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VarryOn

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1. As I said in an earlier post, "boycotts are dumb." In this case...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Apr 6, 2021, 09:24 PM

Apr 2021

It would rob our athletes of years of training and prep, and in the end, no one would remember the US tried to make a political point by keeping our athletes home. It would change nothing.

My guess is that every Olympics has some tinpot country boycotting trying to make some point. And who remembers?

Kicking some ChiCom ass would be more effective.

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U.S. could consider boycotting 2022 Beijing Olympics with allies [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

As I said in an earlier post, "boycotts are dumb." In this case... VarryOn Apr 2021 #1