Posted on 08/12/2024 2:05:54 AM PDT by Cronos
Brittney Griner was among the WNBA players who spoke out about the national anthem in 2020 amid a summer of racial unrest following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Griner said in 2020 that the WNBA shouldn't play the national anthem, adding the league should "take that much of stand." She also walked off the court before the anthem was played before a game that season.
But since then, Griner has gone through tumult. She was imprisoned for nearly 10 months in Russia after she was arrested on drug charges in February 2022. The U.S. and Russia would agree to a prisoner swap and the ordeal seemed to change Griner’s stance about what "The Star-Spangled Banner" means to the country.
Griner was seen with the gold medal around her neck after the U.S. women’s basketball team defeated France at the Paris Olympics and in tears as the anthem blared.
"I didn't think I would be here," she said of the 2024 Paris Olympics, via Reuters. "And then to be here and winning gold for my country, representing when my country fought for me so hard to even be standing here. This gold medal is going to hold a special place among the other two I was fortunate to win."
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The same country she used to dislike saved Griner. Brought her back from a brutal Russian prison colony. And in a lot of ways, it humbled her. Suddenly she associates good things with the anthem she didn’t used to associate with it… in fact she owes her life and her freedom to the institutions she used to criticise
He.
Yes, it took the loss of one’s freedom to learn.
Drug dealers belong in jail
I’ll believe it when I see it...5 years from now.
Trani 🤡
I was pleasantly surprised by the display of patriotism by the Olympic participants. Many draped themselves in the flag. I wonder if it was genuine or a marketing ploy?
You think they would have done it if Trump was in the White House?
Oh this is the guy who was jailed for bringing drugs into Russia.
Likely marketing of themselves and their brand and just “the thing to do at the Olympics when you win”. I do think some athletes, though, do care about their country, but not all.
Think of the 1968 Olympics where black American athlete metal winners were holding up the black power sign. Also at the same Olympics George Foreman carried a little American flag in the ring when he won his metal. She is now looking at the United States in a different way.
Keep it up, Brian Griner!
Now Brian gets it! Better late than never.
This dude still has mental illness.
Curious why Russia didn’t blow this dudes story wide open🤷♂️
It’s an election year.
“...she owes her life and her freedom to the institutions she used to criticise.”
Being able to participate in the Olympics, she also OWES the US taxpayers who foot the bill!
With the Woke City way things are going these days, it won’t be long before we have a Navy ship named USS Brittney Griner.
Some people are just slow learners.
So frustrating.
So frustrating.
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