Straight up truth about Simone Biles and those who have the nerve to criticize her

[StarfishSaver]

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Simone Biles won nationals w/broken toes in both feet, worlds w/a kidney stone, and has carried the burden of being a face of sexual assault survivors as a national institution failed to support them

Half of y'all yelling about "toughness" can't handle wearing a mask in Wegman's

[calimary]

1. A perfect 10!

Damn straight!

[Lovie777]

2. K & R . . .

[Walleye]

3. I think it was a selfless decision. She didn't want to bring down the team score

[Blue_playwright]

37. Exactly. She knew she wasn't going to help

So she did the adult thing and pulled herself out. Smart kid, smart athlete.

[Walleye]

38. Classy

[spooky3]

4. My Fox loving relative said he heard she was tired of

“Carrying” the others. I tried to set him straight. Not positive that that was the Fox spin, but it wouldn’t surprise me.

[Budi]

5. Here's The Truth: "Simone Biles penalized for having skills other gymnasts can't pull off"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/3866255002

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Opinion: Simone Biles penalized for having skills other gymnasts can't pull off
NANCY ARMOUR | USA TODAY | 7:28 am EDT October 7, 2019


SportsPulse: Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast her sport has ever seen and over the weekend she further cemented herself alone at the top.

STUTTGART, Germany — Simone Biles is the last person international gymnastics officials should be using to try and make a point.

In an effort to deter other gymnasts from trying skills they are not physically capable of doing, the International Gymnastics Federation watered down the value of a new element Biles plans to do at the world championships. That’s right.
Penalize the reigning world and Olympic champion, who is almost cautious when it comes to adding difficulty, for the potential recklessness of others.

“Am I in a league of my own? Yes. But that doesn’t mean you can’t credit me for what I’m doing,” Biles told NBC after learning of the decision this week by the women’s technical committee.

"Gymnastics needs to keep up with Simone Biles, not the other way around"

[Rocknation]

25. DING DING DING! Biles and Budi, you're our grand prize winners!

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"Am I in a league of my own? Yes. But that doesn’t mean you can’t credit me for what I’m doing,” Biles told NBC after learning of the decision this week by the women’s technical committee."

Her "medical" issue has more to do with International Gymnastics Federation (and perhaps the Japanese branch of the International Olympic Committee) being "sick" of her being that much better (and darker skinned?) than the others. If she withdrew due to a physical problem, why keep it a secret? I think, as Tonya Harding claimed, Biles was threatened with the judges shaving off enough of the entire US team's scores to knock them off the podium altogether.

P.S. Maybe the "pressure" that Naomi Osaka cites as the cause of her Olympic loss had to do with her not being Japanese "enough." And remember Surya Bonaly's back flips being banned because no one else could do them? Hell, I can remember basketball slam dunking being banned until enough white guys could do it!


Rocknation

[Budi]

26. Yes indeed. There's some ratfking showing its ugly side right there.

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Biles has been in this business all her years & knows how they play that competitve game better than all of us viewers.

She is beyond that, anymore

Love our brightest Star, Ms Simone Biles

[Ocelot II]

6. She is terrific.

The buttholes who are criticizing her could never have done what she has done. She's 24, which is actually a bit old for a gymnast, so she's been beating up her body for a long time, longer than her teammates. And at the same time she's also been carrying the burden and expectations of her own incredible talent. Her critics can just FOAD.

[FuzzyRabbit]

39. Yes. A few days ago she mentioned that it was starting to become a little harder for her to do.

And then on her last vault she experienced what a gymnast described as losing her place in the air, which caused her to miss the landing. This is common for gymnasts to experience. Recovery (mental) usually takes a day or so.

But the reason the Trumpers are criticizing her has nothing to do with her performance. They are criticizing her because she broke their most important rule: she is not a fair-complexioned, blue-eyed blond.

[bullwinkle428]

7. RWers are crashing into each other, demolition-derby style, in the effort to attack

her for being "weak", "failing to support her team-mates", etc.

Miserable pieces of shit...all of them.

[Ocelot II]

9. And yet they are gleefully dunking on other US teams -

expressing their glee that the US women's soccer team was defeated by Sweden, and equally joyful about the men's basketball team's loss - in both cases because said teams were, you know, "woke." And Gwen Berry, too. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/06/10552057/gwen-berry-flag-protest-national-anthem-conservative-reaction

They're just not gonna root, root, root for the home team.

[roamer65]

14. They're mad because the their team is under sanctions.

These scumbags are Putin lovers.

[DanieRains]

8. Do What You Gotta Do Simone

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We're with ya.

[roamer65]

10. Simone is the greatest ever.

[Pepsidog]

11. God help anyone who criticizes this national hero. She has nothing to prove.

[ScottFrom1960]

12. Yep!

Ab-So-Freakin-Lutely! She's badass to the Nth degree. It's a real shame that she got injured doing something that (probably) had never even been tried before.

[TNNurse]

13. And none of them have ever gotten near qualifying for the Olympics.

[Probatim]

40. Most were picked last for dodgeball...

[sheshe2]

15. I remeber this

Simone Biles hit back at trolls who commented on her hair

Nikki Brown , StyleCaster Dec 13, 2017, 1:23 PM

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And because the Internet loves to pay unnecessary attention to negative comments, this one in particular garnered tens of thousands of retweets, even after Biles jokingly said that she "just came from a 4 hour practice w/my hair in a bun, excuse my hair." The point here is that she shouldn't have to "excuse" her hair in the first place, especially when she just got done with jumping up and down for hours.

Nonetheless, she offered a classy clapback to anyone who has something to say about her appearance: "I have 1 question to everyone commenting about my hair when I genuinely look happy in the photo. Do you look perfect ALL the time? Everything in perfect order?" To that we offer a standing ovation.

As Refinery29 pointed out, this is eerily familiar to the same criticism Gabby Douglas experienced at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics when she decided to wear her hair in a messy bun while competing. "What's wrong with my hair? I'm like, I just made history and people are focused on my hair? It can be bald or short; it doesn't matter about [my] hair," she told the Associated Press. "Nothing is going to change. I'm going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well stop talking about it."

The policing of black hair has long been rooted in this idea that textured hair is somehow "inappropriate," "unprofessional" or unclean. So much so, that both white people and women of color have perpetuated this idea for generations, making it difficult to move past, even in a time as "progressive" as the New Millennium. Clearly, we've got a long way to go. Keep doing you, Simone; you and your hair are amazing!

https://www.businessinsider.com/simone-biles-responds-trolls-hair-comments-2017-12

The Gabbie's and Simone's of this world are an inspiration to young black women everywhere.

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This:
Simone taking care of the baby goat, she knows she didn’t receive the same treatment, but she’s the game changer for the next Gen. That’s Simone Biles greatness, another perfect 10 in life’s lessons.

[Budi]

28. THIS Right here is so damned disturbing.

Thanks for posting all the hits at her & our proud & best Black athletes from the past.

It has to be remembered.

[bahboo]

16. can't rec this enough....perfect....

[Mosby]

17. It sounds like she's facing some unwanted pressure

"This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself but I came in and I felt like I was still doing it for other people. It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.”

Who are these other people she referred to?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. She owes nothing to anybody, but that doesn't stop them from making demands. K&R.

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. K&R

[lame54]

20. If she says there's a problem...

There's a problem
Give her the space to deal with it

Respect

[sheshe2]

21. ...

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[crickets]

22. Simone Biles could retire today and still be the best.

She owes no one any explanation or apology. Whether she decides to compete in later events or not, I wish her every bit of fulfillment and happiness she deserves, and she deserves a bunch. 💖

[dlk]

23. Biles is a national treasure who has already given us so much

Why would anyone resent her for putting her mental health and physical safety first? She deserves better.

[yonder]

24. Thanks for this excellent post, SS.

[demtenjeep]

27. This 10000000000000000000000 times

and if she were sulking she never would have stayed to cheer them on

[NoMoreRepugs]

29. Shame on those that criticize this incredible individual who is

also an unbelievable athlete. I guarantee they are neither.

[StarfishSaver]

30. Word

Simone Biles was sexually abused by the coach entrusted with her care and responded by opening her own gym to vulnerable gymnasts and mentoring younger girls through possibly the most physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding competitive sport. She is so damned good at her sport that the Olympic Committee literally changed the scoring rules specifically for Biles so that other, lesser athletes wouldn't hurt themselves trying to compete with her. She's won 6 Olympic medals (including 4 golds) and she's maintained her dominance for years in a notoriously punishing sport. And today, she set aside her dreams and desires to do the right thing for her teammates and country by forfeiting her chance at another medal so her team could still stand a chance.

And I see a lot of dudes, (and they're ALL dudes) who look like they break a sweat opening a bag of Doritos and who almost certainly got cut from their JV second string football team and haven't run a mile since, mocking Biles for being "weak". These same dudes who exist in a state of emotionally stunted dipshittery and who haven't challenged themselves to do anything harder than play 8 straight hours of Call of Duty mock her for "cracking under pressure". It's a good thing Biles is too good of a person to track down shitty social media commenters and challenge them to a fight, because she could crack their spines with her calves and still do a full floor routine afterwards.


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10106752084380749&id=17803073

[Ferrets are Cool]

31. I love this!!!

[StClone]

32. She earned the right to do what's in her own best interest

She has given of herself out of love of sport and her country. Her's is a legacy beyond the slings and arrows of her spleenful detractors. Thank you Simone for your deep contributions to America.

[Blue Owl]

33. K&R

[sheshe2]

34. This was posted sometime ago... here.

It is a long article and I can only post a few paragraphs that will not complete the thought.

Posted here. https://www.democraticunderground.com/120484131

Simone Biles Made Gymnastics History. Now a Different Kind of History Is Repeating Itself.

Biles recently became the first woman ever to attempt the Yurchenko double pike in competition. By nailing the remarkably difficult maneuver, she not only expanded the boundaries of her sport—she ignited a controversy that feels all too familiar.

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For as much as the maneuver itself sparked a frenzy, the optics of the judges’ decision ignited a storm. Biles—by virtually any measure the greatest gymnast in history, and a Black woman in a sport with the racial variance of a tall glass of milk—entered her first competition in more than 18 months, landed the most impressive and difficult move imaginable, and was given a score that not-so-subtly told her not to do it again.

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The thing to remember about American beliefs is they’re never really new. There have been myths, for instance, as to whose claims to humanity are rightful and whose are not for as long as white people have been on this continent. John Lining, a colonial physician who lived in South Carolina, is cited by historians as an early peddler of the idea that there are innate physiological distinctions between people of different races. In Lining’s most famous text, which included his notes on Charleston’s 1748 yellow fever outbreak, he wrote, “There is something very singular in the constitution of the Negroes, which renders them not liable to this fever.” The implication in Lining’s message spread like wildfire.

Throughout 18th- and 19th-century slavocracy, similar theories were extolled as a means to justify bondage and its attendant violence. Myths of unlimited pain tolerance, unique muscle groupings, and increased physical prowess were seared onto Blackness, with those fictions propagated as fact. There is no way to understand modern perceptions of the human body—its limits and abilities, depths and promise—without first grappling with the legacy and outgrowth of these doctrines, both inside and outside of the United States.

And there is no way of separating athletics from this culture. For as much as the history of sports has been defined by advancements in athletic greatness, it is equally defined by an inherent distrust of Black physicality; a subtle but unshakable fear of the types of unbridled dominance that expand the confines of a given game or event.

So much more here. https://www.theringer.com/2021/5/28/22458616/simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-us-classic-scoring

I truly hope she finds the peace she seeks. Her body/mind, herself....HER CHOICE.

[crickets]

41. Amazing (and disturbing) article - thanks for linking to it. nt

[sheshe2]

42. You are welcome, crickets.

[DinahMoeHum]

35. If she's a "quitter", why did she stick around. . .

. . .to encourage her teammates to do their best?

A real quitter would have just pouted and left the building while refusing to talk to anyone.

That the team managed to overcome this incident and win the silver medal is an accomplishment in itself.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Who is criticizing her?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

43. Looked it up myself - Answer: Conservatives, talk show people.

[Dukkha]

44. it's nobody's business but hers

We put far too much pressure on young athletes. Foregoing the spirit of competition for the toxic attitude that winning is all that matters.

[dawn5651]

45. simone biles is a incredible talent and her pulling out of the olympics does

nothing to take that away from her. in fact it makes those who are hurling abuse at her for not competing look like asshole.

[Loki Liesmith]

46. Oh please. Athletes get criticism.

If you’re going to market yourself as the GOAT you take the criticism.

[mcar]

51. Wow!

[StarfishSaver]

52. Who said she's not "taking the criticism"?

In fact, she's taking it infinitely better than the people who are dishing it out are taking being criticized for their snowflakey hypocrisy. (Or is that hypocritical snowflakiness?)

[msfiddlestix]

47. The a***holes on fux nooze and their partners in fascists propaganda are beyond outrageous

it needs to be condemned and all of their mouthpieces to boot.

Simone Biles is an amazing and brilliant human being. eff those sniveling cretins who can't hold a candle to her accomplishments.

[Jilly_in_VA]

48. Here's another way to put it, using a saying from a first century rabbi (emphasis mine)

"If I am not for myself, who is for me?

If I am only for myself, who am I?"

[Wounded Bear]

49. Ms Biles health, mental and physical, is much more important than some bauble...

[mcar]

50. Can I rec this a dozen times?

I am furious at these whiny cowards, but not surprised.

[spanone]

53. K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

54. Best response I ever saw.

[bluboid]

55. yup, those gutless little cry babies would run for the hills. she's brilliant!

[The Jungle 1]

56. Tough as nails