• the post of tom joad
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    571 month ago

    Here i thought i couldn’t hate Olympics more and 2024 again proves to me that there’s no floor for depravity in discourse or a limit to my hate-reservoir.

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      461 month ago

      Even Holland who is usually level headed comes into the Olympics like “here’s a child rapist to represent us, we gotta find him special accommodations since there are kids in the village and like we said, our guy raped a child” but don’t you dare criticize us!

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        301 month ago

        The Netherlands* but otherwise yes, absolutely. His inclusion is pretty ridiculous. I understand and agree with not outright banning people who have been convicted of crimes, but surely the line should come before child rape. It’s easily one of the most heinous and unforgivable things a human can do.

      • Tar_Alcaran
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        131 month ago

        And every single Dutch person thinks it’s fucking absurd

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          11 month ago

          I hope you guys are making a stink to your government about it, cause as a Canadian watching the Olympics, it does reflect poorly on your whole country

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            31 month ago

            Damn right it does. I honestly don’t know what they were thinking. Even if you accept that he’s “served his time” (which is debatable),and he may be a great athlete, it just isn’t a good look to have a convicted child rapist/molester representing you on the biggest sports event in the world.