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cleanhippie

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11. I won't, but the athletes DO have a choice to boycott. The IOC also should be taking action.

Reply to cali (Reply #10)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 02:15 PM

Sep 2013

To me, the IOC is responsible for this. If a host country is choosing to be on the wrong side of history when it comes to equality, the IOC has a responsibility to change the venue. But the Olympics are now a corporate enterprise, and corporations don't give a shit about equality.

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Coca-Cola to LGBT: Fuck You. [View all] Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 OP

More a case of Hayabusa Sep 2013 #1

I'm glad you wrote to them but did you really expect a different reply? NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

Since 1928 includes 1936 jakeXT Sep 2013 #3

Salvation Army, Coca Cola...what next...Kellogs? Sequoia Sep 2013 #14

hyperbolic response at best. Yours not theirs. nt TeamPooka Sep 2013 #4

They didn't pull out of the Olympics for you, so therefore they hate LGBT? NightWatcher Sep 2013 #5

Every other sponsor, yes. Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 #6

Where do you get your petrol from? Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #13

You wrote them an email demanding they drop the Olympics? LittleBlue Sep 2013 #7

I didn't expect them to do it Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 #8

Boycott the 2014 Hate-O-Lympics johnnypneumatic Sep 2013 #9

Are you also condemning all the athletes, including GLBT athletes cali Sep 2013 #10

I won't, but the athletes DO have a choice to boycott. The IOC also should be taking action. cleanhippie Sep 2013 #11

+1 nt Zorra Sep 2013 #12

Money counts to them first. I will not be watching the Olympics. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #15

Um, I'm not sure about this - they are very GLBT-friendly, from closeupready Sep 2013 #16