US Vice President JD Vance endured a chorus of “boos” as US athletes began their march at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, after Israeli athletes faced the same unwarm welcome.
It’s not like we can actually do anything about them. Booing at least makes us feel good for a brief moment.
People are allowed to vent, and it is healthy to do so.
If you’ve ever been booed, I’m not sure this take would feel great.
I support making Vance feel unwelcome (and that was indeed the target, not team USA). I’m less enthused about the athletes being targeted. The optics of ‘we shame all associated to things we dislike’ is aspect conservative voters claim to fear/dislike from progressives.
I’ll have more sympathy if they publicly make statements condemning the genocide that their country is committing. Until then, sucks to suck. They are not the victims here.
The optics of ‘we shame all associated to things we dislike’
“Dislike” is way underselling this. I “dislike” pineapple on pizza. This is something rather different.
Do tell: do you check if they have before you boo?
I know I haven’t. And the few times I’ve checked, it has always been more of an edge case than expected.
We deserve it.
Good. I hope he is made unwelcome everywhere he goes for the rest of his life.
This is what I like to hear.
Heartwarming
“Stern warning”.
Booo! Oh wait, you’re serious, let me boo even harder.
BOOOOOOOOO!
“Why won’t the stern warning stop the booing? It will surely stop the fascists.”
Perhaps they should try a strongly worded letter next time? I hear that does wonders.
If greet we must, then this is how we must greet Nazis and Zionists.
It doesn’t make up for genocide and attacking immigrants, but at least the war criminals’ loss of narrative is out in the open.
Guess they kept people from bringing rotten fruit and vegetables in to throw at him.
Did he even say “thank you”?
Who the fuck thinks a stern warning will prevent fans and visitors from booing evil scumbags. The IOC are out of touch, out of date and out of ideas
Because they’re dicks
Feel good story of the day
It should’ve been louder
It was edited out.
That makes sense. All the videos I’ve seen the booing seemed very quiet. Of course those fuckers would edit it out.
“Stern warning” hahaha
The the international Olympics committee is an absolute joke. They claim they don’t want to be political and that’s why Israel is allowed to compete and expect not to get backlash.
They have to be taking bribes, that’s the only reason they would be making these otherwise insane decisions.
The squeeze the life out of host cities.
Every israeli athletes should be investigated to see if they served in the battlefield killing innocent palestinians
Western countries are complicit.
They might do it but then it’s just to mislead the population.
One case I know where they started the investigation after the scum had already left the country.
Didn’t boo the athletes, just Vance.
The Israel athletes got booed hard. It felt good too hear
I missed that because I was baking when they came out
Sort out your priorities, wtf
Lol I think their priorities are spot on. I have yet to watch a single moment of the Olympics.
