Here’s the actual footage of the “armed robbery,” from Globo TV. Can we please, please stop defending these guys now?
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But if they were brawling, trashing shops and refusing to pay for it (I don’t give a shit if they were drunk), then they should be dealt with by the law, and if confiscating their passports is the only way to stop them evading the law, tough shit. It’s not ok to go round behaving like fuckwits, breaking the law and…
Or maybe they really just don’t appreciate privileged white Americans falsely accusing its native citizens of crimes because of course the world will think the brown natives are only capable of this.
Is there anything more American than getting drunk, making a fool of one’s self, then telling a dramatic lie to put all the responsibility on someone else? USA! USA!
Well this explains a LOT about Lochte’s ridiculous story. I mean, who read: ““And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, “Get down,” and I put my hands up, I was like ‘whatever.’” and thought “yep, I bet that’s exactly how events played out!”
Nope. Ugly Americans need to follow the law when traveling, no matter how corrupt the country they visit. The arrogance and possible making false statements? Leave your damned privilege at home, Olympians. Being named Johnny instead Jamal might be a get-out-of-jail free card in the US, but it don’t work that way…
I don’t think the cops are doggedly pursuing this just because it makes the city look bad. No one would ever deny that Rio is a crime-ridden city (although things have been improving drastically) or that it has problems – as is the case throughout most of Brazil. But it’s not really fair to basically comment, “Don’t…
I can think of plenty of reasons they would do this, and very few of don’t make the swimmers look bad. If I had to hazard a guess, Lochte was up to some dumb shit and the nice people he was transacting with didn’t play by the rules as expected. So he and his teammates described it as a robbery. (and, frankly, I’m not…
It’s not a joke to lie about getting robbed at gunpoint by cops. You think that if Russian swimmers pulled that stunt in New York people would just chuckle?
Come on, Beatles Reference Kinja Name. It’s critical to point out micro-aggressions as well as larger sexist and racist offenses.
That’s how pervasive sexism works. He did not stop & think that maybe marrying him was not as important as the culmination of her years of training. But he DID think that the culmination of HIS years of training was more important than a proposal. Sexism isn’t always about misogyny. Sometimes it’s just about treating…
This is perhaps what surprises me most about his decision to propose when he did. I, too, was raised as an athlete and competed at a high level and coached professionally. I am an intense competitor, and my partners have had to understand and embrace that. When the game is on, we’re not doing the relationship thing. I…
In that case, no one should comment on any article about anything, ever. Just gave an opinion from my viewpoint. Not looking to have him thrown in jail for doing what he did. If she’s happy, that’s great. I still think his timing sucked.
And then to have it described as the “bigger prize.”
She won silver, but patriarchy won gold.
Right? I would have been REAL PISSED.
I am wondering if it makes me especially dead inside that his choice of doing that at that time screamed “THIRSTYYY” to me. Just let her have her moment. Ask her later.
The timing for this was all off. It’s her big moment. She’s worked so hard for that moment and she couldn’t even take it all in. But congrats on both occasions to her.
Nope. Thousands of tests have been done in the attempt to prove that men are more analytical, and every one of them has failed. Additionally, emotions are not quantifiable, so it can’t be proven that one gender is more emotional.