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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,839 posts) Sat Feb 8, 2014, 03:15 PM Feb 2014

My personal boycott of the Olympics [View all]

My girlfriend watches the Olympics from Sochi on the television. I won't watch it. I think it was a mistake not to boycott the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and a mistake not to boycott this one. The only difference, imho, is the choice of a target for persecution.

I know this has been beaten to death but I had to get it off my chest.

BTW, it's ironic they can't even get the housing right.

Putin sucks and so does the horse he rode in on.

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My personal boycott of the Olympics [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 OP

I'm boycotting Barney's. I promise to never shop there. Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #1

so boycott the athletes' hard work . . . . makes sense DrDan Feb 2014 #2

Frankly, I don't give a damn about the work the athletes Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #4

I'm sure the athletes in 1936 worked hard too... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #6

Exactly. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #9

Check out this thread. pangaia Feb 2014 #28

Did you know that the US team in 36 pulled it's only two Jewish athletes from Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #15

even openly gay athletes and other Olympic-related personalities do not support a boycott DrDan Feb 2014 #13

Those paid a ton to support the Olympics support the Olympics, film at 11. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #18

I will never respect bigoted and homophobic cultures. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #20

+1 TheMathieu Feb 2014 #23

They're athletes... Tien1985 Feb 2014 #11

I'm expecting something like this before it's over DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #12

k/r Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #3

I couldn't agree more. AndreaCG Feb 2014 #5

Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #7

And did you boycott the U.S. go west young man Feb 2014 #8

I expressed my dissatisfaction at the ballot box and ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #10

And miss this? WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #14

Did you know the US team refused to let the two Jewish athletes compete? Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #16

I refuse to watch the Olympics. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #17

agree Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #19

Gay rights statistics US versus Russia. go west young man Feb 2014 #60

Oh so, because you believe it is worse in the US, the Olympics shouldn't be boycotted? Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #61

I didn't realize being gay gave us special insight. go west young man Feb 2014 #68

I didn't realize being gay meant we all have to be in lock-step. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #70

Curious if you even looked at the statistics in my post? go west young man Feb 2014 #71

Yes. Some aren't correct. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #72

All info is sourced through go west young man Feb 2014 #73

That's what makes it clever propaganda. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #74

BAWAWAWAWAWA DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #77

The anti-sodomy laws you cited are null and void./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #78

It might not get reported in Russia dsc Feb 2014 #89

Uh, age of consent varies by state jberryhill Feb 2014 #101

What a pantload of bullshit. There's no equivalence, no "it's not so bad" in Russia. MADem Feb 2014 #76

grow up, the athletes deserve to play-you are of an extremist view larkrake Feb 2014 #21

Supporting human rights is extreamist ? Wow, what website am I on? N/t FreeState Feb 2014 #22

Yes, and standing up against homophobia also makes you thin-skinned, a bully, and heterophobe! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #25

Edmund Burke>>>>some random poster DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #31

Speaking out against people getting beaten and murdered for an inborn trait is "extremist"? uppityperson Feb 2014 #53

The poster is talking about not watching a TV show of people playing games. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #65

The postern rather watch the National Basketball Association which educates people about homophobia DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #79

Seems weird to me that people would call you an extremest ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #84

Hehe DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #85

I have no problem boycotting the olympics; Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #24

I'm not watching because US coverage stinks Warpy Feb 2014 #26

I would boycott the Winter Olympics....... but I really don't give a shit about it! nt rdharma Feb 2014 #27

I'm not watching either underthematrix Feb 2014 #29

I've always enjoyed & watched them, but not this year. countryjake Feb 2014 #30

its amusing to see the bubbling hate and vitriol against this particular Olympics frwrfpos Feb 2014 #32

Opposing homophobia makes one a "red baiter" DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #34

plenty of homophobia right here in the United States. frwrfpos Feb 2014 #36

Fascism= authoritarian nationalism. Sounds like your friend, Putin. There's that "red baiting" again DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #40

Fascism= authoritarian nationalism frwrfpos Feb 2014 #42

None of those are compulsory DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #44

LGBT people have agitated for decades right here in the US and have been put down violently frwrfpos Feb 2014 #47

Russia is decades, or more, behind the US on civil rights, and Putin certainly doesn't give NYC Liberal Feb 2014 #58

the violent police kick down and brutalize people here every single day frwrfpos Feb 2014 #64

I don't deny it happens here. Do YOU deny it happens in Russia? NYC Liberal Feb 2014 #67

I saw the housing in Sochi for the elite. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #80

They care so much about their citizens that they made it a crime... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #81

What a condescending and offensive post. SfromCanada Feb 2014 #63

Be careful, some of the Putin apologists... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #82

How would you know what we thought of other games? countryjake Feb 2014 #35

calling out a new member is a TOS violation frwrfpos Feb 2014 #37

He responded to your post. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #41

pointing to my membership status and date of membership is a TOS violation frwrfpos Feb 2014 #43

Wrong. It isn't a TOS violation. REP Feb 2014 #45

its alluding because Im a newer member I dont agree with the direction to fascism frwrfpos Feb 2014 #49

Erm, no. That's not the allusion being made. REP Feb 2014 #50

no, it isn't n/t fishwax Feb 2014 #48

Under most circumstances it would be a rule violation dsc Feb 2014 #90

it is a rule violation. a blatant one that went ignored frwrfpos Feb 2014 #91

No they don't dsc Feb 2014 #92

I would suspect that the ratio to members to non members is very large frwrfpos Feb 2014 #93

If you've been reading here for more than five yrs... countryjake Feb 2014 #94

can you post to those threads because either they were notgiven many recs or kicks frwrfpos Feb 2014 #95

Google is your friend... countryjake Feb 2014 #96

How's that googling going for ya? countryjake Feb 2014 #108

I never said homophobia isn't a problem here; it's state-sanctioned there... countryjake Feb 2014 #46

No, it isn't. Maybe you need to read the TOS again. uppityperson Feb 2014 #54

Standing for human rights = "red baiting"? Do you think calling someone on their bigotry makes the uppityperson Feb 2014 #55

You do realize that the USSR ceased to exist 23 years ago, right? Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #97

If he would have asked me I would have told him I supported Gorbachev... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #98

Absolutely. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #99

I knew things wouldn't end well with Yeltsin and then Putin. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #100

Yeah, Putin is a capital-T Thug Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #102

I would definitely put Putin on the right side of the political spectrum. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #106

I have never watched the Winter Olympics in the first place quinnox Feb 2014 #33

I'm boycotting. backscatter712 Feb 2014 #38

I'm boycotting, but have never watched roody Feb 2014 #39

We could find a reason to boycott EVERY Olympics, if we wanted to. There are madinmaryland Feb 2014 #51

K & R Thinkingabout Feb 2014 #57

We've got it on, I support the athletes, but not Putin and Russia. It all has a wet RKP5637 Feb 2014 #52

Or... progressoid Feb 2014 #56

technically you are not boycotting the Olympics snooper2 Feb 2014 #59

I don't follow your logic. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #66

I don't follow the logic either. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #83

Technically, it should have been our government who Boycotted... countryjake Feb 2014 #88

War Criminal, Henry Kissinger on the IOC... JEB Feb 2014 #62

I'm not watching it either davidpdx Feb 2014 #69

I seen a few posts on DU putting those of us who are boycotting the Olympics down... hrmjustin Feb 2014 #75

...and yet you've taken the time to tell us that. brooklynite Feb 2014 #105

Indeed I did. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #107

Louis Zamperini--my dad went to USC with this guy, a friend whose treatment by the Japanese panader0 Feb 2014 #86

Just a question for you (I don't know the answer) frazzled Feb 2014 #87

Do you know why thousands of athletes from all over the globe Jenoch Feb 2014 #103

It is ironic that we boycotted the 1980 summer olympics indie9197 Feb 2014 #104