So You Want To Represent A Country Just So You Can Protest It?
So, let me be clear. I am 100% pro-US Constitution. The rights that it lays our for our citizens were bought and paid for in the blood of the founders of this great nation. Therefore, even though I may completely disagree with someone’s method of protest, I will defend one’s right to do so-every time. NOW…I could not be more confused by this.
Gwen Berry is a female Hammer-Thrower who has qualified for her second US Olympic Team (she took the Bronze medal for finishing third). On the medal podium, she turned away from the flag in protest during the National Anthem. Okay. It’s not like we haven’t seen protest during the anthem at athletic events before-in fact, it’s almost become so commonplace that its intended outrage has been somewhat lost in its regularity. However, those protests occur in sporting events featuring individuals representing professional or university teams or just themselves. Gwen Berry, by nature of what she does, was protesting a country she was giving her all to represent in an Olympiad? I have that right, I think. If so…what are we doing here? You want to be an “activist athlete,” great, more power to you. However, to be effective, your activism has to make sense. This does not. Essentially what Gwen Berry is saying here is, “I am fighting to represent and a country I’d like to protest.” Let’s take a moment to look at this country. I may not always agree with the actions of Sen. Ted Cruz, but I do here.
Why does the Left hate America?
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 28, 2021
Sure, we have our faults, but no nation in the history of the world has liberated more people from captivity, has lifted more out of poverty, has bled more for freedom, or has blessed more w/ abundance.
God bless America. https://t.co/7hH1FMzEn0
