the Olympics in Russia in 2014 are going to be incredibly controversial because I
anti-gay laws that are going to be most likely brought upon
everyone participating in the olympics however for a one Russian pole vaulter
who is a world record holder
and totally gonna butcher the shit outta her name but it is Elena
S&M it's been by yet another my neighbor
I Shia officially here's what she said and I quote about these anti-gay laws
if we allow %uh to promote and do all this stuff and this is just
her poor English if we allow to promote and do all this stuff on the street
we are very afraid about our nation because we consider ourselves like
normal
standard people we just live with boys with women women with boys
everything must be fine it comes from history we never had any problems these
problems in russia
and we don't want to have any in the future very quickly
let me just put this out there than I know nick is gonna rip Ernie want the
gay propaganda is not allowed in rusher this will not be under
very people and he says that anyone wearing a rainbow flag on the street are
writing about gay relationships on social media
I E Facebook for instance could be accused of propagandizing
and that it will be a crime to express your support
for the gay community fly love that she says we never had any problems
this is history you an hour talking a little bit about that
together a lotta messed up things that were history
including you probably not being able to be being a woman
be in the Olympics what is wrong with you
now you know yeah I mean I get everybody has their opinion everybody
you know it's so ignorant that's the perfect word for it so
ignite and I just feel like also its it it's like
it's discrimination whether it's race or whether it's
you know your man or woman or whatever it's it's completely discriminatory and
I don't know where we go from here as far as like the Olympics what it means
for us like
getting there you know do we trust that they're going to release the band once
we get there
I don't think so but it doesn't look like it it doesn't look like it at all
the problem I have with this is she's basically saying don't be who you are
yeah that's what she said and she saying you know come
as we said it comes from history okay so about you shouldn't be in the Olympics
because women
shouldn't have any rights the we should have slaves because slavery is history
and their three fits a man obviously three-fifths of a person
are slaves oh yeah and they should also killed the first-born I mean why not
you know I'm a Jew I mean are going okay I come from a family of three
I mean like to screw her she's badass so incredibly ignorant on this issue
and so is Russia however Nick Simmons I'll I love this guy's United States
silver medalist in the 800 meters he says
it blows my mind that such a young well-traveled
well-educated woman would be sold behind the times
I'm hit the nail on the head African lover Nick Simmons
yeah he said it yeah summed everything up from right then and there
and I mean john is covered this in Jr and and the Young Turks is covered this
before
but like how how exactly
are you gonna try and persuade I love letter mere pittance
and then even Qatar for the 2022 World Cup I mean I just
I don't see it happen now I don't either and so then the question is like
to boycotts not boycott the thing you can't do that because then
you know these Olympic athletes train their whole lives for this and you would
be not giving them the opportunity to do what it is they have devoted their whole
lives to
on that's not fair so then let you know i know:
there's the dump Russian vodka campaign but like you know
do it is that really gonna him where it hurts now for you can't convince the
government illegal what do you do
it's like our hands are kinda tied behind her back sick what's the answer
here
there is no answer I mean I'm trying to think like LeBron James put out a
statement like yeah that'll attract some people but how can I get
you know Russia what has to happen is for
and it will never happen but four because it will create so much discord
within the country but if
a star Russian athletes were speak up against this
and at home we have a domino effect with the other Russian athletes that would be
huge
I i mean I'm a realist like I'll believe it when I see it on the Cubs fan let me
throw that in there
but like its it's not gonna happen like if it did gotta be so powerful
when a lot of these athletes have so much on the line I mean you have to
think about it like
UK its easy to say like if I had that position and I had that power and I was
so loved and adored as an athlete I would just come out and do it but
at the same time we're talking about rush hour we're not talking about the
United States I mean even here
when you come out whether it's saying that I'm gay I believe in there so
whatever you get
you can get lambasted by like total comments you know and we have our
problems with anti-gay
a opinions here in our own country so we do but that they're progressing
I know they are plotting the progress yes but I'm just saying like it's russia
so
we can't we can't think that the athletes they're gonna
step up in a platform and clearly not an exhibit a is here
it now yeah exhibit now I like yeah I like
I my last point on this is it its like it's
it's just sad is the best way to put it and
the fact that they want athletes the cover up who they are instead being true
to themselves and they're basically saying
well here's the fine line that you gotta EE that we're drawing in the sand for
you
physics it's either going to be you're gonna come out as gay and not
participate in the olympics
we're gonna cover up who you are as a person what you
how you came into this earth and participate
and try to win a metal and try to medoff
but not really be who you are yeah it's really unfortunate to i mean going back
to the fact that she's a woman
but also the fact that this is even brought into the conversation at all
like as an athlete and someone who competes you should have
far more respect for other human beings just take that take the idea of somebody
being gay
out a bit and to say I don't care who you are your competitor you work just as
hard as I do at this and every day you come
you know you come to the line and bring your a-game I should have respect for
you as a human being
because it back to and then also to throw in there the fact that you're a
one-man
and you're throwing this around you know it have you know that may help that much
work I don't think it does why is you should have compassion for people
who have fought to say I'm equal because
look I I never had to fight that fight there were women who fought that before
me
thank you you know I never had to fight the fight and being able to vote are
being able to
be you know the president that is possible but it wasn't possible before
you know and south but for me because I came from that history
I also have a lot of compassion for people who are fighting for their own
rights Norway
so I feel like as a woman it does make it worse but also been
another competitor and Natalie he shouldn't even be putting that on the
table