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For everyone saying that this would have all blown over if he'd simply just apologised are deluding themselves... COME ON! This is 2023. There's not a person on here who truly is 100% convinced by that nonsense. Apologies are simply not enough nowadays... the woke mob will not rest until you lose your career and are permanently cancelled... we all know this is the way things work now! You can mock what I say, and make all the sarcastic comments in the world that you like, if it makes you feel all sanctimonious and perhaps superior to me, particularly due to my use of the term 'woke', that's fine.... the reason people on here mock and criticise that term is because they know the meaning of it is perfectly describing them and their views in a negative way. Just like they used to hate the terms political correctness/PC brigade! But anyway this is going slightly off topic...
Despite my little rant... you might find that I actually agree with a lot of you on certain things! My actual view on the situation IS... what Rubiales did was inappropriate, no doubt. But from the footage, it doesn't look at ALL to me like the kiss was meant in a sexual way... he was simply overjoyed with the victory and got carried away in the moment! The big no-no for me, was kissing her on the lips. People say that he wouldn't have kissed a male Spanish player on the lips, and they're correct... I can imagine, he would have planted a kiss on their forehead instead, which I don't particularly think is an inappropriate thing to do when you're overjoyed... so he should have treated Hermoso the same way and kissed her forehead, if he had to kiss her at all... I don't think the reaction would have been quite the same but you never know in today's climate! He also handled the aftermath very badly... he should have properly apologised, to her privately, explained why he did what he did (being overjoyed and getting carried away in the moment etc), and then later, apologise publicly. I don't think it would have calmed the mob down (like others naively seem to think so), but at least he would have done the right thing. As for him claiming she consented, it seems unlikely, but I can't fully comment on that as I can't lipread, neither can I speak Spanish, nor can we see Hermoso's mouth moving in the very little seconds we see them interact with each other. So if she didn't say okay to the kiss, then he's idiotic for claiming that, and just another example of the situation being badly handled. I DO understand, from his perspective though, why he felt he had to defend himself the way he did, and I admire anybody who doesn't cower and bow down to the mob... however this wasn't the correct way to deal with the situation at the time. He should've properly apologised first, made it clear that he did the wrong thing, and then if they still kept coming for his head days later, make a statement and speak out against them then!
This is just my genuine opinion... not meant to provoke or offend, although I imagine it will do so... I expect nothing less from this forum!
Despite my little rant... you might find that I actually agree with a lot of you on certain things! My actual view on the situation IS... what Rubiales did was inappropriate, no doubt. But from the footage, it doesn't look at ALL to me like the kiss was meant in a sexual way... he was simply overjoyed with the victory and got carried away in the moment! The big no-no for me, was kissing her on the lips. People say that he wouldn't have kissed a male Spanish player on the lips, and they're correct... I can imagine, he would have planted a kiss on their forehead instead, which I don't particularly think is an inappropriate thing to do when you're overjoyed... so he should have treated Hermoso the same way and kissed her forehead, if he had to kiss her at all... I don't think the reaction would have been quite the same but you never know in today's climate! He also handled the aftermath very badly... he should have properly apologised, to her privately, explained why he did what he did (being overjoyed and getting carried away in the moment etc), and then later, apologise publicly. I don't think it would have calmed the mob down (like others naively seem to think so), but at least he would have done the right thing. As for him claiming she consented, it seems unlikely, but I can't fully comment on that as I can't lipread, neither can I speak Spanish, nor can we see Hermoso's mouth moving in the very little seconds we see them interact with each other. So if she didn't say okay to the kiss, then he's idiotic for claiming that, and just another example of the situation being badly handled. I DO understand, from his perspective though, why he felt he had to defend himself the way he did, and I admire anybody who doesn't cower and bow down to the mob... however this wasn't the correct way to deal with the situation at the time. He should've properly apologised first, made it clear that he did the wrong thing, and then if they still kept coming for his head days later, make a statement and speak out against them then!
This is just my genuine opinion... not meant to provoke or offend, although I imagine it will do so... I expect nothing less from this forum!