Battle cry of the un-woke!
Some Americans delight when they see other Americans face defeat.
无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 not often that I无毛视频檓 happy a U.S. team loses in the Olympics,无毛视频� said conservative Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield. 无毛视频淏ut I found myself rooting against Megan Rapinoe and her merry band of America-hating female soccer players; they lost one game.无毛视频�
Mr. Stinchfield was celebrating the loss by a team of people he believes are un-American. Frankly, by rooting against America无毛视频檚 Olympians, he was, by definition, being un-American.
That无毛视频檚 dumb.
By the way, the U.S. women无毛视频檚 soccer team came home with a bronze medal 无毛视频� better than they did at the 2016 Olympics when they failed to medal.
Stinchfield was hardly alone in expressing joy by rooting against Americans in Tokyo.
Donald Trump must have thought he was speaking for every American, when he said 无毛视频淎mericans were happy无毛视频� because the women无毛视频檚 soccer team lost a game to Sweden.
Then, when they did secure their bronze medal: 无毛视频淲oke means you lose, everything that is woke goes bad, and our soccer team certainly has,无毛视频� said the bronze medalist of the 2020 presidential election.
Conservatives can无毛视频檛 be this dumb, can they?
Conservative Fox News flamethrower Tomi Lahren decided that because Americans hadn无毛视频檛 yet won any medals 无毛视频� after just one day of events 无毛视频� they were destined to crumble under the weight of their wokeness.
无毛视频淕o woke and go broke or in the case of the Summer Olympics, get woke and lose,无毛视频� she beamed as if her turn of phrase was poetic and prophetic.
In the end, it was neither.
The U.S. Olympic team won more medals than any other team (113), and more gold, too (39).
I无毛视频檓 still confused about who determines what is 无毛视频渨oke,无毛视频� or what is not 无毛视频渨oke.无毛视频�
Is there a 无毛视频渨oke-meter无毛视频� somewhere?
How did the word 无毛视频渨oke无毛视频� become an insult?
Meanwhile, Stinchfield went extremely un-American when he blasted the U.S. men无毛视频檚 basketball team after they lost an early game to France.
无毛视频淭he collection of whiny, overpaid social justice warriors are very hard to root for. The team is filled with anthem kneelers, and I find it ironic (that0 they are willing to put (the) USA across their chest,无毛视频� he said.
What did those guys ever do to him?
But Stinchfield wasn无毛视频檛 finished.
He suggested somebody should get physical with people who无毛视频檙e probably a foot taller than him.
无毛视频淪omebody ought to go up to them and rip (the) USA off their chest. I don无毛视频檛 want 无毛视频檈m wearing it, personally.无毛视频�
Kevin Durant, the team无毛视频檚 unquestioned leader, stands 6 feet 10. Stinchfield might need a ladder to reach Durant无毛视频檚 chest. I无毛视频檇 pay to watch him try it. Especially after the team won its fourth gold medal in a row.
I无毛视频檝e heard this silliness about people not watching Olympians 无毛视频� or any athletes 无毛视频� who become 无毛视频渟ocial warriors.无毛视频�
That无毛视频檚 fine.
Burn their jerseys?
That无毛视频檚 OK with me.
Make silly statements about their lack of allegiance to the country that values free expression 无毛视频� when they engage in free expression?
Cue Dinesh D无毛视频橲ouza: 无毛视频淭he Canadians aren无毛视频檛 American. But neither are they anti-American. That无毛视频檚 why we无毛视频檙e cheering their defeat of the U.S. women无毛视频檚 soccer squad. Go Canada,无毛视频� says D无毛视频橲ouza, a native of Mumbai, India.
This was a departure for a guy who无毛视频檚 better known for attacking Kamala Harris, calling Rosa Parks 无毛视频渙verrated,无毛视频� or calling Barack Obama a 无毛视频渂oy无毛视频� from 无毛视频渢he ghetto.无毛视频�
Not all of the conservative venom was aimed at athletes who didn无毛视频檛 wear their patriotism on the sleeves.
Renowned gymnast Simone Biles has won a total of 32 Olympic and world medals. She became the source of conservative无毛视频檚 wrath when she backed out of several Olympic events.
Ultra-conservative Charlie Kirk called Biles a 无毛视频渟elfish sociopath,无毛视频� while Fox News personality Will Cain claimed 无毛视频渨e are celebrating quitting,无毛视频� without knowing exactly why Biles took the steps to keep herself safe 无毛视频� after she was having a serious mental crisis.
To folks on the right, what无毛视频檚 really important is having athletes bow to their authority and live within the confines of their sense of patriotism.
It simply doesn无毛视频檛 work that way.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 40-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.