German soccer team celebrates with dance mocking "gauchos"

[mota bhai 2,675]

Have you ever wondered about the difference in how Germans and Argentine gauchos dance? Fresh off their World Cup finals victory over Argentina, six stars of the German national team have an answer: The gaucho, he is hunched over; the German, he is straight-backed and proud.

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Six players, including Mario Götze, who scored the brilliant winning goal in the final game, performed the so-called Gaucho dance. Reportedly, the dance is a favorite of the traveling supporters of the Mannschaft, as the German national team is known.

The refrain goes something like this, while hunched over. "This is how the gaucho dances, the gaucho dances like this." And with a straight back: "This is how the German dances, the German dances like this."

The whole thing is, well, unfortunate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJewWVB9RTc

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While many Germans were quick to write this off as a case of boys being boys, others found it frustrating to see the celebration marred in this way.

Here's a translated selection of the German Twitter reaction.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/07/15/germany_stumbles_at_the_finish_line_with_gaucho_dance

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66dIrBmsYIY

Edited July 16, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[mota bhai 2,675]

What did he say?

[lostinblue 1,989]

They need to follow the NEW Sterling rule.... Ban them for life from the game..... Billionaire Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Loses $600 Million Team over “Racist Rant”.hetrustadvisor.com/.../breaking-news-billionaire-clippers-owner-donald-.

This is so racist to belittle the heritage of the Hispanic people. ......If Sterling is banned for life then we need to make sure even the smallest slight is dealt with........a just and severe punishment...... Lifetime ban from the game.... for all the players involved. The same as Mr Sterling has to endure.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What did he say?

If you believe Schweinsteiger, he said that the reporter was very nice looking and that he's very happy. The reality is a bit different. She asked him about the Golden Boot which he missed winning by just one goal. He told her that he is not interested in that sh!t. He told her, We're the champions, we've got the trophy. And then he told her that she can take that golden boot and shove it where the sun doen't shine.

He wasn't serious, however. It's just how he rolls.

Edited July 16, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[mota bhai 2,675]

Haha. Nice.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They need to follow the NEW Sterling rule.... Ban them for life from the game..... Billionaire Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Loses $600 Million Team over “Racist Rant”.hetrustadvisor.com/.../breaking-news-billionaire-clippers-owner-donald-.

This is so racist to belittle the heritage of the Hispanic people. ......If Sterling is banned for life then we need to make sure even the smallest slight is dealt with........a just and severe punishment...... Lifetime ban from the game.... for all the players involved. The same as Mr Sterling has to endure.

[mota bhai 2,675]

So you don't think they're comparable?

[Operator 1,927]

We can go when we want to.
Night is young and so am I.
And we can dress real neat
from our hands to our feet
and surprise 'em with a victory cry.
Say, we can act if we want to.
If we don't nobody will.
And you can act real rude,
and totally removed and I can act like an imbecile.
I say, we can dance.
We can dance.
Everything's under control.
We can dance.
We can dance.
We're doin' it from pole to pole.
We can dance.
We can dance.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They need to follow the NEW Sterling rule.... Ban them for life from the game..... Billionaire Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Loses $600 Million Team over “Racist Rant”.hetrustadvisor.com/.../breaking-news-billionaire-clippers-owner-donald-.

This is so racist to belittle the heritage of the Hispanic people. ......If Sterling is banned for life then we need to make sure even the smallest slight is dealt with........a just and severe punishment...... Lifetime ban from the game.... for all the players involved. The same as Mr Sterling has to endure.

Noone outside of the US cares about Donald Sterling.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

If we were to follow the Sterling rule, LIB would have to move out of the country.

[lostinblue 1,989]

If we were to follow the Sterling rule, LIB would have to move out of the country.

If I was involved in a sports team ..... yes....We have the Sterling rule in sports now. This should apply to all involved in the game of any sport...... Perhaps the German team gets the famous Marvin pass... . We are in the new area of sensitivity .... Look at the redskins.... Or we selective in who we punish .. I am just trying to get this issue correct..... point out injustice where ever it shows it's head. .... The injustice would be allowing the members to continue to play ... A lifetime ban is needed.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

If I was involved in a sports team ..... yes....We have the Sterling rule in sports now. This should apply to all involved in the game of any sport...... Perhaps the German team gets the famous Marvin pass... . We are in the new area of sensitivity .... Look at the redskins.... Or we selective in who we punish .. I am just trying to get this issue correct..... point out injustice where ever it shows it's head. .... The injustice would be allowing the members to continue to play ... A lifetime ban is needed.

The redskins should have never been named that in the first place. And anyone who generalizes an entire people should know better, but I know you're still learning. Baby steps Lib, one day you'll be able to post and not offend entire races of people.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Racism is actually taken quite seriously in football. Not that LIB would know that.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Was this racism?