Blame Nike
Larry O'Connor
Posted: Jun 30, 2021 12:05 PM
If you're unhappy with the third place American hammer thrower creating a 48 to 72-hour news cycle out of her petulant and selfish behavior on the medal podium this week, I have bad news for you. Get used to it, because the summer Olympics in Tokyo will be full of moments just like this one.
And you are right to be angry at the athlete who is disrespecting the flag and the nation that has provided her the opportunity to have a platform at all.
And you are right to be angry at the media that spends countless hours on the story amplifying this person's voice and her ungrateful temper tantrum.
And you are right to be angry at the political Left in this country that celebrates and makes heroes of these individuals because it feeds its insatiable political appetite for division and dragging our country down.
But don't lose sight of the entity that may be most responsible for this sad and pathetic display of ingratitude.
If you really want to point the finger of blame, point it at Nike.
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