Opinion: 'It might seem a little strange or unpatriotic to tee off on the athletes representing your country, but it’s not even close to being against the “spirit of the Olympics.”'
, later governor, earned his reputation for thrift and good governance by running the 1976 winter games out of his state for being too expensive.
As the Olympic clock strikes 2021, the biggest surprise isn’t that political figures are “negging” the home team for political gain, but that it took so long for them to figure out this cynical new way to capitalize on the political value of the Olympics. Properly viewed, the Olympics isn’t just a nationalistic event, it’s a conflict multiplier that countries use against other countries—or against their own people.
This year, some of the athletes have put as much pre-Olympics planning into their protests as they have into their events. According to U.S. shot-putter medalist Raven Saunders, who threw up an X with her arms on the awards podium , athletes. But she applied sounder ethical thinking to her demonstration than some of the pols and pundits did to their opinionating: She deliberately waited until the Chinese national anthem concluded before making her gesture.
When the Summer Games land in Paris in 2024, maybe protesting and dissing your own team should become official Olympic events. And by then, we’ll all probably feel free to join in.
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