• Doom@ttrpg.network
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    3 months ago

    The Olympics have always been political lol

    The Nazis. The Soviets. China vs the US. Tommy Smith, the Munich Massacre, Jesse Owens. Boycotting the Olympics.

    All political. Even deciding the venue is political as fuck bro

    Like how do you have such an opinion and also no clue pop

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      3 months ago

      It is de facto political because people bring their politics to it, and because people are who they are. It is also overtly organized around the nation states of the athletes which is essentially political. But the spirit of it is to set politics aside and compete in a sportsmanlike way on an even playing field. You might say who cares what the “spirit” is versus the facts, and you’d have a point, but then again I’m not sure we should characterize the event by how terrorists choose to abuse it, either.

      Congratulations for actually saying your piece instead of just “lol bruh.” You just took part in a discussion!

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        3 months ago

        Dude writes a whole dissertation just to agree with me while being condescending. Why waste the electricity 😂