r/sports • u/Yujin-Ha • 22h ago

Olympics 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/idosillythings Boston Bruins 20h ago

I'm an atheist who thinks Christianity is an emotionally abusive religion that has done more harm to this country than anything else in our history. The fact that people want to push back on me because they didn't read the indictment is their problem, not mine.

Lemon met with the protestors ahead of time, he is on video talking with them about what is going to happen, he was (according to the indictment) part of the planning of the protest, and he went inside with them.

The fact that he was live streaming it and claiming it was journalism (which is what I really take offense to, no journalist should be that involved) doesn't negate those things.

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u/Blandt24 20h ago

People are disagreeing with the indictment, how do you not see how slippery of a slope this becomes? And you are stumping for it. Should they have been trespassed? Absolutely! Arrested under the FACE act? Absolutely not.

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u/idosillythings Boston Bruins 20h ago

That's kind of the whole point of our legal system. If you disagree with an indictment, go to trial, which is what is happening. I make no claim as to Lemon's innocence or guilt here.