I have nothing against soccer in general, but...
1. This is a mediocre stadium proposal
2. For a mediocre team
3. In a mediocre league
While the Revolution have had an overall dismal history, if they did miraculously win the championship one year, would they even be considered a Top 100 team in the world? Is it even worth celebrating? When our other sports teams win, it means they are the best in the world, and that's the standard for the typical Boston sports fan.
Last year's MLS champion, the Columbus Crew, only had 20,000 people show up to their parade. The Celtics drew "well over a million" to theirs. The 2004 Red Sox parade drew 3.6 million.
The term "social justice" has been used in bad faith as a one-sided bludgeon to enact all sorts of unpopular measures lately. It's not a fair argument to make because
now you're claiming some sort of moral high ground against people who don't share your opinion, when a minor league soccer stadium is anything but a moral dilemma. The people of Everett "deserve" a soccer stadium? What about those who live there but don't want it? Are they still getting what they deserve?
If anything, maybe we should recommission the power plant, as the demand for energy is set to increase dramatically over the next decade. The insistence on moving to electric cars is one of the major culprits. If I have to choose between rolling blackouts with a soccer stadium or having enough energy to prevent rolling blackouts, I'll choose the energy.