return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOutrage after French MP says Israelis 'not welcome' at Olympicsuk.news.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down118
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minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up138arrow-down8·2 months agoThey’re violating the Olympic truce. They banned Russia for it. Why not Israel?
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·2 months agoObviously, because being the target of a genocide 80 years ago gives you a free pass to do whatever you want forever. Russia’s problem is that they’ve never been hit with a genocide themselves, so they don’t get a free pass. /S
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoYou know, all things aside, it’s kinda sad people don’t even remember anymore that the Nazis weren’t just after Jews.
minus-squarebufalo1973@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIt’s funny that, if it was a numeric question, more Russians died in WW2 than Jews.
minus-squareMataVatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·2 months agoBecause there are still a lot of genocidal apologists that influence political opinion. Especially in the US.
minus-squareuranibaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoPerhaps it is not considered a war?
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a special ethnic adjustment operation.
minus-squaregoferking0@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI mean maybe not technically war but fuck it feels like committing genocide is worse than a war. But not like Olympics Committee actually cares about anything other than getting publicity
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoRussia is banned because of doping
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoNo, the current ban is because they invaded Ukraine during the Olympic truce. The doping ban was on specific athletes I believe.
They’re violating the Olympic truce.
They banned Russia for it. Why not Israel?
Obviously, because being the target of a genocide 80 years ago gives you a free pass to do whatever you want forever. Russia’s problem is that they’ve never been hit with a genocide themselves, so they don’t get a free pass. /S
You know, all things aside, it’s kinda sad people don’t even remember anymore that the Nazis weren’t just after Jews.
It’s funny that, if it was a numeric question, more Russians died in WW2 than Jews.
Because there are still a lot of genocidal apologists that influence political opinion. Especially in the US.
Perhaps it is not considered a war?
It’s a special ethnic adjustment operation.
lol
I mean maybe not technically war but fuck it feels like committing genocide is worse than a war.
But not like Olympics Committee actually cares about anything other than getting publicity
Russia is banned because of doping
No, the current ban is because they invaded Ukraine during the Olympic truce. The doping ban was on specific athletes I believe.