Over 150 athletes, sports organizations, human rights and social justice experts have signed an open letter calling on the International Olympic Committee to allow athletes the"fundamental human right" to protest, including at the podium.
As the Tokyo Games open, the signatories -- including US hammer thrower Gwen Berry as well as 1968 medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who famously raised gloved fists on the podium -- have urged the IOC to"refrain" from sanctioning athletes who demonstrate.The letter calls for the removal of the IOC's Rule 50 ban, which prohibits athletes from protesting at Olympic sites.
This Olympics is already gonna have the lowest ratings in TV history. They really want to make it worse by politicizing it?
....but they still need viewers to watch it. And most people wont watch a marxist sh*t show.
Nope. Go home and protest. Not here. The world doesn’t care if you like your country or not. You just look like a disrespectful child, protesting the country that paid to get you there in the first place.
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