Is this the world's 'wokest' football club? Meet the German top-flight side who quit X due to Elon Musk

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Is this the world's 'wokest' football club? Meet the German top-flight side who quit X due to Elon Musk turning it into a 'hate machine' and where fans unveil 'refugees welcome' banners

Located just outside Hamburg's notorious red-light district known as the Reeperbahn, FC St Pauli are not your average football club.
While they create plenty of noise via fan activism both during and away from matches - with Che Guevara flags and communist slogans aplenty - St Pauli are not exactly used to the limelight on the pitch.
After previously sitting in the second tier of German football for over a decade, they are now the only club from their area currently in the Bundesliga, with their historically far more successful arch-rivals Hamburg still in the division below.

Despite their current success, they have come in for heavy criticism from some quarters for being too much of a so-called hipster's club, while also facing accusations that they are not staying true to their left-wing roots by making the most of added commercial opportunities that come with increased success.
Indeed, their decision in November 2024 to leave X, formerly Twitter - where top clubs engage millions of fans with news, updates and live scores - took many people by surprise.
Releasing a statement at the time, the club said it chose to withdraw from the site due to Elon Musk turning it into 'a hate machine' since he purchased the social media platform.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14416715/wokest-football-club-world-bundesliga-team-germany.html

I like that they're anti-nazi. And have been for a long time.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12152391