The Off Topic Topic

[11B4V]

I have shamelessly used this

[mongers]

I have shamelessly used this

Don't worry, I cross posted it from twitter. 

[The Brain]

Wat the fuck?

[Eddie Teach]

Wat the fuck?

Now there's a Languish joke.

[Duque de Bragança]

Trouble near the Étoile square for the first time since December. Hooded, black-clad and face-covered Black block anarchists on the loose. Police does not seem very well led.
One avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe blocked with a site hut in the middle of the road. Macron's diversion, le grand débat does not seem to have worked.
Champs-Élysées avenue again trashed and some some stores looted or burnt. Initially on a ski week-end, Jupiter returned to Paris earlier than scheduled, leaving granny alone.

[Threviel]

Damn, are there going to be more protests? Has Jupiter lost all legitimacy amongst the populace?

[Duque de Bragança]

Zupiter has been doing a very fine diversion called grand débat national by pretending to care about requests put forward by peasants citizens, but it's over now. European elections soon and he still lacks legitimacy. Also, blaming the extreme/ultra/whatever right when it's obviously the hard left causing trouble does not work.
Plus the police is not very well led and perhaps a bit too much restrained after some flash-ball use accidents leading to the creation of a few cyclops.

[celedhring]

Fun article on a far-right bar in Madrid owned by a Chinese immigrant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/world/europe/spain-franco-far-right-vox.html

"We used to joke to him," said Jesús López, a 51-year-old truck driver. "If Franco was still alive, he would kill you."

Xenophobes have a strange sense of comedy 

His 4-year-old son, meanwhile, is named Franco-Xi.

[The Larch]

But the attendance of 12 uniformed police officers at the bar that night, unconcerned by what their presence suggested about their political preferences, seemed to underscore Mr. Maestre's wider point.

The 23 police and army caps hanging above the counter — all donated to Mr. Chen by serving officers, he said — showed that their attendance was no aberration.

[celedhring]

When I lived in Madrid in the 2000s I used to tempt fate going to one of those far right establishments. This one had a stuffed bullshead over the counter, flanked by bullfighting and miscellaneous fascist memorabilia. I made a point of going there to watch El Clásico. I remember the first time, Ronaldinho scored the first in a 0-3 away win and I instinctively jumped in joy, before remembering where I was. "I'm fucked", I thought. But then I realized that most of the patrons were celebrating too - they were fascists, but Atlético fans. 

[The Larch]

When I lived in Madrid in the 2000s I used to tempt fate going to one of those far right establishments. This one had a stuffed bullshead over the counter, flanked by bullfighting and miscellaneous fascist memorabilia. I made a point of going there to watch El Clásico. I remember the first time, Ronaldinho scored the first in a 0-3 away win and I instinctively jumped in joy, before remembering where I was. "I'm fucked", I thought. But then I realized that most of the patrons were celebrating too - they were fascists, but Atlético fans. 

Torrente lives on. 

[Duque de Bragança]

When I lived in Madrid in the 2000s I used to tempt fate going to one of those far right establishments. This one had a stuffed bullshead over the counter, flanked by bullfighting and miscellaneous fascist memorabilia. I made a point of going there to watch El Clásico. I remember the first time, Ronaldinho scored the first in a 0-3 away win and I instinctively jumped in joy, before remembering where I was. "I'm fucked", I thought. But then I realized that most of the patrons were celebrating too - they were fascists, but Atlético fans. 

So Franco had two clubs, not just Real but Atlético too? Yeah, I know Athletic Bilbao was Atlético back then, but I am not referring to this one. 
Well, Salazar started with using Sporting CP to entertain the masses, as the bourgeois club but later switched to Benfica, less elitist back then.

[Eddie Teach]

It's so weird to root for sports teams based on politics.

[The Larch]

When I lived in Madrid in the 2000s I used to tempt fate going to one of those far right establishments. This one had a stuffed bullshead over the counter, flanked by bullfighting and miscellaneous fascist memorabilia. I made a point of going there to watch El Clásico. I remember the first time, Ronaldinho scored the first in a 0-3 away win and I instinctively jumped in joy, before remembering where I was. "I'm fucked", I thought. But then I realized that most of the patrons were celebrating too - they were fascists, but Atlético fans. 

So Franco had two clubs, not just Real but Atlético too? Yeah, I know Athletic Bilbao was Atlético back then, but I am not referring to this one. 
Well, Salazar started with using Sporting CP to entertain the masses, as the bourgeois club but later switched to Benfica, less elitist back then.

For a while right after the war Atlético was actually named Atlético Aviación and was the official team of the Spanish Air Force.

[celedhring]

Yeah, for a time Atlético was the team of the regime, until Madrid started to become more successful than them. Franco didn't really have a preference, he just wanted a very successful team to latch the regime's image to.

Anyhow, modern Spanish far righters don't really have a sports preference. You'll find them supporting any team where they are from - and this includes Catalan teams too.

Incidentally, I once dated a girl from Valencia. She was a both a hardcore Catalan separatist and a Raúl/Real Madrid fan. I once watched a cup final with her and she was both cheering Real Madrid and joining the Barça fans in separatist chants. Yes, she scored in the upper right quadrant of the crazy/hot axis.