OH, THAT OIKOPHOBIA: CNN Is Surprised The South Is Welcoming Foreign World Cup Tourists.
CNN did a segment on Freddy, the German soccer tourist, and sports analyst Christine Brennan claimed "I saw some conversation, Wolf and Pamela, about how the rest of the world is looking at the United States and feeling that we are—it's a foreboding image and that we are… pic.twitter.com/Eh2zQ8x5Pr
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[CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan] conceded, “That is so fun. That’s the flip side of the conversation we were just having, is that these tourists are still coming. The ones who can, certainly Europeans, people who love soccer way more than the United States. It’s been a part of their lives for, you know, ever where for us, as Coy was saying, it’s a newer game on the women’s and men’s side.”
It is not just Europeans. Another viral sensation has been Algerians experiencing Kansas hospitality.
However, things kept going downhill when Brennan continued, “And so, that—I’ve looked at those tweets from him just, he’s having a delight, and Americans are loving that too. And I saw some conversation, Wolf and Pamela, about how the rest of the world is looking at the United States and feeling that we are—it’s a foreboding image and that we are inhospitable.”
Returning to Freddy, Brennan concluded, “And here is a German tourist, and others as well, now on social media saying, ‘No, no, the Americans are great.’ So, what a shame that that’s the image that the world has. Many have of us. But how wonderful again, that sports can bring people here and show people that the United States and, you know, the South is welcoming a German tourist in a way we would never have anticipated.”
Well, it’s not like CNN’s founder grew up in Georgia, went to prep school in Tennessee, and the original headquarters for his channel was in Atlanta or anything.
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