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FOX News VP John Moody: Team USA Will Lose Medals Because Its Too Gay and Too Black
http://www.towleroad.com/2018/02/john-moody/
FOX News Executive Editor and VP John Moody published a hideous editorial complaining about the more diverse make-up of this years U.S. Olympic team. Reacting to a recent article in the Washington Post which argued that despite the diversity the team is still overwhelmingly white, Moody asserted that Team USA could lose medals because its too gay and too black.
Wrote Moody:
Unless its changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been Faster, Higher, Stronger. It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to Darker, Gayer, Different. If your goal is to win medals, that wont work.
A USOC official was quoted this week expressing pride (what else?) about taking the most diverse U.S. squad ever to the Winter Olympics. That was followed by a, frankly, embarrassing laundry list of how many African-Americans, Asians and openly gay athletes are on this years U.S. team. No sport that we are aware of awards points or medals for skin color or sexual orientation.
For the current USOC, a dream team should look more like the general population. So, while uncomfortable, the question probably needs to be asked: were our Olympians selected because theyre the best at what they do, or because theyre the best publicity for our current obsession with having one each from Column A, B and C
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)atreides1
(16,091 posts)The only population he sees, are white and straight...everyone else doesn't even register on his radar!
Fortunately for Moody, he works for Fox, which means nothing will happen to him!
irisblue
(33,020 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)We send Gay hating Pence to the games, another stellar individual.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)unblock
(52,309 posts)Initech
(100,100 posts)And you don't go full Hitler. Never, ever go full Hitler.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)that the editorial did "not reflect the views or values" of the company.
Um, they reflected your values and views perfectly, assholes.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)There must be something that can be done about this vile propaganda machine.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)with the lowest IQ's to work for them. That is one ignorant editorial ever written.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,570 posts)bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)My guess is that whiter/straighter would cost even more medals by send the lesser athletes.
The USOC seems to be proud of the diversity of the winners, not the diversity of their process.
eta: Maybe this is why Dotard wants more Norwegians
erpowers
(9,350 posts)For most of the sports the teams are picked by who wins, or who is in the top two, or three. However, I believe the selection of Adam Rippon, who is gay, was slightly controversial in that he came in fourth, but was picked over the second place finisher. However, U.S. Figure Skating and U.S. Gymnastics routinely disregard the final standings at the Olympic trials.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Diversity at elite levels reflects diversity of the population and interest in a particular sport or opportunity to participate.
33taw
(2,447 posts)struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,839 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)That's where all the rich white folks learn to ski.
Late add: I guess in his mind, the strategy isn't to get better athletes, but to get more white athletes because they "win all the medals."