Pelosi Condemns Jesse Owens For Criticizing The Nazis At Berlin Olympics

Babylon Bee ^ | 02/04/2022 | Babylon Bee

[DFG]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called today for Olympians to refrain from criticizing concentration camps and slavery, citing how embarrassing it was when Jesse Owens made a scene in front of Adolf Hitler.

“We can all learn something from the example of Jesse Owens—which is that if you don't have something nice to say about a murderous dictator, then don't say anything at all," said Speaker Pelosi. “So yes, China has literal concentration camps and is actively committing genocide, exactly like the Nazis. Some day, history will look back on millions of Uyghurs being murdered by the Chinese government, and anyone who spoke out against that is going to look pretty foolish—just like Jesse Owens. I want every American athlete to think about how humiliating it was when Mr. Owens did not join in giving Hitler the Nazi salute. How hard was it to show the Fürher a little respect? I hope our athletes will treat President Xi better, especially with how much Nike stock I hold."

Pelosi also warned athletes that their phones are being monitored and their rooms are bugged, but assured them that real communism has never been tried. NBC has bravely agreed to air the broadcast on a ten-minute delay to ensure anything critical said about China can be edited out, and the person who said it shot. NBC has received significant backlash for promoting an Olympics which benefits a genocidal regime, but executives for NBC pointed out the important fact that China has a lot of money.

In a surprise move, LeBron James initially pushed back on Pelosi's warning with a tweet saying, "eyebrow lady tripping! u speak ur truth no holdz barred bro!!!". However, he quickly learned that she was talking about China, and followed up with a new tweet saying "SHUT UP AND SKI!"

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The Bee is funny, but not always where you want to go for your history.

[JonPreston]

Fantastic analogy, Babylon Bee!

[Berosus]

Spoken like a true Democrat of the Jim Crow era, which was when the 1936 Olympics took place.

[21twelve]

Back when the kids were learning about the Holocaust the whole idea of “never again” was behind the learning.

I told the kids of course it is important to learn about the Holocaust. But - this idea of “never again” is stupid. Told them of all of the more recent examples of genocide like Pol Pot, Rwanda, China....

This article points out the EXACT SAME THING is going on in China today.

[dynachrome]

Peelosi was but a wee socialist back then.

[CatOwner]

As was pointed out elsewhere, FDR invited the US Olympians from the 1936 games to the White House *except* for the 18 black Americans who competed for the US. This includes Jesse Owens. Pelosi and the DEMs can shove it if any athlete decides to condemn China for their atrocities.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"China has a lot of money." And Democrats have very deep pockets. They never got a dime from anyone in concentration camps, or from Tibetan monks. So who do you think they're going to support?

[Bonemaker]

"So, Owens was not personally snubbed by Hitler. However, Owens did feel that he had been snubbed by someone: U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. A month after the Olympic Games, Owens told a crowd, “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was [Roosevelt] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.” Roosevelt never publicly acknowledged Owens’s triumphs—or the triumphs of any of the 18 African Americans who competed at the Berlin Olympics. Only white Olympians were invited to the White House in 1936. A number of explanations have been offered for the president’s actions. Most likely, Roosevelt did not want to risk losing the support of Southern Democrats by appearing overly soft on the race issue. The black Olympians who competed in Berlin were not recognized by the White House until 2016, when Pres. Barack Obama invited the athletes’ relatives to an event in celebration of their lives and accomplishments."

Britannica.com

[immadashell]

If any athlete points out the obvious ChiCom (those being the ones in Asia as opposed to the ones in Illinois) atrocities Pelousy and Brandon will retaliate against their elementary school teachers and then probably Trump just on general principles!

[Tupelo]

I have often heard it said of that era:

“Southerners did not care how close blacks got as long as they did not get too big.”
“Northerners did not care how big blacks got as long as they did not get too close.”

I think that may explain Roosevelt’s not inviting them to White House.