Why soccer should matter to Britain's frum community
So rest assured: Despite the football (soccer) delirium that enveloped England over the last few weeks as the country progressed to the finals of a European championship for the first time since 1966 (they lost), this publication still thinks that the entire performance is just some men kicking a ball around.
Righteous disclaimer aside, there was something about the patriotism that gripped the country that should matter to Britain’s frum community. Noisy, flag-waving patriotism has long been out of fashion in many parts of modern England; on some parts of the left, the English flag is rejected as being a racist symbol.
Suddenly, that flag was everywhere. As Douglas Murray put it, “For the first time in years it was flying widely and proudly in the land. In the UK we have seen almost everything about our identity, from the flag to patriotic songs, derided. Our country seems to be remembering the positive sides of national identity.”
The feeling that there was something special in the air was so widespread that even the left-wing killjoys at the Guardian had to scramble to deny that anything was afoot: “Far from ushering in an era of inclusivity, victory would stoke ugly nationalism,” it warned.
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