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The Olympics Versus Wokery
7/11/21 | Karen Dennison

Posted on 07/11/2021 10:05:53 PM PDT by rbbeachkid

The Olympics are upon us and we will see nationalism to its upmost. So, what happens with the “USA Sucks” crowd?

The athletes who have been poisoned in Anti-Americanism are a lost cause. Despite the fact that they are paid to compete for a country that they think they hate, they accept the money and run (or swim, or whatever) for The United States of America.

I am interested in seeing middle America’s reaction. Does our majority encourage wokery? Do we turn our backs on our misguided competitors? Or do we root for America to win no matter the means?

I, for one, will be rooting for the flag. When the grand totals are flashed, the individual athlete and any potential temper tantrums aren’t part of it. Yes, they will be given a lot of TV time at the event’s ending, but their complaint time passes quickly. How many golds, silvers and bronzes are categorized in the USA column versus the rest of the world is the final score.

I will Boo boys competing as girls. I will root for the defeat of our enemies. I will feel that familiar lump in my chest each time the National Anthem is played at an awards ceremony.

The naysayers will do whatever they do. That is our freedom. They get to.

My question is, how many of our regular Americans will be cheering America on?

My guess is that there are many.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: athletes; nolink; olympics

1 posted on 07/11/2021 10:05:53 PM PDT by rbbeachkid
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So, you are saying that you will support / encourage this sort of "woke," anti-patriotic behavior with your advertising dollar? You will help boost the tv ratings of the Olympics by watching this crap? You will - to all outward appearances - be condoning and (indirectly) financially supporting this crass displays of anti-Americanism?!

Regards,

2 posted on 07/11/2021 10:11:43 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Nope. That is the code of the simpleton to cheer for an America despising athlete to win in the name of “America”.
Eff em... and I’ll go one further. I will not support a team that is coached by someone who tolerates such displays.
I am further not impressed with the news story in every Olympics about the semi-truck loads of condoms they consume in a bacchanal of perversion.

I hope they lose until they wake up.


3 posted on 07/11/2021 10:12:02 PM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: alexander_busek

Why should be give Woke Corporate Giants like Comcast-NBC one moment of our time to watch the Olympics. Why?


4 posted on 07/11/2021 10:14:45 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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I will not watch because the event hasn’t interested in many years. But I wish all of the sincere athletes on the US teams all the best both in Tokyo and afterwards.


5 posted on 07/11/2021 10:22:40 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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I predict that Covid tests are going to be used as political tool to render American favorites ineligible, due to the need to quarantine due to false positives, to compete in many events so that the Chinese will win.


6 posted on 07/11/2021 10:23:25 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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Personally, they should cancel the Olympics. Our family won’t be watching them or even giving them the slightest attention.


7 posted on 07/11/2021 10:26:01 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: rbbeachkid

No crowds at the games, right? So, the athletes’ woke pandering will be almost exclusively for the TV audience. Not watching a single minute, although I support the Olympics’ decision to enforce female gender requirements and keep the transgenders out of the womens’ events.


8 posted on 07/11/2021 10:45:22 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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I don’t find a single event interesting. My wife likes to watch the Gymnastic events. I doubt there would be any woke grandstanding during the events themselves, more likely during the opening, closing and medal ceremonies, something we never watch.


9 posted on 07/11/2021 11:21:40 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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Sure, karen. You are going to root for the guy who is probably going to win the women’s weightlifting competition?


10 posted on 07/12/2021 5:00:58 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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If a person represents America in Olympic sports, then they should actively represent & promote America, not some goofy personal agenda. There is no place for that in the Olympics in my opinion.


11 posted on 07/12/2021 6:10:19 AM PDT by oldtech
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May watch a couple events but going to miss the large majority of them.


12 posted on 07/12/2021 6:13:22 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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