Seth Masket has a theory:
I think the soccer issue is one instance where conservative leaders are
simply trying to draw a line. They feel they've made enough
accommodations to other countries and cultures. They simply do not
acknowledge soccer as an American pastime and feel they are justified
in trying to exclude it from our main culture. We cannot just keep
adding things to our nation and assume that the nation will still stand
for anything. Lines must be drawn. This far, no farther.
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Published on June 22, 2010 14:04