I am SO SICK of hearing this from judges on young white male sexual predators!

At least there’s some variation and not just one country sweeping. This really doesn’t make me feel bad at all. It’s unfair, so what? A lot of things are unfair. It’s unfair that we have a gigantic population to pull talent from and the money to train them and other countries don’t.

Oh but I can because I think it was a bad rule then too.

I detest our idiotic anthem and all the phony jingoistic posturing that accompanies it. There should just be one world anthem sung in Esperanto. Or better still, silence.

“we at Jezebel know better than the judge, defence attorney, victim’s family and prosecutor?” Who the hell is “we at Jezebel” in this comment?

Exactly. Don’t we hate it when people, especially men, tell us to smile? These fuckers haven’t any gold medals for their country so they can shut the fuck up.

Guys, Leslie Jones just tweeted out that she heard Gabby is getting hate and started a # to support her.

His response was so good. He said he just wanted to support her in achieving her dreams and goals, because he felt like he had achieved his. How you could not want that type person representing your country is beyond me.

It’s like Ashton Eaton getting shit for wearing a Canada hat in support of his wife in the heptathlon. Dude won the decathlon and earned the title of world’s greatest athlete for himself and for the USA. He should be able to wear a fucking Canada hat in support of his wife for a few hours without his commitment to the…

Also a middle America person here, a former HS cheerleader too. I bring this up because before every game, for the anthem, we had to stand in this weird lunge stance, arms out with poms, no hand over heart. More importantly, I watched a lot of people stand for the anthem at sporting events. Aside from standing up, and…

But who ended up on the podium? The same 3 big countries.

Then the other countries should train harder. Dont put in a bs rule.

Because she got third and because of the two per country was out. Sometines its hard to have a mask on. Im not going to get mad at her for not smiling all the time.

The victim’s parents, not the victim. You know, the ones who left her with permanent damage from their substance abuse and she does not live with. Who fucking cares what they think?

Exactly! This is what the whole fucking problem is. It’s not that we want all judges to be harsh on white people, it’s that judges shouldn’t ONLY bring out the concept of rehabilitation when it comes to white dudes “with futures.”

Sexual assault didn't do that girl any good but who's counting.

Do these people think prison does ANYONE any good? Are they seriously under the impression other people get rehabilitated through it?

Our prison system is so fucked. How often do people gleefully crow when someone like Jared Fogle is convicted that they will be raped in prison? It’s a tacit acknowledgement that prison is a violent place, not a site for rehabilitation. Which then makes judges reluctant to sentence young, white,…

So glad the judicial system seems much more concerned with not ruining the lives of rapist / athletes than with protecting victims of sexual assault./s

“Prison would not do this kid any good.” Holy shit.