messofanego makes a thread about an essay about football and domestic abuse. The article is two days old.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-england-gets-beaten-so-will-she-when-football-goes-home.455566/#post-69289558It's a fairly low-key thread; people agreeing the issue sucks, somebody mentioning that American football can lead to the same sort of incidents, someone mentioning they caught a ban in 2018 for mentioning the phenomenon.
Last few regular posts in the thread:
It's particularly raw and maddening to read this article right as England has lost and knowing it will only prove this true.
I'll read this soon, but yeah...awfully grim...
Thanks for bringing this into light. I do hate the rabid fan culture surrounding football, but from what I seen in the recent years, it calmed down...so as I thought.
It's a shame nothing had changed.
Super low key thread, no signs of any disagreement bubbling. Enter a Mod:
Historically, this talking point has been brought up to bait responses in the wake of sporting results. Due to the tribalistic fervor induced after sporting events, we feel this will not generate good discussion and hence it is locked, if you feel like having this discussion at a moment less likely to create a powderkeg of a thread it is extremely welcome due to the importance of the topic.
And the thread is locked.
Maybe just all new threads should require mod approval before becoming visible; that way they can make sure important policies like "don't talk about this when it's super relevant, wait until there aren't any recent sporting events so fewer people will care so we can safely discuss this important topic" are fully implemented.