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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 04:54 PM Feb 2018

FOX News VP John Moody: Team USA Will Lose Medals Because Its Too Gay and Too Black

FOX News VP John Moody: Team USA Will Lose Medals Because It’s 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 year’s 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 it’s too gay and too black.

Wrote Moody:

Unless it’s 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 won’t 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 year’s 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 they’re the best at what they do, or because they’re the best publicity for our current obsession with having one each from Column A, B and C
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FOX News VP John Moody: Team USA Will Lose Medals Because Its Too Gay and Too Black (Original Post) Roland99 Feb 2018 OP
Hmmm, I wonder, has this damn fool ever looked at the general population! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #1
To people like Moody atreides1 Feb 2018 #3
Plus over 50. irisblue Feb 2018 #15
He wants it to be 1940 again, total moron like the guy he idolizes. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #13
He would have bitched about Jesse Owens. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #16
Pence is so damn gross, so evil and creepy looking, like he should be in a horror film. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #19
moody would be shocked to learn that white skin and a hetero sex drive doesn't help you ski faster. unblock Feb 2018 #2
Well Fox News just went full Hitler. Initech Feb 2018 #4
Fox pulled the op-ed and said (with a straight face) John Fante Feb 2018 #5
He is the freaking VP!! He sets the tone! Roland99 Feb 2018 #14
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #18
Openly bigoted HopeAgain Feb 2018 #6
Does Fox News choose those..... CatMor Feb 2018 #7
I recall someone else thinking that! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #8
So did they handicap the trials? Thought the best times/scores made the team bigbrother05 Feb 2018 #9
You Are Mainly Right erpowers Feb 2018 #12
Yes, that happens based on resume, not orientation bigbrother05 Feb 2018 #20
I bet he hates the women attending as well. 33taw Feb 2018 #10
Is this the creep who promoted the Ashley Todd hoax? struggle4progress Feb 2018 #11
FUCK OFF FOX yuiyoshida Feb 2018 #17
WTF? Baitball Blogger Feb 2018 #21
Yeah, well, western Europeans tend to dominate the Winter Olympics... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #22
"White People Alone Can Fix It" dalton99a Feb 2018 #23

atreides1

(16,091 posts)
3. To people like Moody
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 04:58 PM
Feb 2018

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!

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
13. He wants it to be 1940 again, total moron like the guy he idolizes.
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 05:32 PM
Feb 2018

We send Gay hating Pence to the games, another stellar individual.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
5. Fox pulled the op-ed and said (with a straight face)
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 05:01 PM
Feb 2018

that the editorial did "not reflect the views or values" of the company.

Um, they reflected your values and views perfectly, assholes.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
7. Does Fox News choose those.....
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 05:02 PM
Feb 2018

with the lowest IQ's to work for them. That is one ignorant editorial ever written.

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
9. So did they handicap the trials? Thought the best times/scores made the team
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 05:05 PM
Feb 2018

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)
12. You Are Mainly Right
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 05:31 PM
Feb 2018

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)
20. Yes, that happens based on resume, not orientation
Mon Feb 12, 2018, 12:07 PM
Feb 2018

Diversity at elite levels reflects diversity of the population and interest in a particular sport or opportunity to participate.

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)
22. Yeah, well, western Europeans tend to dominate the Winter Olympics...
Mon Feb 12, 2018, 12:10 PM
Feb 2018

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."

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