Olympics: Who Cares?

By Rich Kozlovich, Updated 8/17/2021

 First of all, I no longer watch sports, any sports, including the Olympics, which I think is corrupt scam on the cities and countries hosting them. Secondly,  when sports became political, it stopped being fun.  Why should I care about their clearly historically ignorant, philosophically stupid and hypocritical views?  

The NBA and their activist athletes seem to think China, with all of it's crimes against humanity, organ harvesting, slave labor, genocide, all of which are known, all of which are documented, all of which are provable, is acceptable.  So why is China acceptable to them while they publicly disrespect and protest America as a racist nation deserving to be disrespected?  Because China is a source for a load of money for them!   That's also true of so many major "woke" American corporations and academic institutions.  All of whom have sold their integrity for twelve silver pieces. 

So who exactly does everyone think should be disrespected in light of that?  And in light of that, why should anyone care what they think or say, and why would anyone want to watch them?    

But back to the Olympics where Christopher Chantrill posted this piece, Stress and Mental Health at the Woke Olympics, with his views on women and what they want from life.  Well, I think this must have been a slow day for him part of some kind of writing quota.  My thought was:  Who cares?  A young girl felt overwhelmed by all the pressure to do well.  Maybe she was hurt.  Maybe she just had a bad day.  It's just a sport, so is her backing out so big it makes some real difference in world events and requires all this mumbo jumbo?  It's just sports, and we've made it bigger than it is or should be.

Then we have these "activist athletes" who are using their wins to be publicly disrespectful to America, but fortunately for them they're from America, that "terrible racist nation" and not from Belarus.

Ethel C. Fenig posted a piece about how US hating athletes are getting off easy by comparing US athletes from Belarus. 

First she outlines American athletes:

• Lavender-haired U.S. Olympian flag-protester Megan Rapinoe and her losing women's soccer team will be returning to the country they so unproudly represented and will undoubtedly continue to trash the US.
• Silver medal U.S. Olympian shot put winner Raven Saunders, who protested on the stand as she "raised her arms and crossed them into an X shape," saying it "represented 'the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet,'" will be returning to the country she so unproudly represented and will undoubtedly continue to trash the U.S. 
• Bronze medal U.S. Olympian hammer throw winner Gwen Berry, who turned her back on the U.S. flag, will be returning to the country she so unproudly represented and will undoubtedly continue to trash the U.S. 

She goes on to say:

Not only will they return to the country they so vehemently criticize, but certain populations in this country will consider them heroes and will praise their actions.  They might even get rich off this negativity, making highly paid personal appearances and speeches.  Oh, sure, many Americans will condemn their actions, but these protesters do not have to fear they will be imprisoned — or worse — by the U.S. government the Olympian protesters hate.  As I commented here:

Then we have sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya of Belarus where public criticism of their country is at best risky.  She criticized her coaches and asked for asylum in order to avoid being forced on a flight back home.  She's made claims that may be true and my not, but she has no desire to go back home because unlike the ungrateful Americans, she will not be treated well.  

Finally we come to the Woke women's soccer team who lost to Canada and will have to fight for bronze, and I wonder just how many Americans care.  One thing I do know is that playing any sport at that level requires a clear head, and it appears to me as all this wokeness not only become a distraction, based on my experience in life, it's probably caused issues within the team.  They're probably done as a meaningful challenge in their sport now, and no loss, but we still come back to this.  

 

Who cares what these spoiled brats think?  

 

If they hate America so badly, why don't they seek asylum in Belarus, China, Cuba, Russia or Venezuela?  No one ever seems to want asylum in those nations.  Why?  If America is so bad and these countries are the system of choice why don't we see lines seeking asylum there?  

 

Odd isn't it that in all of my 75 years of life what I've noticed is athletes from those type of countries keep wanting to find asylum out of those countries, and no one seeking asylum into those countries. And over these decades, America is invariable the preferred country of choice.

 

Imagine that!