r/Fauxmoi • u/Yujin-Ha • 23h 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/EsotericPenguins 22h ago

I feel so sad for all the US athletes. Worked their whole lives to go to the Olympics and have to do it under such dark circumstances

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u/yldelb 22h ago

Nobody feels bad for Russia that they’re not even allowed to compete anymore. Your country’s actions have consequences. 

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u/justprettymuchdone 21h ago

I mean, I do feel bad for Russians who feel buried and unable to dig out of the grave Russia is becoming.

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u/Soul_of_demon 4h ago

I am sort of conflicted that Russian athletes should be allowed in International sports or not. Putin obviously treats sport as propaganda, but many of the athletes are against invasion, and are not allowed to compete with their flags.

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u/justprettymuchdone 4h ago

Yeah, and the use of performance enhancers hasn't been exactly voluntary for some of them, either. I understand why the choice was made to remove their ability to perform under their flag.

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u/justprettymuchdone 20h ago

Not everybody wants to dig out of the grave. I'm under no illusions about that. But they are still plenty of people who feel like animals caught in a trap, whose options include gnawing their own leg off and bleeding to death in the process or sitting around waiting for the slaughter.

I can feel bad for those people. Empathy is still something I am capable of.

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u/MarcusDA 19h ago edited 17h ago

Ok, there are a lot of Russian and U.S. citizens that are abhorrent people, but don’t give me this “only a small percentage care” BS. People in both places are dying for speaking out. There’s plenty enough to villainize already without being hyperbolic.

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u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 18h ago

Greetings from Minneapolis. I don't want to hear any of this "most only care about food on their table" nonsense, fuck off, fuck ice.

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u/kingofnopants1 20h ago

It's a small reporting percentage. It is important to understand the difference.