In 1968 two black American track athletes, Tommy Smith and John Carlos, stood on the medal stand at the Olympics and raised their fists and lowered their heads while the American national anthem played.
I was a lot more liberal at the time than I am now, but I was highly dismayed. The country was trying to improve race relations, and the two black athletes just widened the division between the races.
For the same reason I can't take much enjoyment about a star American athlete for the women's soccer team who disrespected the flag getting plaudits from the liberal press. She shouldn't have been on the team.
So excuse us nasty misogynists if we don't get all excited about a bunch ungrateful, anti-Ameircan female wretches winning a game. If it was a team full of male athletes doing the same things, I guarantee you I'd be cheering for the other team as well.
I was completely with you for the first three paragraphs
@goatprairie . Then you lost your way at the end.
I don't think that disagreeing with me makes anyone a "nasty misogynist," (nor did I even remotely imply that) and I know there are a lot of thoughtful people who agree with you. I also know that there are a lot of very strong conservatives and even Trump supporters who were glad the USA won the World Cup. And I know that there is a significant double standard in what kind of behavior is expected of women relative to male athletes. (Which doesn't mean that all those who disagree with me on the overall situation are misogynists - though there are clearly a couple here on this board).
That said, I stand by saying that someone who excuses Trump's immorality and bad behavior and is bothered by (a few of) these women is dripping with hypocrisy.
I hate the anti-Americanism in a handful of athletes these days, and I hate that the media lionizes them......actually, I hate the leftist media in general. So in that, we're completely on the same page. (Although being anti-Trump is not synonymous with being anti-American).
I am still glad, problems notwithstanding, that the American women's soccer team won their fourth World Cup and their second in a row. It is a significant accomplishment.