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2021-06-29 -Great Cultural Revolution
Furious backlash against Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry for turning her back on flag during national anthem: She defiantly says 'I meant what I said'
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Gwen Berry, 31, appeared to express her displeasure at the US national anthem during trials Saturday in Oregon
    Drop her from the team immediately.
  • The anthem played while she was on the podium taking the bronze medal in the hammer throw event

  • Berry turned her back to the US flag then covered her face with a T-shirt with the words 'activist athlete' on it

  • Afterwards, she said the timing of the anthem was 'a setup' by the event organizers and 'disrespectful' to her

  • USA Track and Field said the anthem was played once a day at the trials according to a published schedule

  • Berry is an outspoken activist who was previously sanctioned for another anthem protest in 2019

  • But USOPC reversed its ban on anthem protests in March, including kneeling, raising a fist on the podium
Posted by Fred 2021-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Kick this fugly loser off the team - why the hell does some woke beeotch like that want to represent our country in the first place? I sure as hell don't want her there.
Posted by Raj 2021-06-29 00:26||   2021-06-29 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 
Well, she left the United States of her own free will, but given her actions are we duty bound to let a traitor back in...

Lawyers and everyone else... comments ...
Posted by Ebback Shavith4684 2021-06-29 00:31||   2021-06-29 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 How bout a hammer throw in the general direction of this steatopygic water buffalo?
With gold for the one that brains the animal
Posted by Chomose Glaiger3334 2021-06-29 01:16||   2021-06-29 01:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Female Wakandan belligerence on parade. This absolutely cries out for a separate Olympic event designed exclusively for the Wakandan nation. Federal funding and site selection should begin immediately.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-29 04:02||   2021-06-29 04:02|| Front Page Top

#5 There should be an entry on the form.

Do you have any problem with the national anthem, the flag or anything American? [Y/N]
Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-29 04:13||   2021-06-29 04:13|| Front Page Top

#6 

So to hell with watching the Olympics or AD's or buying the related advertiser products unless this ??? is not removed from the US Team.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-06-29 07:48||   2021-06-29 07:48|| Front Page Top

#7 A young child needing attention
Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2021-06-29 08:00||   2021-06-29 08:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Im going with zero tolerance of companies that tout their support for USOC athletes. Apple -> barrel.
Posted by M. Murcek  2021-06-29 12:03||   2021-06-29 12:03|| Front Page Top

#9 When Trump was President they could pretend the hate was about him. Now they don't have that fig-leaf they are exposed as the haters they are.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-06-29 12:25||   2021-06-29 12:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Do you have any problem with the national anthem, the flag or anything American? [Y/N]

Or perhaps
America, [] F*ck Yeah! . [] Oh, hell no!
Posted by SteveS 2021-06-29 13:37||   2021-06-29 13:37|| Front Page Top

#11 What would happen to our nation if our Troops turned their backs or took a knee on the flag?
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-06-29 13:43||   2021-06-29 13:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Olympics are going to be an absolute train wreck, perhaps even an indictment of The Narrative. In fact, there are likely bookies putting odds on the cancellation of the whole deal. Because Covid or something.

Might I suggest.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-29 13:55||   2021-06-29 13:55|| Front Page Top

#13 What they advertise:
Gay dude doing balance beam split with Simone Beale.

What it is:
Wi Spa.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-29 14:00||   2021-06-29 14:00|| Front Page Top

#14 It's too bad the Japanese backed down on it too because I'm sure these special fragile snowflakes would truly love being in a Japanese jail. Especially if they decide to open their pie hole and mouth off to the guards.
Posted by Silentbrick 2021-06-29 16:02||   2021-06-29 16:02|| Front Page Top

#15 Gwen Berry, flag-snubbing US Olympian, sponsored by 'defund the police' advocates
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-29 18:31||   2021-06-29 18:31|| Front Page Top

#16 Should have played "Looney Tunes" for her
Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-06-29 19:04||   2021-06-29 19:04|| Front Page Top

#17 Or "We're In The Money". Expect Gwen Berry merch any day now.
Posted by SteveS 2021-06-29 20:18||   2021-06-29 20:18|| Front Page Top

#18 With Che! graphix because we know how much he loved Africans
Posted by Frank G 2021-06-29 20:30||   2021-06-29 20:30|| Front Page Top

#19 Maybe something like this...: Mickey Che
Posted by SteveS 2021-06-29 21:06||   2021-06-29 21:06|| Front Page Top

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