And swimmer Ryan Held couldn't contain his tears of joy when he stood for his gold medal ceremony.
-PJ
Posted on 08/10/2016 7:15:43 AM PDT by simpson96
Gabby Douglas may have just helped her team win gold at the Olympics but that hasn't stopped some fans criticizing her for not putting her hand on her heart during the U.S. national anthem.
The American gymnast was the only member of her squad who was photographed with her hands by her sides as The Star-Spangled Banner played in Rio on Tuesday.
The Olympic veteran took gold alongside Madison Kocian, Laurie Hernandez, Simone Biles and Aly Raisman in the Women's Team All-Around gymnastics ompetition.
Twitter user Angela complained: 'There is no excuse as to why you could not salute the flag of the country that gave you the opportunity to compete.'
'Gabby Douglas just standing there and not placing her hand over her heart while our anthem played was UN-Olympic,' Dawn Wisdom wrote.
'As a military kid Gabby Douglas knows the proper way to respect the anthem,' another social media user said.
And Brittany Hargrave added: 'On the one hand, so proud of the Final Five gold win. On the other, so disappointed Gabby Douglas didn't salute the flag.'
Douglas explained why she didn't raise her hand to her heart during the national anthem after spotting the complaints on social media.
'First I want to say thank you everyone for all your support! It's a huge honor for me to be able to represent Team USA,' she said.
'In response to a few tweets I saw tonight, I always stand at attention out of respect for our country whenever the national anthem is played.
'I never meant any disrespect and apologize if I offended anyone. I'm so overwhelmed at what our team accomplished today and overjoyed that we were able to bring home another gold for our country.'
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SHe definitely has the black power fist, and I agree she lacked the courage to raise it. It would have been the story of the Olympics if she did.
Many of these racist blacks claim the USA is not their country. They are ignorant of history and easily brainwashed.
Gabby Douglas is a Christian and has even published a book highlighting her faith
didn’t seem to have affected the other 3 who’s hair looked cute as a button.
“Standing at attention? Looks like she’s holding back that Black Power fist.”
It sure does look like it to me.
LOL....that....is SOOOO funny :)
Gabby Douglas is criticized for not putting her hand on her heart
who...?
Just judging Gabby's body language (when not performing) and facial expressions during the competitions so far, she is a far different Gabby Douglas than four years ago. She seems to have a giant chip on her shoulder. She comes across as bitter and envious.
I agree with your comments...
You're right. She did.
Did she talk, move around, adjust her cup, spit? Maybe she didn’t even realize what she wasn’t thing.
When I win the gold medal, I will show her how it’s done.
Sorry. I didn’t mean to insult her or her fan.
And swimmer Ryan Held couldn't contain his tears of joy when he stood for his gold medal ceremony.
-PJ
Here’s the entire ceremony: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/medal-ceremony-final-five-gymnasts-receive-team-gold
She is holding the Rio trinket in both hands the whole time. The other girls held that with one hand.
If in her mind it is a descendant of slaves, she had better be glad her ancestors paid the price because she would never have had this opportunity as an African in Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6J1Skptbs
Interesting.
However, if one is facing the trooping of the colors by the color guard, in a formation or during a parade, a male in civilian dress ought to doff his cover and acknowledge the passing of the colors by a heart salute with it (again, I would say, and not be able to prove outright).
Correct me if this is wrong according to the book of etiquette or protocol. Thanks again.
I respect that and congratulate her on her medal..........
Thank you.
The rules were changed for active duty out of uniform and vets to allow the hand salute.
Prior to the change, when out of uniform, and now that I am retired, I would find myself rendering honors with a hand salute before I realized it.
I found myself naturally gravitating to the hand salute because it was the most natural and reflexive action that my body was programmed to do when rendering honors. It was what I was programmed to do and anything else just didn’t feel natural. The hand-salute “fits.”
At any rate, we have the choice, hand over heart or hand salute, it is up to the person to decide.
Either way, whats in the heart counts.
Cheers.
Interesting.
I was thinking it was a muslime thing.
Did she go the Rev Wright’s church with obummer?
;-)
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