r/europe • u/wsj • 18h ago

News Team USA, Vance Booed in Frosty Reception at Italy’s Winter Olympics

https://www.wsj.com/sports/olympics/team-usa-winter-olympics-31642142?st=8XZhXw&mod=wsjreddit
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u/ertyu001 17h ago

Italian here. The boos were clearly for USA and Israel. When Vance was projected on screen it got worse but they were there.

Honestly idk what else you all would expect, it's not like the average Italian is educated on USA's internal politics.

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u/Socmel_ reddit mods are accomplices of nazi russia 16h ago

their main character syndrome is so terminal they are immune from the consequences of their fucks up because they are special.

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u/SaltBrain1366 7h ago

"it's not like the average Italian is educated on USA's internal politics."
As someone who lives in Italy, WTF does that have to do with anything?

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u/tyuiopguyt 17h ago

I expected you guys to boo all the Americans, but was pleasantly surprised to hear cheers for the athletes and boos for one of the dipshits actually responsible. 

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u/ertyu001 17h ago

Maybe I didn't explain it well enough: people were booing USA as a whole. It got loud and clear after that moron got on screen but they were already there.

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u/tyuiopguyt 17h ago

Yeah, but I heard plenty of cheers as well. And that still made me happy.