The reaction from this story from some Americans has been a mess. The comments in last few posts about Brazil has been awful. Brazil does have a lot of problems, but calling it “3rd world shithole” and other things is just awful.
“You suck! We were wrong, but for the right reasons!"
No the whole story is just confirming why the rest of world does not like the US.
This is what gets me. This whole thing has brought a lot of thinnly-veiled ultra-nationalism to the top of the Deadspin comment section.
I showed up today to see if any of those assholes were going to make an appearance. So much racism and American superiority about how the backwards and corrupt Brazilians were harassing innocent Americans and making fools of themselves. Do they have any follow-up commentary. They were insulting everyone who said that…
THAT SHITHOLE OF A COUNTRY IS HARRASSING AMERICAN HEROES - everyone here yesterday
Not the idiot we want, but the idiot we deserve.
Well, Lochte might not be a good representative of America, but at least he’s an accurate one.
You know she’s Brazilian and lives in Brazil, right?
You mean when she ran slower than the winner?
No, this is Jezebel, so everything has to be sexist. The only publishable version of this story requires the blunt hypothetical, “If Ingrid Oliveira were a man....” Well, OK, then what? If she were a man, it would still be a shitty thing to do to a friend and an extremely unwise choice for an athlete the night before…
So people should still believe the UVA woman’s rape allegations then?
Can we not make this about victimizing women and can we stop with the overuse of the term ~slut shaming? Women are grown ass individuals who should be held responsible for bad behavior. We’re not discussing men right now. Her own roommate is locking her out the night before their biggest day at the Olympics. That’s…
So let me point out major rudeness. PaperbackWriters has a name that he choose probably because it’s a good. Trying to elevate your self by pointing out its Beatles reference while ignoring his name is a micro aggression. and ugly.
Come on, Rachel. At the end of the day, whether people like it or not, most societies still consider marriage, children, etc, as the things you’re supposed to say are the most important in your life.
guys.....her BF knows her. he knows if she would be mad at him for ‘stealing her thunder’ i feel like some of you are projecting here....
In regards to the ‘12 plebiscite you’re referring to, that’s not entirely accurate. The conservative pro-statehood political party (ironically enough called New Progressive Party) purposefully left out a pro-commonwealth option in lieu of what they called a “free association” option, which was defined in a way that…
Never fails. It's amazing how quickly any tournament loses its meaningfulness as soon as the US gets bounced....or in the case of the men's comp, is never meaningful to begin with since the US aren't in it.
Deadspin (rightfully so) would hate this team so much if they weren’t American