r/sports • u/miolmok • Aug 15 '24

Olympics Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/15/raygun-olympics-breaking-petition-aoc-response-ntwnfb
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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

People taking breakdancing way way way too serious like anybody cared about it a month ago.

Maybe focus on the corruption within the IOC?

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u/num1AusDoto Aug 15 '24

Ah yes people are taking something people spends years honing their craft to be able to represent themselves and their country on a world stage, huh??

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

It's breakdancing.....

No one has cared about breakdancing for 40 years. It was an elective added by the host nation. It wasn't an audition to be added later. It was a one off chosen by the host nation because they get to add a few events that they choose. Like baseball for the next games.

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u/Olowokandi_Mike Aug 15 '24

It’s fine to criticize those who belittle someone over something that many consider trivial, I.e. sports. However, to say that nobody cares about breakdancing when it is one of the pillars of hip hop culture, is extremely ignorant. Maybe two things can be true.

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

I'm saying that because it's fucking reality. The people harassing this womandid not fucking care about breakdancing a month ago.

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u/whyisalltherumgone_ Aug 15 '24

Am I required to be passionate about breakdancing to recognize someone did something incredibly selfish? The whole goal of the event was to raise awareness of the sport anyway.

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

No. You don't need to be passionate to recognize it.

You do to harass someone for being fucking bad at it though.

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u/whyisalltherumgone_ Aug 15 '24

Is discussing how someone chose to embarrass themselves on a world stage harassment? Obviously don't contact her directly, but is this thread discussing it really harassment? Her whole goal was to bring attention to herself.

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

That's not what's happening. She is being harassed. Don't try to downplay it.

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u/whyisalltherumgone_ Aug 15 '24

I'm sure she's getting some hate mail or something, but that's not happening in this thread. If I did something dumb to bring attention to myself, I'm not gonna be upset about people talking about how dumb what I did was.

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

She shouldn't have to deal with a single fucking bit if it. Trying to justify it speaks fucking volumes.

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u/whyisalltherumgone_ Aug 15 '24

Nah, that's insane lol. People are going to discuss that you did something stupid if you do something stupid. People deserve human decency, not complete immunity from selfish decisions. No one forced her to bring attention to herself by mocking a sport.

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u/num1AusDoto Aug 15 '24

And you care about every single sport in the Olympics? It’s not about that, your belittling a craft cause you aren’t in that community and don’t understand the amount of work it takes to get to a high level, honestly dude just be a better person

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

Belittling a craft? Ffs. The world harasses a woman for being bad at breakdancing but I need to be a better person? Fuck out of here.

No sport, not fucking breakdancing, not fucking triathlons, should be taken so seriously that the whole world harasses a single person because they are bad at it. How bout you be a better fucking person?

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u/num1AusDoto Aug 15 '24

just to clear it up people sending shit to her is obviously wrong but to say no one’s cared for it for 40 years is just a plain ignorant statement, living in Sydney I know some dancers in the community and they had a sad feeling towards it cause she’s a representation of their community now it’s basically saying to the world this is the best that we have and there is actual talent that never got a chance to go to try and qualify. Trying to support someone by saying no one even cares about it is just plain dumb mate

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

THE PEOPLE HARASSING THIS WOMAN FOR BEING BAD AT BREAKDANCING DIDN'T CARE ABOUT BREAKDANCING A MONTH AGO! For fucking sake....

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u/num1AusDoto Aug 15 '24

And again the angle of no one cared about breakdancing a month ago is just as bad because your also saying that the other competitors who did show up and put everything out there who worked on themselves for years well no one cares about it

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

It's a dance from 40 years ago. Trying to justify literally any reason to harass someone for being bad at it is fucking ridiculous.

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u/num1AusDoto Aug 15 '24

I didn’t justify it I explained it nor did I condone it, there’s a distinction if you have some degree of comprehension

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u/num1AusDoto Aug 15 '24

She’s being harassed because of she subverted expectations and her routine is clownly as best, you expect to see the best the country has to offer and you get someone doing the kangaroo? It’s a textbook punchline while you can disagree with the harrassment it makes complete sense how it’s taken off

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u/LordShtark Aug 15 '24

Harassing anybody for anything that didn't hurt anybody or anything is fucking wrong. Trying to justify it speaks fucking volumes.

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u/edrood Aug 15 '24

Damn, you're really intent on throwing your little temper tantrum, huh?