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[timmy]

Why are they pretending the athletes design their own uniforms?

and 16 year-old athletes, at that.

This is vile.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

lol what's the story behind these guys?

alcohol.

 

[Slayven]

alcohol.

So you blaming it on....

 

[Suairyu]

The American athletes are some of the most patriotic in existence. Obama and Phelp's Twitter exchange was stomach-turning in its levels of patriotism.

That FOX considers this not patriotic enough is so funny it stops being funny.

 

[PhoenixDark]

I stopped after he said Americans are afraid to show our exceptionalism.

*facepalm*

Same. Always something to nit pick about

 

[Gregorn]

Are Americans still forced to pledge their allegiance to a flag, or was that a movie I saw?

 

[Trouble]

This is the channel that called Mr. Rogers an evil man. They cannot possibly sink lower than that.

 

[demon]

Can we just nuke Fox News from orbit already? What a waste of fucking atoms. It's sickening they're the most popular source of news in this country. Jesus christ end it now.

 

[Seep]

Fox news and the Sun have one thing in common, Rupert Murdoch a waste of human life on both sides of the Atlantic. The sooner he dies the better.

 

[justjohn]

American brashness is back. Hell yeah

Edit: I was supposed to post this in the Olympic thread.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

So they want American athletes to show non-Americans that they are form America......yeah

 

[SpectreFire]

The American colours look awful on clothing, that's why people don't wear it anymore.

The star spangled banner bullshit of the past just looks plain stupid.

 

[Quackula]

The American colours look awful on clothing, that's why people don't wear it anymore.

The star spangled banner bullshit of the past just looks plain stupid.

 

[demon]

The American colours look awful on clothing, that's why people don't wear it anymore.

The star spangled banner bullshit of the past just looks plain stupid.

I agree with this. Red white and blue clothing just looks tacky. Makes me think of Rex Kwon Do's pants from Napoleon Dynamite.

 

[parrotbeak]

To be fair, they are full of shit.

2008 team:

To be fair, 2008 was a very anti-American year in other ways.

US Olympic athletes have a lot to learn from the patriotic Republican UFC fighter Chael Sonnen.

 

[SpectreFire]

I agree with this. Red white and blue clothing just looks tacky. Makes me think of Rex Kwon Do's pants from Napoleon Dynamite.

To be fair, the American flag in general looks kind of tacky.

Stars and stripes? Really?

I have never seen it convert to anything in a not tacky and iffy way.

 

[rvy]

I patiently await for O'Reilly's take on the matter.

 

[FyreWulff]

The stuff is better than the last attempt at a team logo.

What the fuck. There's like 4 different perspectives in this motherfucker, and it's unbalanced. It's like someone goes "SHIT WE NEED A FLAG" and just called it a day.

 

[Devolution]

Makes me appreciate the NZ uniforms even more.

USA ones look liked they pissed themselves. Those look fine.

 

[L1NETT]

You know what makes me feel patriotic? Whenever I see the American team and realize how diverse the country is. Everyone is represented... It's amazing.

You are a nation of immigrants ;-)

And Fox News is just absurd. Walking the line between crazy and downright funny. The equivalent in the UK is Sky News (owned by the same people) who are much milder but still awful.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

To be fair, the American flag in general looks kind of tacky.

Stars and stripes? Really?

I have never seen it convert to anything in a not tacky and iffy way.

I feel the same.

 

[spiderman123]

If the USA gets anymore patriotic, the athletes would have sparkles and fireworks come out of their asses while doing the Star and Spangled dance and reciting the National Anthem

 

[commedieu]

if the audience truly wants to hear it, its even worse.

Thats the unfortunate truth.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Patriotism is fine (in small doses). It's nationalism that is horrible. You'd think people would have minds of a worldly view by now :<

 

[toadster101]

I like how they got a black conservative tea party goon in order to criticize the first black gymnast gold medalist so that they can claim they are not racist.

 

[Plinko]

I'm proud to be an American. I just don't feel like I have to be waving red, white, and blue around every minute to prove that.

 

[Maximus.]

What a joke haha, but that's fox news for you.

 

[VALIS]

Fox News: "Derp."

 

[neoism]

Fox News.

 

[kehs]

I should get a job at Fox News.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

http://www.foxnews.com/number1/

I seriously cannot wrap my mind around a """""news""""" organisation behaving like this.

I just can't.

 

[Mumei]

Why are they pretending the athletes design their own uniforms?

Why are you pretending that they aren't ignorant enough to actually believe that!

 

[Chumly]

I like how they got a black conservative tea party goon in order to criticize the first black gymnast gold medalist so that they can claim they are not racist.

My thoughts as well.

 

[bigboss370]

Fox News is unpatriotic for saying american athletes are unpatriotic.

 

[ryan13ts]

http://www.foxnews.com/number1/

I seriously cannot wrap my mind around a """""news""""" organisation behaving like this.

I just can't.

Dear god, I thought that was just a joke until I actually clicked the link and saw it on their site. That's just..... wow.

 

[mackattk]

http://www.foxnews.com/number1/

I seriously cannot wrap my mind around a """""news""""" organisation behaving like this.

I just can't.

That was real??? ...what?

 

[Unicorn]

This is the channel that called Mr. Rogers an evil man. They cannot possibly sink lower than that.

HOLY FUCK WHAT THE HOLY FUCKING HOLY FUCK

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Dear god, I thought that was just a joke until I actually clicked the link and saw it on their site. That's just..... wow.

That was real??? ...what?

Tell me about it.

 

[SirButterstick]

This is the channel that called Mr. Rogers an evil man. They cannot possibly sink lower than that.

Their obit on Kurt Vonnegut was pretty vile.

 

[danwarb]

http://www.foxnews.com/number1/

I seriously cannot wrap my mind around a """""news""""" organisation behaving like this.

I just can't.

Wait, that's a real ad?

 

[Jak140]

This is pretty much exactly how I feel about nationalism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCR4ChLG8s

 

[MIMIC]

If I were an Olympic athlete, I might chant "USA", but I'm not going to wear a damn flag as an outfit.....even if I had control over that.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

i guess all the loudest voices are busy waiting in line at chick-fil-a.

i only wish the mandate of subtlety got through to whoever designed the cycle uniforms, maybe they wouldn't look like they were ripped from a chinese flea market AMERICA BATTLE HERO figure:

the zipper down the middle kind of makes it look like U$A ...awesome

 

[Davidion]

Seriously? How awesome is this shit right here?

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Fuck Fox News.

 

[DarkFlow]

I heard about this from my friend yesterday since I missed the opening ceremonies. Did they really cabbage patch their way into the stadium? That's fucking awesome.

They also held a mock race while doing the dance.

 

[Hyuga]

Fox News: US athletes not "patriotic" enough

lol They should watch the german soccer team.

 

[Clevinger]

I didnt think Fox had the audacity to go in on gabby douglas. olympic champion, father a Marine sgt. whose been on tour in Iraq and Afghanistan. but no, they just couldnt help but be themselves.

There were people actually wondering where her dad was as a "lol, black families" type of deal on twitter.

I'm not going to bother linking to them, but Fox News has another headline now of:

"Gymnast Gabby Douglas' mom filed for bankruptcy"

 

[Videoneon]

Not good enough of a news station

 

[Bollocks]

She's patriotic, she even looks like the people back home