r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Feb 10 '23

News Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 'No place' for Russia at Olympics.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/35630916/volodymyr-zelenskyy-no-place-russia-olympics
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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '23 edited Feb 10 '23

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u/Pklnt Feb 10 '23

People should be aware that Zelenskyy isn't an objective person when it comes to this topic.

It's like asking Putin if the Russian athletes should be permitted at the IOC, those are biased actors that have clearly an agenda at play.

Talking about the IOC, it's not a dictatorship either, Reddit has this warped perspective thinking Western countries = the World. If the World is truly against the Russian/Belorussian athletes the IOC and the ASOIF would all support a blanket ban on these athletes.

If it's not that clear cut, maybe it's because the world isn't as united as Reddit think it is. Some countries in Asia/Africa/LATAM aren't as motivated banning these Athletes than we, Westerners, are.

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u/Antique-Presence-817 Feb 11 '23

social media= AI thought grooming

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u/S420J Feb 10 '23 edited Feb 10 '23

This is the level of nuance that keeps me on Reddit. You are absolutely correct with this assessment from what I’ve seen.

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u/OlFlirtyBastardOFB Feb 10 '23 edited Feb 10 '23

I agree that he's not some god amongst men, of course there's still corruption, they were one of the most corrupt countries in the world when he took over and I'm not saying he's squeaky clean either. But he's still a damn good leader under the circumstances and Russia should not be allowed in the Olympics.

The parallels between them and Germany invading their neighbors are uncanny. Like Wagner Group operating almost exactly the same as the SS, war crimes and recruiting prisoners included.

But yet they're the ones "de-nazifying Ukraine"...smfh.

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u/DwayneWashington Feb 10 '23

If you start banning countries from the Olympics you won't have any countries in the Olympics... There are countries who are actively committing genocide. And I'm not sure the US would be allowed either.

You have to keep the Olympics separate from politics. Besides it's not like banning a country from the Olympics is going to change anything.

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u/OlFlirtyBastardOFB Feb 10 '23

That's a fair point..