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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that Americans are now rooting for their fellow Americans to fail at the Olympic Games.

First it was Adam Rippon, then Lindsey Vonn, then Gus Kenworthy. All three dared to speak out critically against the leaders of our country, something that is about as American as apple pie, and very much in keeping with the First Amendment.

But exercising that right comes at a cost these days for America’s athletes. A sizable slice of the American public has decided that their allegiance to President Trump and Vice President Pence supercedes their red, white and blue devotion to their countrymen and women competing abroad in the largest regularly scheduled peacetime gathering of the world.

One would think that because criticism of Trump is so widespread across the country, his fans would ignore it by now. They didn’t lose the election; they won it. Declare victory, move on and wave the flag when Rippon takes the ice or Vonn and Kenworthy take to the slopes.

But no. These anti-American Americans become so rattled by the honest exchange of opinions that their anger gets the best of them. Then they end up treating a once-in-a-generation U.S. sports icon like Vonn as if she were a mortal enemy from the old CCCP.

If you haven’t read what has been said on social media about Vonn and the openly gay Rippon and Kenworthy, let your imagination run wild: angry insults, personal attacks, nasty language, childish taunts, the works. It's a very different kind of criticism than what the athletes doled out to Trump and/or Pence.

When Vonn, the 2010 Olympic downhill gold medalist, finished a disappointing sixth in the Super G the other day, her Twitter feed was filled with vitriol. It didn't matter that she is a terrific role model and one of the greatest U.S. Winter Olympians ever. Trump’s fans were out in force, furious that Vonn told CNN in December that she wouldn’t go to the White House for a post-Olympic celebration hosted by President Trump.

"I take the Olympics very seriously and what they mean and what they represent, what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony," Vonn said then. “I want to represent our country well. I don't think that there are a lot of people currently in our government that do that."

Julie Foudy, the former U.S. soccer star and two-time Olympic gold medalist working for ESPN here, couldn’t believe what she was reading about Vonn on Twitter Saturday.

“I just spent last 20 mins reading thru tweets directed at @lindseyvonn," she wrote on Twitter. "Sickened & disgusted once again by the lack of humanity that engulfs our country. She just raced her damn heart out & Trump supporters gloat/cheer/celebrate her inability to medal. Is this what we’ve become?”

Several hours later, Vonn replied.

“It’s ok Julie. Not everyone has to like me but my family loves me and I sleep well at night. I work hard and try to be the best person I can be. If they don’t like me their loss I guess… Thank you for the support.”

It came as no surprise that Vonn took the high road. It also came as no surprise that her detractors did not.


 

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trump supports are much worse than just tweeting about a ski racer. It would be great if that is all they did.
 

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Some Ameicans are sick and tired of the nonstop hate coming from the left, we're sick and tired of their lies and their ignorance, we're sick and tired of all the victims they create, we're sick and tired of them doing all the talking, especially when they're fucking clueless

So yes, we're saying fuck you too

Shut up and entertain, or fuck off, Assholes that they are
 

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trump supports are much worse than just tweeting about a ski racer. It would be great if that is all they did.
Right, because we're the ones that riot, burn FLAGS, destroy our neighbor's property, wear masks to conceal our identities, lie about everything, protest while screaming not our president and hold vulgar outings like the women's march

Libtards don't know how fucking stupid they're behaving and they 're dividing our country

They're far more obnoxioys than anything they complain about, and they never STFU, so we're letting them know how we feel.

We speak with our wallets, and we make the difference democrats wish they could
 

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It's the snowflake libtards that are destroying thjis country

some great examples in this small thread already of
" this fetid, greasy underbelly of the American character"

it is funny that a female skier has your panties and all Trump panties in a bunch.
 

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I'm responding to inaccuracies about the debate

Couldn't care less about Vonn anymore
 

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I'm responding to inaccuracies about the debate

Couldn't care less about Vonn anymore

so you stopped caring about Vonn in the last 20 minutes?

OK fair enough

"Shut up and entertain, or fuck off, Assholes that they are"
 

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Right, because we're the ones that riot, burn FLAGS, destroy our neighbor's property, wear masks to conceal our identities, lie about everything, protest while screaming not our president and hold vulgar outings like the women's march

Libtards don't know how fucking stupid they're behaving and they 're dividing our country

They're far more obnoxioys than anything they complain about, and they never STFU, so we're letting them know how we feel.

We speak with our wallets, and we make the difference democrats wish they could

protest the state of the Union

have celebrities host their fucked up version of the State of the Union spewing more hatred and ignorance

insist there's some collusion with the Russians when they use a fake narrative they created and paid for to justify such

have riots to shut up and physically threaten conservative speakers

condone violence against police officers under the fake guise of social justice

call Trump supporters deplorable, sexist, selfish, racist, white supremacists and every other name in the book, while claiming they take the higher road
 

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so you stopped caring about Vonn in the last 20 minutes?

OK fair enough

"Shut up and entertain, or fuck off, Assholes that they are"

We want to encourage a voice for entertainers and athletes but not "uneducated" Trump supporters?
 

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some great examples in this small thread already of
" this fetid, greasy underbelly of the American character"

it is funny that a female skier has your panties and all Trump panties in a bunch.
she said what she wanted too- "trump supporters" said what they wanted too- sounds very american to me. how come you are saying ''trump supporters can't have their voices heard
 

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Some Ameicans are sick and tired of the nonstop hate coming from the left, we're sick and tired of their lies and their ignorance, we're sick and tired of all the victims they create, we're sick and tired of them doing all the talking, especially when they're fucking clueless

So yes, we're saying fuck you too

Shut up and entertain, or fuck off, Assholes that they are
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The shutup and dribble thing......is funny because as the public we used to clown athletes for not being regular citizens. We want them to stand up and have a voice. Not hide beind their tinted windows and ignore real world problems. But as soon as they start doing what we expect of them and voicing their opinions.....it's now....shutup and dribble.
 

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The shutup and dribble thing......is funny because as the public we used to clown athletes for not being regular citizens. We want them to stand up and have a voice. Not hide beind their tinted windows and ignore real world problems. But as soon as they start doing what we expect of them and voicing their opinions.....it's now....shutup and dribble.

Its fine to voice your opinion.. But at least come to the table with some knowledge..
 
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Its fine to voice your opinion.. But at least come to the table with some knowledge..

I agree but lot of these guys are more than athletes and have more of a responsibility to relay a positive message than most people. So it is almost expected of them to be leaders and role models for a lot of kids. The bitch who said shutup and dribble is dumb as bricks and I don't even know who it is. Like what do you expect.


I don't think Lebron is as smart as he tries to come across. I'm not fooled. But I understand his position. He is the most popular athlete in the world possibly lmfao and you think he should shutup and dribble. He might be more knowledgeable than the person who said that.
 

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I agree but lot of these guys are more than athletes and have more of a responsibility to relay a positive message than most people. So it is almost expected of them to be leaders and role models for a lot of kids. The bitch who said shutup and dribble is dumb as bricks and I don't even know who it is. Like what do you expect.


I don't think Lebron is as smart as he tries to come across. I'm not fooled. But I understand his position. He is the most popular athlete in the world possibly lmfao and you think he should shutup and dribble. He might be more knowledgeable than the person who said that.

This sentence says a lot about your ignorance regarding this topic which doesn't surprise any poster here.

Ingraham earned her undergraduate degree at Ivy League school Dartmouth and went to Law School at Virginia.

Ingraham is a lawyer and served as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second Circuit. She also clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas.

She currently owns a media group, is worth $45M and makes $15M annually.

Now please tell us a story again Mobdeeper about how Ingraham is as dumb as a box of rocks and how your superior intelligence would leave her dazed and confused.

Just because the kid at the RX doesn't know who she is, doesn't mean the adult posters don't know who she is retard.
 

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I agree but lot of these guys are more than athletes and have more of a responsibility to relay a positive message than most people. So it is almost expected of them to be leaders and role models for a lot of kids. The bitch who said shutup and dribble is dumb as bricks and I don't even know who it is. Like what do you expect.


I don't think Lebron is as smart as he tries to come across. I'm not fooled. But I understand his position. He is the most popular athlete in the world possibly lmfao and you think he should shutup and dribble. He might be more knowledgeable than the person who said that.

I guess some of us don't see a lot of positives with this fool calling the President names...
 

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