US Vice President JD Vance endured a chorus of “boos” as US athletes began their march at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, after Israeli athletes faced the same unwarm welcome.

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    7 days ago

    It’s not like we can actually do anything about them. Booing at least makes us feel good for a brief moment.

    People are allowed to vent, and it is healthy to do so.

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      5 days ago

      If you’ve ever been booed, I’m not sure this take would feel great.

      I support making Vance feel unwelcome. I’m less enthused about the athletes being targeted. The optics of ‘we shame all associated to things we dislike’ is aspect conservative voters claim to fear/dislike from progressives.

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        4 days ago

        I’ll have more sympathy if they publicly make statements condemning the genocide that their country is committing. Until then, sucks to suck. They are not the victims here.

        The optics of ‘we shame all associated to things we dislike’

        “Dislike” is way underselling this. I “dislike” pineapple on pizza. This is something rather different.

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          4 days ago

          Do tell: do you check if they have before you boo?

          I know I haven’t. And the few times I’ve checked, it has always been more of an edge case than expected.