Comments on: Greek Triple Jumper Voula Papachristou Expelled From Olympics Over Racist Tweet

By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:16:47 +0000

If we start firing people for idiotic political opinions there’d be almost no one left.
Consider how often I drunkenly I say terrible things online seems bizarre that this woman (even as a nazi-cunt) can lose her life’s work over a stupid racist thing she wrote as an amateur.

Number 1, she didn’t say anything political, she said something racist. It was funny, but it was racist. Unlike other cases, you don’t have to make assumptions to determine hey, this lady said what she said.

By: Sportmentary

Sportmentary — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:45:14 +0000

What a dingbat!

By: Mugatu

Mugatu — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:20:19 +0000

@ms621. Well…as long as you’re not trying to be antagonistic

By: St. Bear

St. Bear — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:01:08 +0000

Staying away from a country because there is a small, but vocal segment of the population that registers their angst over cultural identity and economic future by voting for far right parties who are avowedly racist is dumb.

So you’re saying I don’t have to move out of this country?

By: ms621

ms621 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:00:02 +0000

You may want to scratch Spain, Italy and France from you itinerary as well. And the Netherlands. And just stay out of the Balkans entirely.

Staying away from a country because there is a small, but vocal segment of the population that registers their angst over cultural identity and economic future by voting for far right parties who are avowedly racist is dumb. And if you’d like to wait for things to change, you’re not going to be visiting any of those countries for a long time. Shit can happen when you travel, but shit can also happen walking down the street in America. I think you give far too much attention to a part of the population that you are unlikely to ever come across during a brief vacation.

By: Mugatu

Mugatu — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:46:27 +0000

Read up on the social changes in Greece. 7% of the Greeks voted for the Neo-Nazi party? Anyone not white is viewed askance, people of color getting beaten up for no reason? When I go on vacation the last thing I want to think about is getting beaten up for talking to a local girl and dudes not liking it because I have too much melanin in my skin. Pretty good reason to avoid a locale, at least until things change

By: JDiddy3000

JDiddy3000 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:43:38 +0000

Love when women have opinions, the first thing I always think is “what man were you listening to to form that thought?”

By: Nada

Nada — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:37:02 +0000

Oh, wait, that’s only opinions about ancient aliens.
Girl at work just came over and talked about how fascinated she was by that show. I did all I could not to laugh in her face.

Will you be laughing when our ancient alien overlords return to Earth?!

By: orly57

orly57 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:35:31 +0000

I’m not normally one for the muscular chicks, but she can get it…vigorously.

By: Nada

Nada — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:35:09 +0000

I for one welcome all morons to speak freely and can thus be logically derided for their foolish notions.

Good to know at least one person here has my back!

By: jim

jim — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:32:15 +0000

Girl at work just came over and talked about how fascinated she was by that show. I did all I could not to laugh in her face.

I’m just fascinated by that one dude’s hair.

By: ms621

ms621 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:32:14 +0000

So she must be bloated.

I know that I move slowly when I’m bloated….wait, I mean, yeah.

By: cleet

cleet — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:30:40 +0000

Hope Solo must be off her steroids/PMS medicine today.

So she must be bloated.

By: sousedbergin

sousedbergin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:28:28 +0000

Because not only did she open herself up to backlash, but her teammates as well.

She’s a long jumper not exactly a team, this has nothing to do with cultural insensitivity and everything to do with branding.

I for one welcome all morons to speak freely and can thus be logically derided for their foolish notions.

By: squawkbox

squawkbox — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:28:01 +0000

Man, if I was an athlete, I’d tweet nothing but paid endorsements

For Applebees?

Likely WalMart.

By: Roethlishotdog

Roethlishotdog — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:27:24 +0000

Hope Solo must be off her steroids/PMS medicine today. Two goals allowed already.

By: mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants

mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:26:43 +0000

If I was a rich athlete, I’d keep my nose clean, save my dough, say all the cliches, and then when I retired I would build a house that is completely off the grid and build a underground greenhouse and grow the choicest weed. Because when I’m retired and in my 60′s with the kids out of the house I want to be high as fuck on a consistent basis.

By: cleet

cleet — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:26:16 +0000

The PC police strike again. Really people? Calm the fuck down and go solve some actual problems.

Yeah, it’s not like Greece has any real world problems to deal with….

By: Sean Jean

Sean Jean — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:24:56 +0000

Wow. The humanity. Will W. Africans ever be able to recover after that malicious hate crime?

The PC police strike again. Really people? Calm the fuck down and go solve some actual problems.

By: cracker jack

cracker jack — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:23:54 +0000

Oh, wait, that’s only opinions about ancient aliens.

Girl at work just came over and talked about how fascinated she was by that show. I did all I could not to laugh in her face.