"The Federalist" is attacking Simone Biles for letting down America

[Bucky]

Now that's turning snowflake up to 11.

I mean, how much idiocy can you pack into one article? Beating up on Black icon because they're a black social icon, stating the whole point of the Olympics is to "win for America", denigrating someone's personal struggle, feeding the entire "black folks performing for us" American trope, condescension, getting hysterical about a non-news story, changing the topic because they're being exposed for undermining the Constitution, and pretending to be interested in something that we know perfectly well riders of the Federalists are not interested in -- they're checking off ALL the boxes on this one

https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/27/sorry-simone-biles-the-olympics-isnt-about-you-its-about-winning-for-america/

[roamer65]

1. I knew they would attack her because she is African American.

Fucking fascist Euro trash.

[Bucky]

2. Sadly...

They're not Euro trash. They're Amero trash

[roamer65]

4. Whites are from Europe, not indigenous to North America.

I am European American, for example.

[Mosby]

7. Using that formulation

Palestinians are not indigenous to the Levant. Nor are Arabs in MENA. they are colonizers who came from Arabia.

Just an FYI.

[StClone]

9. Just Trash

[Bucky]

13. Yeah, that's more sensible. I can't with the anti-immigration formulation

Humans migrate. I'm white, but I've never really got that "European American" thing. I'm comfortable seeing America as a blend. We need to do it better and atone for the injustice that happened along the way, but I don't like what happens when we start hyphenating each other by default.

[spanone]

3. Fuckem

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Federalist published many pieces that contained false information or pseudoscience that was contrary to the recommendations of

public health experts and authorities.[5] While ballots were being counted in the 2020 United States presidential election, The Federalist made false claims that there had

been large-scale election fraud.[6][7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federalist_(website)

[msfiddlestix]

5. It is so way past time for all of us to expose the Federalists for they are, and publicly shame them

they are deeply despicable and should hold no place of honor or credibility within our culture or public policy discourse.

[maryellen99]

6. The Federalist is most likely rooting for Russia (ROC) nt

[niyad]

8. So meghan mccain's revolting husband and company are trashing Ms. Biles?

[JohnSJ]

10. From the right wing extremist club that produced the following judges:

(Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Amy Coney Barrett)

[DURHAM D]

11. and the current head of the FBI - C. Wray is also a member. nt

[JohnSJ]

16. I really wish the Biden administration would consider replacing him, especially with the

revelation about the Kavanaugh confirmation, and how the FBI essentially ignored any follow through on the sexual abuse charges against him by the victims

[Sympthsical]

17. Different organizations

The Federalist Society and The Federalist online magazine are separate things.

Still the same kind of assholes, though.

[JohnSJ]

19. Appreciate the correction. Thanks. I was wondering why the hell would the Federalist Society

Care, and thought they had really jumped the shark this time

[bullwinkle428]

12. I'd actually respect them more if they dropped the pretense and

called themselves the "White Nationalist Party".

[Bucky]

14. Well yes and no...

In the short run, these turkeys have been "dropping the pretense" a LOT over the last 5-6 years. It seems to make them worse.

[tenderfoot]

15. Why are you sharing a right wing source?

eom

[Bucky]

18. Fair question

[hlthe2b]

20. Meghan McCain's asshole husband*... Engough said

I still have some respect for her mother, but Meghan is irredeemable.

*For those unaware, Ben Domenech is cofounder of the Federalist and these comments are as much as his.

[hlthe2b]

21. '88 US Olympian left in coma & quadriplegic after vault accident. She eventually died at 18 yo.

These people are not only callous, clueless, sociopaths, they are dangerous to us all.

Julissa Gomez was a 1988 U.S. Olympic contender until a vault accident put her in a coma & left her a quadriplegic. She eventually died from her injuries at 18. People calling for Biles to "tough it out" haven't thought through the implications.

Link to tweet

[Bucky]

22. Thank you for this!!

These are truly horrible people

[Caliman73]

29. While that is a salient point, it should be unnecessary.

Simone Biles does not owe the United States a damn thing. You can certainly say, "It is sad that Biles is not able to compete and give the US a stronger chance of bringing home gold." I am sure she is disappointed in the situation as any competitor would be. That said, fuck those people who are saying she should "tough it out". Those punk asses can't even "tough out" wearing a piece of cloth over their mouth and nose to stop a pandemic that killed over 600,000 Americans and 4 million around the world.

I have played high school and competitive sports. I played through injuries. I played a basketball tournament on sprained ankles and dislocated both my pinkies, because of that mentality of "tough it out". What to I have now? Trophies... and perpetually sore ankles, deformed and painful pinkie joints.

Biles has represented the United States far better than any of the idiots who are pontificating as if they had any actual skin in the game. They can all eat shit.

[hlthe2b]

30. Yup... My HS/college tennis days left me with a permanently bum ankle--bone on bone, no cartilage

While I was never a player that would have made a difference for the team, I still felt the pressure to go out there and do the best I could, regardless.

But, I disagree that this account is not needed. Most criticizing her most vehemently are likely doing so for their own malicious agenda... But some really do NOT realize how damned dangerous the sport is.

Most non-contact sports carry little risk of life-threatening injury (assuming no underlying congenital cardiac disease). But gymnastics, the lifts in figure skating, most of the skiing/boarding events of the winter games, and many other sports I can't even name right now, do. The best make it look easy. We need to internalize that it is not.

[Cracklin Charlie]

23. She helped her team.

One thing I will say about her decision…I believe when making the call, she had the team’s needs in mind. If she wasn’t ready, she couldn’t help them.

I don’t expect a bunch of liars and cheaters to understand that. Her team will.

[Kid Berwyn]

24. The Feudalist Society

The Big Pyramid Scheme

[KG]

25. this kinda shit is why part of why i have no use for the olympics

[BeckyDem]

26. To score points. Davidson and his colleagues score points with a fan base that demands inhumanity.

[Bucky]

27. I wonder what George Washington would say...

Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you, in the most solemn manner, against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.

This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes, in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled or repressed; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.

The alternate dominion of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which, in different ages and countries, has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism; but this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an Individual

(In case there was any question about the reason why bigots turn to Trump... and why a Trump has to turn to bigots)

[BeckyDem]

28. +1

Perfect.

[marie999]

31. Country flags should not be allowed at the Olympics.

It should be about the athletes and not what countries they come from.

[Bucky]

32. Well sure IF you could redesign the whole thing from the ground up

But the flagging in the games is partly an artifact of the age of nationalism when the Olympics restarted in the 1890s.

Honestly, that kind of civic rah-rah boosterism is an important way for many athletes to build the enthusiasm and support they need to get into the games. It builds audience, it builds support for the games, and it as a layer to the spirit of competition.

[XanaDUer2]

33. "And other countries suck"

the Olympic Games always felt like a unique opportunity to utterly defeat other countries and prove, again and again, that the USA is the greatest country on earth, and other countries suck...