ubersheetzFeb 22
CM Harrington

So I’m trying to understand why it’s OK for the US hockey team to bring out a jersey with their killed teammate, but it’s not OK for the Ukrainian guy to have a helmet with his murdered teammates?

Fuck the IOC.

Feb 22 at 4:29pmWeb
Show threadCarolynFeb 22
@octothorpe Politics/war vs drunk driver.
Show threadCM HarringtonFeb 22
@CStamp both senseless deaths. Both ‘messages’ (the term they flogged to deny the Ukrainian’s participation).
Show threadJargogglesFeb 22

@CStamp @octothorpe
If the implicit message is "drunk driving is bad," then it's a political statement.

And so what if it is? Drunk driving *is* bad and we should organize our society in such a way that we prevent it from happening as much as possible.

Show threadCarolynFeb 22

@jargoggles @octothorpe The Olympics has a long history of keeping international politics, including war, out of it.

If every country that had a grievance with another aired it, it would take the focus off the athletes and onto world politics.

I mean, the human rights violations currently committed by the US government not only against its own people, but people around the world…

Show threadCarolynFeb 22

@jargoggles @octothorpe It is a balancing act. I think that by disqualifying the Ukrainian, they drew more attention to it, so…

But if they hadn’t, it would’ve been a precedent.

Show threadNicolaFeb 22
@octothorpe Because russia only complained about one of them.
Show threadRejZoRFeb 22
@octothorpe Because some idiots think Ukraine attacked Russia and that's glorifying war or some shit.
Show threadRobin BartonFeb 22
@octothorpe I could not agree more
Show threadtuban_muzuruFeb 22

@octothorpe

I have managed to avoid so much as a single second of the Olympics.

Show threadDanny Boling ☮️Feb 22

@octothorpe

#FuckTheIOC for sure 🎯

Show threadhumourmetomFeb 22
@octothorpe Because their shipment of MAGA hats didn't show up in time for the medal ceremony?
Show threadFiggyFeb 22
@octothorpe money...
Show threadStargeezer SmithFeb 22
@octothorpe
That seems a valid point.
Show threadDeb Nam-KraneFeb 22
@octothorpe You're not expecting an answer with logical consistency, are you?
Show threaddecapitaeFeb 22
@octothorpe The IOC is part of the New World Order cabal that's peddling genocide as "self defense" and illicit and illegal 'wars' [modern day colonizer-bullshit] "fighting nazis, no wait it was something else"....
The oligarchs and their sympathizers must be brought to justice.
Show threadLeelooFeb 22

@octothorpe
Because politics.

The IOC is political even though they are trying to pretend they aren't.