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Geoff Russ: No, Scottish soccer fans. Scotland wasn't an oppressed colony

Yet thousands in the Highlands and Lowlands claim to be oppressed by a colonial power

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La Albiceleste wanted it more, and it showed as they defeated England. After a rough, scoreless first half, the Argentines stormed forward in the second, with seemingly boundless energy and determination to dominate England and win 2-1.

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After a thuggish first half, a skilled second half redeemed the game and made the victory honourable. Strangely, Scotland’s nationalists also celebrated England’s downfall, politicians included, as if they were among the jubilant throngs in Buenos Aires. Separatist Scottish politicians had urged households to “raise a glass to Argentina” and “rejoice with our Argentinian friends.” The virulent anti-Englishness of Scottish nationalists requires validation from others because their own soccer team is incapable of providing it.

It also requires a heady dram of ignorance poured over blockheads filled with cognitive dissonance regarding their own history as colonists and conquerors. That may be the only way for Scots to have any solidarity with the Latin American soccer powerhouse.

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