ESPN writer William Rhoden came out to say that he was triggered at the sight of the American flag while covering the Olympic games.
Rhoden took issue with the “nationalism” that the flag represented and said that the flag had reminded him of the January 6th Capitol riot and the rise of White Nationalism.
From Fox News:
Liberal “Undefeated” scribe William Rhoden said on “CBS This Morning” that he had enjoyed covering the Olympics during his long career but felt differently in 2021.
“I love the opening ceremonies, march of countries. Then I realized, you know, man, particularly after these last four years, I had it wrong. Nationalism is not good. We’ve seen the rise of White nationalism. Nationalism is not good,” he said in a clip flagged by NewsBusters. “And also, this whole idea — I keep thinking back on the Capitol riots, and I saw a lot of, you know, U.S. flags.”
“So now when I see the flag and the flag raised, what — what America am I living in? You know, are the ones that don’t think, you know, we should be here?” he went on, referring to him and other African Americans.
It was unclear if Rhoden was suggesting some of Team USA’s Olympic delegation may secretly harbor racist views.
Let that sumbitch get “triggered” in Venezuela or Cuba! Just get him the hell out of my country! ESPN can go to hell! I seldom watch anything on ESPN!
He’s at the OLYMPICS! A place where each country comes to compete and represent their homes and sovereignty to the world! IT IS EXPECTED AND REQUIRED THAT EACH COUNTRY DISPLAY THEIR OWN FLAGS! Where did this guy come from? Does he have a kindergarten education? CLUELESS IMBECILE! Why do we even acknowledge these opinions? Just as important as the gum on the bottom of our shoe!
ah who cares, anyone lose any sleep over this :
Since you did not get the first comment let me repeat….you are the most ignorant individual that ever put a pen to hand. Please do yourself a favor and look for a new career path like cleaning shit out of the bull pen at the local rodeo.
You are an embarrassment to our great US.
ESPN , is that the Exceptionally Stupid People Network ? Must be they hired one Exceptionally Stupid Person . I to normally enjoy watching Olympic coverage . But these games have coverage all over the place and some of the most innane displays that are supposed to be I am guessing , entertainment . Some guy tzpdancing on top a work bench ?
As for the athletes and competition , I am forced to wonder about some of the judging of events and then the shameful and disgusting unpatriotic displays of our athletes . To be selected to represent your nation in your given sport is a singular honor and privilege . To use that privilege to try and make political statements against your country is nothing less than a disgrace . Leftism and wokeism need to be left elsewhere and any Athlete who feels the .need to make such statements needs to pay the price by being sent home to never be permitted to compete as part of the Olympic Team again .
OMG – what a frigging snow flake!! If he truly hates the flag and the country it stands for, what the hell is he doing being a citizen?I know – it’s self-centered greed.