The boycott should happen

[eagle7-31]

Boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics

Despite sizzling summer temperatures, America’s enthusiasm for the Tokyo Olympics fizzled out faster than a 4th of July firecracker. Even though the United States came out on top with 113 medals, NBC’s ratings were less than half of what ...

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but it won't. Thief in Chief Biden and the demrats owe the communist Chinese a great deal, not to mention the CCP's internal suppression of elements of their own populace.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Boycotts don't work...

 

[eagle7-31]

Boycotts don't work...

Economic ones don't at times. This proposed boycott however is making a moral and political statement,

 

[Canon Shooter]

Economic ones don't at times. This proposed boycott however is making a moral and political statement,

And that's exactly what's been wrong with the games up to this point.

The Olympics should transcend politics.

We were stupid to boycott the games in 1980, Russia was stupid to boycott the games in '84, and it will be stupid for us to boycott the games in 2022...

 

[eagle7-31]

And that's exactly what's been wrong with the games up to this point.

The Olympics should transcend politics.

We were stupid to boycott the games in 1980, Russia was stupid to boycott the games in '84, and it will be stupid for us to boycott the games in 2022...

In theory I would agree. However the world is for better or worse different.

 

[candycorn]

Boycotting the Beijing Olympics is a useless measure.

What should happen is that the IOC should think long and hard about what cities should be able to host the olympic games...and rotate the biannual games through a number of cities (lets say 8-10) whose nations A) want the games, B) have infrastructure in place to host the games without massive investment C) if investement is needed in the form of new venues...have a sustainability plan to address the afterlife of these venues. I'd love to see some sort of human rights tie-in to the awarding of these sites as well. China shouldn't be able to crush any dissent M-F and then host the games on Saturday.

Or...another idea that we've been kicking about recently is that you no longer have "Olympic cities".... Evey 2 years, you have an Olympic Games. Ski Jumping in Noway where it was basically invented; figure skating at, just to name a place, Madison Square Garden; Luge in Sarajevo... And 2 years after...Track and Field at a track in Beijing, equestrian in Manchester, Handball in Prague...

 

[Winco]

I have many posts available that suggest that RepubliKKKans don't boycott.
Why the sudden change?

 

[Canon Shooter]

I liked it better when both the Winter and Summer Games were held the same year...

 

[badger2]

Boycotts don't work...

All boycotts?

 

[Canon Shooter]

All boycotts?

For the most part, yeah. Some work, but the vast majority don't...

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It will be disgusting if America chooses to participate in an Olympics hosted by a country with an appalling human rights record that continues today.

 

[Polishprince]

Boycotts don't work...

Sure they do.

Move the games to Atlanta to make up for the baseball boycott that occurred there.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Sure they do.

On occasion, perhaps, but the vast majority of them fail pretty quickly...

Move the games to Atlanta to make up for the baseball boycott that occurred there.

The problem with that is that the IOC couldn't, nor should they, give a shit about the All Star Game being moved.

And I won't even mention the fact that there aren't too many places in Atlanta to go downhill skiing. The Olympics being held in China are the winter games. Atlanta can't host those...

 

[Resnic]

I'm not going to boycott china over the Olympics.

What I do boycott is the Olympics because America and other countries used it to display their political and social agendas.

I also boycott companies and organizations that "proudly support" blacks, BLM, and other such racist subjects.

 

[Canon Shooter]

I'm not going to boycott china over the Olympics.

What I do boycott is the Olympics because America and other countries used it to display their political and social agendas.

It's not America which does that. It's America-hating piece of shit athletes who do that...