Should we condemn the homophobic chants heard in football stadiums? For the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra it is yes. “We have developed a legal arsenal to combat these elements. What is important is to have individual sanctions aimed at the people who launch these chants from the stands”she told RMC Sport
this Tuesday, September 26, 2023 after his rant the day before, following the homophobic chants heard at the Parc des Princes on the sidelines of the PSG-OM meeting.
The minister also adds: “I had the opportunity to speak yesterday [lundi] on the subject. This is a subject that must be taken head-on by all of French football. It’s PSG’s business but it’s not just PSG’s business. We have already heard these homophobic chants in other stadiums with other teams. Passion for football, yes but not discrimination. We can’t get used to these homophobic chants.”.
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Jacques Cardoze, does not agree with the proposal of the Minister of Sports
Cyril Hanouna wanted to have the opinion of his columnists on the subject this Tuesday. And the tone quickly rose between Jacques Cardoze
And Géraldine Maillet. The latter was shocked by the comments made by the ex-journalist of Further investigation
. “My answer is no”he confided to the host of C8, when the latter asked his team if they agreed to condemn homophobic chants in stadiums, before explaining: “Because if Marseille wins the return match, I think that the Marseillais will also sing a certain number of songs that are not necessarily pleasant for the Parisians but above all beyond that, I think we are making a complete mistake. “Football is the circus games of 2000 years ago. It’s a place where… it’s enforceable. It’s a moment where you forget your frustrations of the week.” “Where we forget our frustrations of the week, where we get together with our friends and where there is this feeling of rootedness, of wanting to defend our club… in my opinion, all these songs have absolutely nothing to do with hatred from anyone. I think the government is wasting its time. It’s a popular celebration, that’s all, we shouldn’t look any further.”he continued.
If Géraldine Maillet let him finish his explanation, Daniel Riolo’s companion quickly went up to the towers to express her disagreement: “Jacques, I am really appalled by what you just said… ‘The Marseillais are queers, isn’t that homophobic for you? So imagine that we had said “the Marseillais are bougnoules, the Marseillais They’re negroes, where the Marseillais are yips, it comes across as cream because it’s part of football folklore?
The tone rises between Jacques Cardoze and Géraldine Maillet
“No not at all”retorted Jacques Cardoze before continuing: “There, the question posed to us is that the government intends to ask the club to go find the supporters and do facial recognition to find out who says ‘motherfucker’ or who says I don’t know what …”. “No, ‘the Marseillais are fags'”, she then cut him off to correct her counterpart’s remarks. Subsequently, the columnist recalled that she, as well as her colleagues, “is upset every night about bullying at school because children commit suicide because they are called ‘dirty fags'”. “So we cry, we say it’s horrible, and then we take our kids to the stadium and go and sing ‘the Marseillais are fags’ because that’s folklore?”she finally asked with irony, “dismayed” by what she had just heard on set.
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