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Are you not aware of who was in control during apartheid?

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On the one hand I don't think it's fair to punish people based on where they're born. On the other hand it seems the majority of Russian athletes are in support of Putin's genocide of Ukraine, or are being used for Russian propaganda. I honestly don't know what to think about the issue. Curious to hear from those with strong opinions on the issue?

lulz

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Another Russian apologist!

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if a player asks for gold, front line!

What happened to keeping politics out of sports? Iran used to get roasted here for refusing to compete against Israel.

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Ukraine cannot practice because Russias invasion has destroyed its facilities to do so. Russia should be banned from the olympics…

The opinion that invading and pillaging a sovereign state is a good thing?? Yeah. Definitely fuck that opinion and anyone who has it.

This is the bullshit logic that results in answers like 'compete under a neutral flag'.

If that's actually how it worked, you'd be right. But the Olympics are actually a system of a country showing how impressive they are - especially when you're talking about the top few countries - and nobody fucking believes that the athletes aren't Russian just because they don't have a Russian flag on.

You punish the athletes because the athletes are competing under the auspices of a government. The same reason you punish the people of Russia (or wherever) through economic sanctions even though those don't directly impact those in power.

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You're a fucking moron

>IOC can't just go banning athletes of countries because of the crimes their government commited. Very few countries would be left

They absolutely can, and have.

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So, a bunch of bullshit, again.

A Trump supporters Russian counterpart.

Uh, no. The “Olympic Athletes from Russia” team is totally different from the Russian Olympic Team. There’s pretty much no relation to the sanctioned country.