Labor union leader, former UCSD English teacher, law graduate, basketball referee, and former wannabe progressive independent Congressional candidate for #CA48.
@shangrimom@Principles1stMN Umm. Unless you personally donated to him, you shouldn’t have an issue with them speaking their mind on whatever they want.
@freedom_rpt Not expressly. But if you imply that a default can’t happen no matter the discrepancy between what they have and what’s being requested for delivery, then what could actually break them?
And this month the discrepancy is pretty big…
@ObiToddForever@briantylercohen LOL..wait what? You're saying not easy to root on America?
You basically said the same thing what the handful of athletes said.
You want to root for your country but its hard with everything that's happening.
@Leisha_17@pmosligo@ericmmatheny So you’re saying that they should attend the press conferences and lie?
“oh yeah, America’s absolutely perfect. Love everything about it!”
They were asked how they feel and they answered. Sorry that America sucks now that even your own athletes can’t be fully proud of it.
@Paramom_@Mature_Fox@WallStreetMav She was quite diplomatic. She mentioned that the country is going through a tough time (facts) and that we need to be strong and care for each other. Can’t imagine a more courteous and diplomatic message than that.
Keep your head up, America! You’ll get through it. 🙂
@Paramom_@Mature_Fox@WallStreetMav lol. She’s not playing sports at this moment. When she gets to her event, she’ll be focused on winning gold. But when they stick a microphone in front of her, what the heck is she supposed to do?
She will speak her mind like every other American with the freedom to do so. 🫡
@Paramom_@Mature_Fox@WallStreetMav It’s literally impossible to represent “all” of America given how divided this country is.
Hence why she stated rather verbatim that she represents the America that “treats its citizens as well as anybody with love and respect.”
Sorry, does that not align with your America?
@Mature_Fox@WallStreetMav She perfectly represents the country — much of which is angry, protesting, and suffering. Kudos to her for calling a spade a spade.
This isn’t North Korea, where we pretend everything is sunshine and rainbows while people starve and get shot on the streets. Not yet anyway…