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Italy minimizes politics during Olympics opening ceremony: 'No woke garbage
Blaze Media ^ | 02/06/2025 | Andrew Chapados

Posted on 02/07/2026 9:32:46 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

Mariah Carey and a tribute to disco are hardly controversial.

For the 2026 Winter Games, the Olympics kept political messaging to a minimum, save for a couple of small segments.

The games, which are taking place in Milan and Cortina, Italy, held two parades for the opening ceremonies. Athletes came from the mountains, where they will compete in Cortina, down to the town square to celebrate, while fans packed the San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan to watch the ceremonial performances.

The ceremony opened with a montage video featuring skiers, a woman making a bowl of pasta, cappuccinos, families on a mountain, Italian sports cars, and more.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: italy; olympics

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It's sad we even have to discuss things like this but I think the opening ceremonies went pretty well.
I try to filter out all the woke BS and concentrate on some of the great individual stories and "thrill of victory".
PLUS the some of the scenes of the Dolomites are breathtaking.
1 posted on 02/07/2026 9:32:46 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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I can’t believe that the haters from Washington State and Massachusetts haven’t cancelled Briar Rabbit and his stupid bowel while the Skinnie Minnies are still suffering at the hands of the ICE Men. The MFL don’t care about them. They should cancel the Stupor Bowel to show solidarity with the illegal alien invaders of America.


2 posted on 02/07/2026 9:38:22 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Only a hand operated dildo would write a song that needed words that rhymed with Minneapolis.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“”””Mariah Carey and a tribute to disco are hardly controversial.””””

Oh Yeah?


3 posted on 02/07/2026 9:39:00 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Kid Shelleen

Most of Italy is more conservative than Indiana. You hear about politicians side piece. The government is crazy because nobody with brains or two cents to rub together wants to be seen going to low class politics.


4 posted on 02/07/2026 9:39:20 AM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: Kid Shelleen

I’d probably watch if only NBC wasn’t doing the coverage. I suspect the European countries’ coverage isn’t nearly as woke.


5 posted on 02/07/2026 9:40:19 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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The government is crazy because nobody with brains or two cents to rub together wants to be seen going to low class politics.


That’s what’s happening here now.


6 posted on 02/07/2026 9:42:18 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Kid Shelleen

This is un-true

They let Charlize Theron in there claiming South Africa as her home with a perfect American accent and $hundreds of million American saying Nelson Mandela is her hero

Subtext America is bad

They can do that from Europe where America - the US- has been paying for and footing their defense for 80 years since they had to oust Mussolini and they can’t be trusted

This is in correct

The Italians came out repeatedly saying no war

They’ve rejected Jesus

They’ve imported an invasion- none of whose are in the olympics


7 posted on 02/07/2026 9:44:19 AM PST by stanne
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To: protoconservative

Problem is the unions there are all Communist.


8 posted on 02/07/2026 9:44:30 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“”””Mariah Carey and a tribute to disco are hardly controversial.””””

Oh Yeah?”””””””””””””””””””””””

Disco is the devil. I am a survivor.


9 posted on 02/07/2026 9:44:41 AM PST by shelterguy
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They should have done Disco Demolition.


10 posted on 02/07/2026 9:47:38 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Kid Shelleen
It's sad we even have to discuss things like this but I think the opening ceremonies went pretty well.

So far, so good. Other than a couple of athletes acting "goofy". Especially the Americans, unfortunately.

11 posted on 02/07/2026 9:47:47 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Ugly American Syndrome strikes again. Just shut up and ski.


12 posted on 02/07/2026 9:49:36 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Kid Shelleen
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13 posted on 02/07/2026 9:49:55 AM PST by CottonBall (Make Somalis Pirates Again)
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I saw that today. Very funny!!


14 posted on 02/07/2026 9:50:48 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: CottonBall

Love The Bee.


15 posted on 02/07/2026 9:50:50 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

France set the bar really low, so anything is an improvement. I shudder to think what LA summer games will be like. I am sure Greasy Gavin will be there.


16 posted on 02/07/2026 9:57:46 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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Trump is going to be involved with the Games in L.A.


17 posted on 02/07/2026 9:59:23 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Kid Shelleen
Thematically, musically, and visually, it was a pagan festival, following the globalist "Millennium Walk" first performed in Disney's 2000 Super Bowl Halftime show, complete with the fertility duet, dancing druids, kids with oversized butterflies, and a substitute for the sacrifice of the (black) virgin.
18 posted on 02/07/2026 10:01:38 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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Did they also sing “Imagine”?


19 posted on 02/07/2026 10:05:44 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Kid Shelleen

Except for the one eyed salute from a zombie woman, and the Joe Biden red lights with a Pentagram featured in the center.
It was another sicko Olympic pagan Satanic opening ceremony.


20 posted on 02/07/2026 10:26:38 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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