Japanese say no kneeling, protests at Tokyo Games — ‘Get your racist propaganda out of our Olympics’ …

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[–]truths33ker 13 insightful - 4 fun13 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

Apparently the US olympic trials will be a wokefest though, with athletes competing with each other to see who can be the wokest.

With guidance from its recently formed Council on Racial and Social Justice, the USOPC released a list of do's and don'ts as part of its document. The list of allowable forms of demonstration included holding up a fist, kneeling during the anthem and wearing hats or face masks with phrases such as "Black Lives Matter" or words such as "equality" or "justice."

Not allowed are hate symbols, as defined by the Anti-Defamation League, and actions that would impede others from competing, such as laying down in the middle of the track.

So the ADL gets to decide what constitutes hate symbols for the entire US olympic team? The ADL is a Jewish lobbying organization. One that openly supports Jewish nationalism for Israel. Why would a Jewish/Israeli lobby group get to decide what all US olympic athletes can and cant do? 98% of Americans arent Jewish.

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    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    You know, after about 4 hours I feel it got a little repetitive.

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    LOL

    [–]filbs111 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    The US used to lead the world by example. Now they provide an example of what not to do.

    That said, it would be fun to see how much you can say. Would they permit masks with "under duress", "no comment", "It's all gone Harrison Bergeron", "think for yourself", etc?

    [–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    I'm in two minds about this. The kneeling is cringe, and by prohibiting it, you reduce the pressure on unwilling competiors to swear allegiance to our new overlords, but on the other hand, if you go to the trouble of being the best, or even third best, in the world at sports, perhaps you should be able to do whatever cringe fortnite dance or other trendy bullshit you want in your moment.

    [–]RuckusChan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Dey b Kangz n Sheeeeeeeeiit