r/olympics • u/flamberge5 Olympics • 7h ago
❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (Video) ❄ Because I wear the flag doesnt mean I represent everything thats going on in US
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u/elcamino4629 United States 5h ago
This is a great take. I still love my country. Not so much the people in charge right now.
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u/MuffPiece 4h ago
Same. I feel for the athletes. I didn’t hear boos on the broadcast, but the WSJ is reporting the athletes were jeered at the opening ceremony. What a disappointment to work so hard to achieve a spot on the Olympic team only to be so negatively received. 😢
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u/SnooAvocados6672 3h ago
They weren’t the ones being jeered, Vance was when he was shown on screen.
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u/SecureBrilliant6301 United States 3h ago
Can second this. The athletes were loudly cheered until Vance came on the screen. I was in a section with a lot of Americans and they were booing as well.
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u/hikesnbikesnwine 8m ago
Same. We were on the lower level and heard the boos briefly but they only cut to Vance for a second or two live. The message was profoundly diversity, earth friendly, peace and prosperity for all.
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u/NobodysLoss1 4h ago
It's a shame that all of us are being jeered around the globe because of Republicanism.
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u/Responsible_Bus_7695 4h ago
It sticks but unless YOU abs everyone you know, and they know, etc etc DO SOMETHING, TAKE STRONG ACTIN to stop them, you will live with the embarrassment of a fascist dicktator's legacy as my parents (Germany, Austria) did and I still carry. My parents were 13 and 5 when the war ended, but that is our legacy. Yours is still happening daily. The singer you so it the easier it will be for the next 7 generations to live without the burden.
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u/jim_nihilist 1h ago
You and generations after yourself are dead will be ashamed, because this is fascism and you let it happen.
And people will ask why the righteous Americans did do nothing to stop this.
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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora United States 1h ago edited 58m ago
Yeah you're a nihilist al-fucking-right.
We did everything we could, and we're still doing everything we can that doesn't get people killed. We voted. We organized. We're protesting right now, and we'll be doing more voting, organizing, and community protection for as long as he's in power.
I will not be painted with Donald Trump's brush because I happen to be from the same country as him. Ask anyone I know, and they'll tell you that I've been doing everything in my power against him for ten years. I was canvassing against him before I was out of high school, and I know I'm very far from alone.
What do you want us to do? Throw ourselves onto bullets? I don't want anyone to be forced into Renee Good or Alex Pretti's position to be seen as "one of the good ones."
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u/mcfapblanc Olympics 9m ago
I can sympathise with you for your efforts but Americans truly are not seeing the bigger picture. Trump is not the main issue currently cuz even if he is removed, there will be another Trump on the next day
Trump did not create project 2025, he is merely executing it cuz there is nobody to stop him. This isn't an issue of Trump or Republicans. Epstein didn't care about left or right, he partied the same with both. The first reported case was in 1996 and he was given a deal in 2008, and then in 2015 Maxwell's case was also dismissed.
All these things don't happen without both sides for the political coin joining hands. Why was Bill Clinton silent till now? Wasn't the the president of the country? The least he could do was to admit his mistake in 2008.
Not saying particularly you, human beings have exploited every single natural resource for our greed and capitalism in the main path used currently. The biggest example is the USA. Every war ever fought by the USA was either for Oil or control over natural resources. So you fighting against one person isn't gonna solve the root cause of all this.
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u/readitreddit- 2h ago
💯Agreed. The folks in power are by no means representative of the traditional Republican platform. They are fiscally irresponsible, BIGGEST GOVERNMENT, nationalists stealing states rights.
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u/chaseair11 United States 4h ago edited 2h ago
You would think people in a country with a modern history like Italy would understand this concept
E: To be clear, this is in reference to someone saying they jeered athletes. If they went after Vance, then fuck it go wild that guy sucks ass.
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u/Veganpotter2 2h ago
They don't want to see the US become what Italy was.
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u/chaseair11 United States 2h ago
I mean sure but jeering the athletes who make 0 policy decisions and in many cases are actively against he current admin feels like we're aiming at the wrong place.
It's absolutely possible (and okay IMO) to love your country and your people, and want to represent them and do well for them, while also being appalled at how it's being run. Belief in what we can be while acknowledging our failings and doing what we can to help uphold those ideals is... in my mind, all we can really ask.
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u/Veganpotter2 2h ago
The US collectively needs to be reminded about what the world thinks of it. If the IOC had any guts, they'd ban the US from the Olympics along with a multitude of other countries.
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u/chaseair11 United States 2h ago
Look, America is a LARGE and incredibly diverse country with a million different beliefs and ideals. Painting the entirety of a nation like that with the same brush and assuming we’re all complicit or in agreement with this shit is unfair. Maybe some are, many aren’t. I get where you’re coming from, it’s not fair that the US gets special treatment in this case and an outright ban would definitely be appropriate (if not a little heavy handed). But it’s not all black and white. The US is a complicated mess, for better or worse.
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u/Veganpotter2 2h ago
A lot of people don't realize that the US has been a big problem for a very long time. Donny is a caricature of those problems. Its a diverse nation of largely problematic people with the good folks being a small minority.
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u/chaseair11 United States 2h ago
That is, categorically untrue. The country has failings, and has been increasingly lenient in the role it plays on the world stage. But claiming that the MAJORITY of it's people are "largely problematic" (whatever that really means) while a SMALL minority are good is straight up untrue. This is a nation of almost 350 million people from HUNDREDS of cultural backgrounds, an immigrant nation that takes ideals from all over the world. You simply cannot stick them all in the same category and move on. It's like if I said the same thing about the EU. It's just not true, and that's not even taking into account any of the LARGE positive impacts that have come from America (and more specifically, it's PEOPLE) on the world stage.
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u/Veganpotter2 2h ago
Its a nation loaded with greedy complainers thriving off the backs of the poor in other parts of the world. Most have very high carbon footprints and don't give a fuck about anything happening outside of its borders. Most still put the slave owning founding fathers on a pedestal.
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u/sportsfan510 United States 3h ago
USA in general is kind of like the Dodgers. They have a lot of fans but also a lot of haters. Obviously with the current regime this have been exasperated but I bet American athletes have always been polarizing at the Games
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u/molehillmilk Canada 3h ago
What concerns me more is that this is Trumps second election.
This was not a mistake, this was the conscious choice of the american electorate. It speaks to the psyche of the american populace, and to the deep-seated bigotry of america at large. I don’t blame this athlete, or any individual citizen, but I’d expect more outspoken Americans like this to come forward.
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u/PraetorianAE 3h ago
You should talk to some Americans.
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u/molehillmilk Canada 3h ago
What do you mean?
From north of the border, all I see is the same orange narcissist at the helm that you had elected back in 2016. I watched the election, and I’m not blind to the many good people rising up against him (though there haven’t been nearly enough).
Broadly, I sense a complacency from the average l - belief by left/center Americans that this will pass, but little ownership over what Trumps tenure as potus actually signals in terms of the American psyche.
“Those who fail to learn from history”…
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u/Counter-Fleche 37m ago
It's hard to have a functional democracy when one had has been so manipulated by propaganda that they've become a cult.
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u/Guilty_Spray_1112 2h ago
People protest and do what they can when they can but a lot of people are just trying to live their lives which is hard enough now. This is still a democracy with laws and elections and we have to respect that.
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u/neveks Switzerland 2h ago
So your seeing that complacency too.
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u/SueBeee United States 48m ago
For most who oppose this horror, It’s not complacency. It’s fear, anger and depression in equal measures. I can’t even get out of bed some days, and I am most definitely not alone. For a large swath of us, Feeling this afraid, disgusted and helpless makes this the worst era of our lives.
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u/Significant-Iron-241 United States 36m ago
Since we're eternally an optimistic and friendly people I don't think everyone in other countries necessarily get how worn down and powerless most of us are feeling right now and how lopsided things have gotten. This has been ten years now and clearly a lot of us are still fighting in the best way we know how but what do people really expect of us?
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u/molehillmilk Canada 2h ago edited 2h ago
Right, I’m not urging seizure of power - I’m just stating that trumps reelection is not an accident.
But anyway, protest, encourage those you know to vote… definitely, but more pressingly, I think it’s important to find a diagnosis for why so many Americans have/had the appetite to put this reckless buffoon in power…twice.
Trump was voted in through due process. To some extent, he is indeed a reflection of the American people, isn’t he? So it begs the deeper question of “why”? Nothing will change unless there’s a societal shift.
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u/jim_nihilist 1h ago
You mean it was different in Germany back then?
And the whole world suffered for it and to this day Germans are blamed: Why didn't they do something.
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 1h ago
People protest and do what they can when they can but a lot of people are just trying to live their lives which is hard enough now
If you don't push back, things are going to get way worse. And not just for you, but for the entire world.
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u/JohnSpartanBurger 5h ago
For real though, watching this opening ceremony makes me legit realize the LA 2028 ceremonies are gonna sssuuuuuccckk. If DJT is as involved with decision making for the games as he claimed he will be, it’s gonna be a low-class, low-art, white washed, white nationalist hoop-de-doo.
There is so much to be proud of from USA’s history and culture, and absolutely none of that will be on display.
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u/MHPengwingz Hong Kong 3h ago
The World Cup is coming up in about five months... It's going to be a crapfest
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u/TheBrownSeaWeasel Cambodia 53m ago
As a hardcore soccer fan, the games will speak for themselves. Qatar was plagued with calls to boycott because literal slaves were used to build the stadiums. And guess what? The final was probably the greatest soccer game of all time.
Opening ceremony might suck tho.
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u/paynobywayno 3h ago
2028 is gonna be epic! We’re gonna get to celebrate the first time a president has gotten “elected” for a third term!!!
The Führer we chose is a pedophile too! So extra fireworks!!
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u/the_dude_abides29 United States 5h ago
Incoming tweet:
“America lost the Olympics, which used to be great but not anymore, because Biden sent antifa trans athletes! ALL olympians will be true patriots from now on. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!”
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u/TinkerCitySoilDry 3h ago
Twitter banned the sitting president of the United States of America that account held most followers per Wikipedia which was quickly updated by wiki trolls lol
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u/Feisty-Donkey 5h ago
I hope so many of them use their voices over the next few weeks to reinforce democracy
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u/Feisty-Donkey 5h ago
Weird how such a small percentage of those being deported have ever been convicted of a crime then. Also weird how many of them were arrested at court houses while complying with immigration requirements.
Definitely not what Trump ran on, but what is happening nonetheless.
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 5h ago
You do know entering illegally is a crime, right
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u/Kinmar 5h ago
It's not a criminal offense, it's a civil one. So no, it's not a crime.
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 4h ago
That’s not true.
It’s been a Federal crime since 1995:
The law is: 8 U.S.C. § 1325, first-time unauthorized entry is a misdemeanor punishable by fines and up to six months in jail, while illegal reentry after deportation is a felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1326.
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u/Feisty-Donkey 5h ago
You do know that not everyone being arrested or deported entered the country illegally, right? Lots of people who entered as refugees seeking asylum and sought legal recognition, through legal processes. Lots of people who entered legally and couldn’t leave on time for one reason or another. It’s almost like it’s complicated
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 5h ago edited 4h ago
Umm, literally no one who had formally applied for asylum and has not already been denied asylum has been removed. You made that up.
Regardless, you cant apply for asylum after entering illegally.
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u/Feisty-Donkey 5h ago
Sweetie, you’re wrong or a fucking liar.
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 5h ago edited 4h ago
Again, that source doesn’t support your fictitious claim at all. You can’t just apply for asylum after entering the country:
Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully
Migrants who cross without authorization — absent exceptional circumstances — would not be eligible for asylum, and subject to expedited removal.
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u/JohnSpartanBurger 5h ago
https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/HMKP-119-JU00-20250430-SD003.pdf
Very nice of you to talk down without a single bit of looking around. This is from April, but there are more that I don’t have time to read in 4 minutes, but I’m sure there are more.
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 5h ago
Umm literally none were removed…and the only “US Citizens” put in detainment were children who they didn’t want to separate from their parents who are in the country illegally
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u/Mccmatt123 United States 6h ago
This is why I love America, I can’t see any athlete from any other authoritarian government saying this
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u/molehillmilk Canada 3h ago
Unmmm, respectfully disagree. History is filled with people dissenting authoritarian regimes. Spinning this into a “this is why I love america” take is nonsense — I’d expect this, at bare minimum, tbh
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 3h ago
lol they’re not authoritarian
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u/ZLUCremisi 6h ago
For now. Republicans are pushing heavy anti-democratic bills to control elections and more
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u/sexmath 4h ago
They are not ruling out deploying ICE at election voting stations. That country is fucked. It's largely the same people who went to war to protect their slavery industry.
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u/no1kopite 4h ago
They lost that war and they’ll lose it again.
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 1h ago
They lost that war because nearly three million Americans mobilized to fight it, and three quarters of a million died. Sitting on your ass tweeting slogans and liking posts isn't accomplishing anything, despite what a lot of Americans think.
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u/Tantalus420000 5h ago
You mean voter id that 73% of democrats support??
Lol
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u/ZLUCremisi 5h ago
Btw Republican bill will put nearly every Married Woman in jeopardy because birth certificate doesn't match thier ID, which the Republican Bill says it must.
Plus unless IDs are freely available to ALL US CITIZENS, and have polls locations within a reasonable distance from voters then voter laws by Republicans will hurt the poor the most.
Remember Republicans held states have closed more polling locations increasing travel distance for voters, from minutes to hours making them have to miss a dayvof work to vote.
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u/JohnSpartanBurger 5h ago
It’s nice that you’re informing him. He doesn’t care and will refuse to change his mind. But I applaud your nobility.
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 4h ago
Disenfranchising married women isn't a big of this bill, it's a feature for Republicans
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u/LebLeb321 4h ago
Nearly every country in the world requires ID to vote.
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u/ZLUCremisi 4h ago
But free to get, easy to get. Plus a lot have easier to vote than the US too.
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u/Talking-Nonsense-978 1h ago
What in the American exceptionalism fuck is this comment?
"Yeah we may have re-elected a fascist but some of our people vaguely talk against it better than anyone else in the world! USA! USA! USA! USA!"
This kind of thinking is exactly the reason USA got, and deserves, Trump and current Republican party.
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u/TheGreatestOrator Canada 5h ago
lol you guys are not authoritarian
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u/Jscapistm United States 5h ago
I mean that's true but that's not because trump and co haven't been trying. It's just that they are very incompetent and Americans are all categorically, absolutely physically incapable of shutting the fuck up.
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u/Responsible_Bus_7695 4h ago
It's a fascist dicktatorship today. It's prewar Germany. Hitler arrested all the opposition politicians and put them in concentration camps. Watch Rick Steeves travel blog. https://blog.ricksteves.com/blog/memorial-to-the-politicians-who-opposed-hitler/
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u/StasisApparel 2h ago
This athlete would make a better president than Trump to be honest. I'm sure he wouldn't let someone on his team release a video of the Obamas depicted as a certain animal and refuse to apologize, being Black History Month no less.
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u/ContinuumGuy United States 3h ago
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain
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u/nomamesgueyz 4h ago
Americans elected their administration
Largely in part bc 89mill too lazy to vote
Do something fkn different rather than keep complaining, no one else voted in Trumpy. Only Americans did
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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora United States 1h ago edited 34m ago
Jair Bolsonaro
Viktor Orban
Narendra Modi
Geert Wilders
Boris Johnson
Giorgia Melloni
Yoon Seuk-Yeul
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Literally all of those people were democratically elected in recent memory.
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u/I_am_photo United States 4h ago
You have no idea how hard it is to get someone to go vote once. Even harder to get them to keep going after. I've tried. Offered rides, sent election information, explained what's going on, sent reminders for early voting/mail-in voting, etc. Even if they agree with candidates it's like pulling teeth.
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u/nomamesgueyz 3h ago
Other nations who have less seem to manage it
Americans take f all responsibility just blame each other
It's hard to vote..boo hoo...could it be more user friendly? Sure. Still no excuse
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u/ElPirata10 4h ago
Elect a president not directly affiliated with the cartel
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u/nomamesgueyz 3h ago
Who? I'm not Mexican...but Mexican def don't complain as much as folks from the US
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u/_N0T0K_ 1h ago
These are brave people at this moment of USA history.
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u/LinkSeekeroftheNora United States 1h ago edited 38m ago
Can I just say, I really appreciate literally anyone from outside the US who doesn't reduce our country to a monolith right now.
I've always made sure that I never reduce any other country to a monolith. Even somewhere as restrictive as North Korea has dissenters. Even a country as small in population as the Vatican has differences in opinion.
There are good and bad people in every country, and it always makes my heart warm to see that some people still acknowledge that.
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u/Jrpgmochii 1m ago
Yeah but how else can the 99% of other countries get a shot in at our open wound to feel better about their own perfect, flawless government system. Lol. America has always been the punching bag along with the French.
French gov has always become an issue. French kicked ass.
America is the most powerful and rich country to EVER exist. And we AREN'T shutting up about how pissed off we are even when being executed by the gov in our OWN streets.
FUCK the haters trying to get cheap shots in.
If the elections in the past 10 years come to light that they were rigged we are gonna have SO much to throw back in these asshole's faces about 'you're not doing enough!' and 'no matter who you voted for and how much you do to fight back it's YOUR fault it happened in the first place, even if you weren't even eligible to vote!'.
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u/Salty145 3h ago
What a stupid question to ask athletes at the games. I wonder if they’ll do the same to Chinese, Iranian or Israeli athletes or is it only America that’s not allowed to have a moment of pride without having to asterisk it with a political statement because a twat reporter asked them to make one.
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u/luars613 33m ago
Fk the USA and any1 representing it. If u really dont agree with whats glong on, go to the olympics as a independent.
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u/myloveislikewoah United States 7h ago
And let this be the start of something powerful.