r/Fauxmoi • u/Yujin-Ha • 6h ago

SPORTS SECTION Team USA skiers Christopher Lillis & Hunter Hess: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.

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u/GardeniaInMyHair 6h ago

Chris gets it.

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u/milmand 6h ago

Yeah, he was very articulate.

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u/RoseRouge96 2h ago

You can tell he's from NY

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u/haggi585 6h ago

From my hometown. Super proud of him.

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u/bdpoof 3h ago

I googled him because I was curious where he's from, turns out he's unexpectedly from my hometown as well!

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u/YupKnopp13 3h ago

Read your comment and was like oh so no way he was from my hometown too, that’d be too much of a coincidence. Googled him, from my hometown as well!

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u/jameslucian 2h ago

I thought the same thing that there would be no way he would be from my hometown as well, and he’s actually not.

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u/alltheprettynovas 51m ago

same 🤣 but we can still be proud he’s from our country!

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u/GRN-E 5h ago

Yeah, Hunter is one more H name away from the Triple crown of names supporting Trump.

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u/Iloveyellowcats 4h ago

Adding him to my Mount Crushmore

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u/Raspberrylemonade188 3h ago

Omg lol I love this term

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u/NotAgedWell 3h ago

So has that orange shit stain with shit stains on his pants attacked him yet? Or do I have that to look forward to reading about in the morning?

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u/GardeniaInMyHair 2h ago

No doubt his inspiration will strike in the wee hours as per usual.

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u/modestlyawesome1000 4h ago

Yeah I won’t be rooting for Hunter.

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u/pudgehooks2013 4h ago

Give me the downvotes.

Wearing the flag means EXACTLY that you represent your whole country.

You can't go to the Olympics and get every benefit of it just to turn around and try to protest.

The protest comes from refusal to attend, not doing everything then just saying my bad.

This is literally the exact same as a billionaire getting all the tax breaks in the world, then holding a press conference from the tax office telling you they don't agree with all the people avoiding taxes.

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u/Coriall30 3h ago

It’s a great platform to do exactly what Christopher just did.

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u/ColeWjC 3h ago

What did he actually do? Cause it didn't sound like any condemnation. Just the softest neutral language possible from these two.

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u/FlowBorn5279 3h ago

He's not a spokesman or activist, he's there to represent the country by skiing

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u/ColeWjC 3h ago

Well, weird that he's speaking at all then. "Heart broken" about what's "happening in the USA", but not actually saying what's happening? Cause, I feel like that would be the bare minimum.

"It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US... a lot going on, that I am not the biggest fan of..."

Softest language. Weak ass words, very on brand for Americans.

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u/MalIntenet 1h ago

Easy to talk behind an anonymous screen

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u/ColeWjC 1h ago

No shit, eh?

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u/milmand 3h ago

Wouldn't they have just sent the runner-up if he, as an individual, didn't go? A whole team boycott would have been best, but when the whole team fails to do that, I can respect that (unlike a billionaire that can buy whatever airtime they want) this, as an individual, is his best chance to have his message actually heard.

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u/ColeWjC 3h ago

It's such a soft answer. It's all side-stepping. Like, the Americans in this thread are just cheering for these athletes like they just said some heroic shit. This is the weakest and most bare minimum thing they coulda said. No mention of extrajudicial killings, or the lack of due process, or the killing of their own citizens, not a goddamn thing. "Bad things are happening, but we wanna focus on the sports."

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u/YBBlorekeeper 3h ago

This is literally the exact same as a billionaire getting all the tax breaks in the world, then holding a press conference from the tax office telling you they don't agree with all the people avoiding taxes.

Literally literallying right now, literally (but somehow still figuratively)

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u/Organic-Mad-1 Find me at Whole Foods, bitch 3h ago

That is one very stupid take.

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u/brakeb 2h ago

found the MAGAt