• Tosti@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    Well, you can really zoom in on the individual, and decide. But if the person is in the military, or completely on the Russian government’s dime, they are spokespeople for that government. That government is not welcome, by extension the athlestes are not welcome. The olympics should not be a platform for idols of the russian federation to gain a platform.

    • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Will that standard be applied consistently? Will USA athletes be punished for the acts of their government? British? Saudi? Isreali?

      Because it not, it becomes clear that this has nothing to do with principles and everything to do with politics.