Posted on 02/09/2018 4:31:29 AM PST by markomalley
The honor of which American athlete would carry the American flag for Team USA at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics came down to a coin flip today in Pyeongchang. And the athlete on the losing end of that flip is not pleased.
Speed skater Shani Davis decided to not participate in todays ceremonies after he lost the flip to luger Erin Hamlin.
Davis took to Twitter and evoked African American history month in his commentary on the events.
I am an American and when I won the 1000m in 2010 I became the first American to 2-peat in that event. @TeamUSA dishonorably tossed a coin to decide its 2018 flag bearer. No problem. I can wait until 2022. #BlackHistoryMonth2018#PyeongChang2018pic.twitter.com/dsmTtNkhJs Shani Davis (@ShaniDavis) February 8, 2018
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He sounds a lot like that stupid female black Muslim fencer with the stupid hijab years ago.
Obama gave all “my people” (Read: His people) and attitude.
Viewers don't need or want this cr@p.
The problem with all these social justice warriors is they have been duped by the Marxists into thinking its 1960 and that Trump is Bull Connors.
Useful idiots all.
I personally think it’s great to see an athlete so disappointed in not winning the honor of carrying the American flag. We need more athletes like him and I hope the NFL is watching. I’m going to especially route for him this olympics.
Let’s see....add him to Lindsey and the homosexual skater to those I won’t support in the Olympics.
WHERE is the concept of SPORTSMANSHIP. Could he bear the flag as an AMERICAN, or does he have his identity in his skin pigment. This won’t get un anywhere folks. WE ARE ALL ONE.... not a bunch of modge podge mixed groupies.
Confidence is high.
I repeat, Confidence is high...
Winning the Gold at the Olympics...for VICTIMHOOD !!!!
I don’t know about speed skaters but my understanding is that there is no such thing as a straight male figure skater.
Probably planning on some Black Power salute.
And we all know, had he won the flip, everything would be OK.
I honestly hope it turns out he does NOT contribute to our medal count. What a spoiled, entitled racist baby.
Former American athlete dons the mantle of African-American Olympian boycotts opening ceremonies chooses to pout because he wasnt chosen to carry flag demonstrating his social justice virtue signaling and his pettiness.
Which is why I no longer - among other reasons - watch these ‘events’.
Racist Coin!!!!!
He sounds like some ****hole Third World boogaloo.
He should shut up and act like a loyal American.
American freedom got him his medals....not some Third Wold ***hole.
Give the ingrate a six month stay in North Korea.
Out of the hundreds of Olympic Athletes, what made him extra special enough to carry the flag?
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