1) The country didn’t give them anything, the top athletes earned their ranking
2) being on the world stage is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness for issues back home, while simultaneously using public shaming to apply pressure
3) Getting offended when people critique your country is a form of denial (the psychological kind). If the criticism is untrue it doesn’t warrant an emotional reaction; so emotionally rejecting criticism subtly validates it while showing that you aren’t willing to do anything about the problem.
I find it funny in a sad way that most of that nazi shit comes from boomers whose fathers literally fought the OG nazis, guess that shows how much we learn from history
1) The country didn’t give them anything, the top athletes earned their ranking
It's crazy how many times I've seen someone try to drag Gwen Berry by saying she's "not that good" and that she "barely qualified." Seriously? It's the damn Olympics. If she qualified, she's that good.
I hope she wins a medal or few, see if that shuts them up. (I know, it won't.)
Poor Forrest Gump gets put in the worst memes. He was 10x smarter than the people writing them. And he was a war hero, a shrimp boat captain, a table tennis champ...
Mhm. For some reason, us Americans feel the need to showboat at literally all times. If you aren't putting the flag all over everything, singing the anthem at the top of your lungs, and screeching at every other country for being inferior, you aren't "American enough"
Nationalism, means your Nazism flaps in the wind on the end of a pole while a gasbag bloviates about their pride and undercuts its integrity with one ill-applied rhetorical device after another.
Currently at the beach with my family… I told my 16 year old.
“You see those folks flying flags? Stay far far away.”
One’s identity should not wrapped up in “their country”. Especially, in the west. The Natives are the only inhabitants that could make such a claim justly.
Some of these Euro-descendants, clearly don’t understand why their ancestors hopped on those boats to start anew in the Americas (the lower caste largely didn’t know of the larger implications/purposes of the spread).
Of course not. People always forget history because they never learn it. They learn facts, names, and dates, and nothing deeper than that. It's the reason the descendants of immigrants hate immigrants
To be an American bitching about immigrants is beyond hilarious… because you can ask them all, “Hey! What are you?!?” They’ll tell you (Ancestors country of origin) and then scream, “Just stay on your side of the border!”
As if America, didn’t steal the lands from Natives and Central Americans. 🤦🏾♂️
1) The country didn’t give them anything, the top athletes earned their ranking
2) being on the world stage is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness for issues back home, while simultaneously using public shaming to apply pressure
3) Getting offended when people critique your country is a form of denial (the psychological kind). If the criticism is untrue it doesn’t warrant an emotional reaction; so emotionally rejecting criticism subtly validates it while showing that you aren’t willing to do anything about the problem.
They are just saying Nazi shit louder these days man.
I find it funny in a sad way that most of that nazi shit comes from boomers whose fathers literally fought the OG nazis, guess that shows how much we learn from history
"Why should I learn history? It's just a bunch of boring people in the past! It has no bearing on my life!"
It's crazy how many times I've seen someone try to drag Gwen Berry by saying she's "not that good" and that she "barely qualified." Seriously? It's the damn Olympics. If she qualified, she's that good.
I hope she wins a medal or few, see if that shuts them up. (I know, it won't.)
Spot on man. Oh, she’s only top.. 10 in the country? Top 5? I dunno how many qualify but it’s fucking monumental to even be considered.
Really goes to reiterate point #3.. if that’s your reaction you’re clearly grasping for straws and we’re almost there.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -Mahatma Gandhi
then they fight you <- we are here
They are correct, that's pretty dumb take.
Poor Forrest Gump gets put in the worst memes. He was 10x smarter than the people writing them. And he was a war hero, a shrimp boat captain, a table tennis champ...
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How dare she not support nationalist Ideals
Apparently, if you don't think that your country is the best, most flawless thing to ever exist, then you don't love your country
murica!!!
I hate how Americans love there country and give no reason why other than “we da best”
Personally I like my country because we have free healthcare and I believe we’re the only country to have free college and university
But I don’t LOVE it and I would rather die than wave a flag and stand for my anthem
Mhm. For some reason, us Americans feel the need to showboat at literally all times. If you aren't putting the flag all over everything, singing the anthem at the top of your lungs, and screeching at every other country for being inferior, you aren't "American enough"
This is why the rest of the world hates Americans
"Whose flag is on the moon again????😎😎😎"
long sigh Indeed😔
Nationalism, means your Nazism flaps in the wind on the end of a pole while a gasbag bloviates about their pride and undercuts its integrity with one ill-applied rhetorical device after another.
I feel so owned… /s
Her protesting her country is literally the most American thing you can do. Showing that you can do that in this country.
Getting pissed off at people peacefully protesting is anti-patriotic.
I mean, they admitted they’re not a smart man.
Currently at the beach with my family… I told my 16 year old.
“You see those folks flying flags? Stay far far away.”
One’s identity should not wrapped up in “their country”. Especially, in the west. The Natives are the only inhabitants that could make such a claim justly.
Some of these Euro-descendants, clearly don’t understand why their ancestors hopped on those boats to start anew in the Americas (the lower caste largely didn’t know of the larger implications/purposes of the spread).
Of course not. People always forget history because they never learn it. They learn facts, names, and dates, and nothing deeper than that. It's the reason the descendants of immigrants hate immigrants
To be an American bitching about immigrants is beyond hilarious… because you can ask them all, “Hey! What are you?!?” They’ll tell you (Ancestors country of origin) and then scream, “Just stay on your side of the border!”
As if America, didn’t steal the lands from Natives and Central Americans. 🤦🏾♂️