isolated incident.

[Little Tich]

5. Many football hooligans are racists.

There is little difference between an anti-Semitic chant, and an anti-Arab chant or an anti-African chant IMHO. They’re all pretty offensive.

Racism is racism.

[Scootaloo]

6. Gross. But i have a solution!

Put these assholes in the stands next to Beitar's "La Familia' fans.

Two problems will solve each other!

[oberliner]

7. Look over there! Israelis are bad!

Sad but unsurprising response.

Anything but addressing the actual problem.

[Scootaloo]

8. I think it would address the problem quite handily, actually