Craft brewery faces backlash over its own ‘culture of fear’ after launching ‘anti–World Cup’ campaign

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A British brewer’s public stand against the host country of the upcoming soccer World Cup seemed to backfire on Monday when past reports of its own “culture of fear” resurfaced.

Multinational brewery and pub chain BrewDog, which is headquartered in Scotland, declared that it was the “proud anti-sponsor of the World F*Cup.”