tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post3465348694429209746..comments2024-03-17T22:58:56.270-05:00Comments on AKSARBENT: U.S. figure skaters Gracie Gold and Evan Lysacek refuse to criticize Russian antiLGBT law; only Ashley Wagner speaks upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-15238067065782145962013-11-02T00:51:49.024-05:002013-11-02T00:51:49.024-05:00I know! If a young skater, (Gracie is 18), doesn&#...I know! If a young skater, (Gracie is 18), doesn't do exactly what I think they should do and if they don't say exactly what I think they should say. I'll just go online and call them a bunch of evil and ugly names and if anybody calls me on it, I'll just write more mean things. I would never want to write reasoned calls to these athletes to get them to step up and support my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-84454621269751247762013-10-17T08:55:50.005-05:002013-10-17T08:55:50.005-05:00The IOC and Putin bullying standards are, respecti...The IOC and Putin bullying standards are, respectively, sanctions for "political" speech (which, for LGBTs, are rather broadly defined) during the Olympics and arrest, jail and deportation.<br />AKSARBENT doesn't begin to meet that standard, much less exceed it, as you preposterously claim.<br />Go to your room and take your laughably elastic definition of bullying, which you seem Enzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667309559832622964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-59124316425723067012013-10-16T18:10:52.014-05:002013-10-16T18:10:52.014-05:00Apparently you have one standard of bullying for t...Apparently you have one standard of bullying for the IOC and Putin and a lesser standard for yourself? Bullying is bullying. Can you say hypocrite?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-22438744774914449122013-10-01T22:02:27.343-05:002013-10-01T22:02:27.343-05:00Your concerns about bullying are touching. Have yo...Your concerns about bullying are touching. Have you relayed them to the IOC or Vlad Putin?Enzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667309559832622964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368159139210425130.post-16466746894796901982013-09-30T14:56:35.077-05:002013-09-30T14:56:35.077-05:00If an athlete is compelled to voice support for th...If an athlete is compelled to voice support for the LGBT community in Russia, that's awesome, hats off to him/her. But to demand or shame everyone into doing so is ridiculous and smacks of bullying. The Russian government is the enemy here, not the athletes -- whether they be Russian or American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com