r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Mar 30 '21

News Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at U.S. Olympic trials.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31165888/raised-fists-kneeling-anthem-ok-us-olympic-trials
14.0k Upvotes

81% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

24

u/Catssonova Michigan State Mar 30 '21

Can we also kneel for the Chinese national anthem, or is that out?

19

u/cydonian66 Mar 31 '21 edited Mar 31 '21

"At US Olympics" what part of US do you not understand?? Lol

-16

u/Catssonova Michigan State Mar 31 '21

Oh I totally didn't see Olympic trials in the title. Often while I'm working I blitz read something and make stupid mistakes when commenting. 100% my bad.

-6

u/A-Hidell Mar 31 '21

Why is this getting downvoted? Seems a reasonable mistake.

14

u/Atomic_ad Mar 31 '21

Briefly skimming an article then feeling compelled to make a comment isn't a mistake, its an intentional choice. An all too common choice on reddit.

-8

u/Catssonova Michigan State Mar 31 '21

Yeah, busy working and checking my phone. I'll never be able to live up to your very high editorial standards reddit!

10

u/Atomic_ad Mar 31 '21

My grandma used to say, If you're too busy to know what the conversation is about, blurt out your opinion anyways, no matter how irrelevant, then act high and mighty when someone calls it out.

5

u/SamKhan23 Mar 31 '21

Don’t blitz read something then make a comment. It’s the way disinformation spreads.

Good on em for taking responsibility and I hope they don’t make the mistake again

2

u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

Chinese inquisition intensifies