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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Again, for the hundredth time, NO ONE thinks she should have continued if she felt unsafe. I don’t know why this brought up over and over.

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be critical discussion on the larger picture of what happened. But to say anything remotely critical of Simone right now means you are a right wing racist bigot- according to your algorithm. Any public figure that says anything but praise would be a PR nightmare.

I am the immediate PP, who did not post the algorithm, but replied to it.

Yeah, there's a lot of underlying racism in the comments about Simone Biles.

The "anything remotely critical" I've been reading hasn't been "remotely" anything. It's bashing her for deciding not to continue in the competition, with a lot of ridiculous people calling her a quitter. And, yes, everything is much more loaded, because she is a woman who was sexually abused by someone her sport's governing body protected. I think it's incredible that she's come this far.

One of the reasons she chose to compete was, as she said during an interview, was that she felt that unless someone currently competing was part of the movement to hold the Nassar and the USAG responsible for the horrific abuse of gymnasts, it would be brushed under the rug.

Who knows why Simone got the twisties. It doesn't matter. But, yeah, I don't think any of those who are criticizing have the right to do so. And, yeah. There are a lot of racists in the commentary.

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Anonymous wrote:It looked like a tamper tantrum after screwing up to me. If any of us walk out of our jobs after "anxiety" or "pressure" we're fired. But to a coddled arrogant multi-millionaire 24-yo athlete we have to understand? Please.

I agree. She was pissed she messed up and quit.

Anonymous wrote:It looked like a tamper tantrum after screwing up to me. If any of us walk out of our jobs after "anxiety" or "pressure" we're fired. But to a coddled arrogant multi-millionaire 24-yo athlete we have to understand? Please.

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Again, for the hundredth time, NO ONE thinks she should have continued if she felt unsafe. I don’t know why this brought up over and over.

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be critical discussion on the larger picture of what happened. But to say anything remotely critical of Simone right now means you are a right wing racist bigot- according to your algorithm. Any public figure that says anything but praise would be a PR nightmare.

I am the immediate PP, who did not post the algorithm, but replied to it.

Yeah, there's a lot of underlying racism in the comments about Simone Biles.

The "anything remotely critical" I've been reading hasn't been "remotely" anything. It's bashing her for deciding not to continue in the competition, with a lot of ridiculous people calling her a quitter. And, yes, everything is much more loaded, because she is a woman who was sexually abused by someone her sport's governing body protected. I think it's incredible that she's come this far.

One of the reasons she chose to compete was, as she said during an interview, was that she felt that unless someone currently competing was part of the movement to hold the Nassar and the USAG responsible for the horrific abuse of gymnasts, it would be brushed under the rug.

Who knows why Simone got the twisties. It doesn't matter. But, yeah, I don't think any of those who are criticizing have the right to do so. And, yeah. There are a lot of racists in the commentary.

+1 Beautifully put and on point.

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Again, for the hundredth time, NO ONE thinks she should have continued if she felt unsafe. I don’t know why this brought up over and over.

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be critical discussion on the larger picture of what happened. But to say anything remotely critical of Simone right now means you are a right wing racist bigot- according to your algorithm. Any public figure that says anything but praise would be a PR nightmare.

I am the immediate PP, who did not post the algorithm, but replied to it.

Yeah, there's a lot of underlying racism in the comments about Simone Biles.

The "anything remotely critical" I've been reading hasn't been "remotely" anything. It's bashing her for deciding not to continue in the competition, with a lot of ridiculous people calling her a quitter. And, yes, everything is much more loaded, because she is a woman who was sexually abused by someone her sport's governing body protected. I think it's incredible that she's come this far.

One of the reasons she chose to compete was, as she said during an interview, was that she felt that unless someone currently competing was part of the movement to hold the Nassar and the USAG responsible for the horrific abuse of gymnasts, it would be brushed under the rug.

Who knows why Simone got the twisties. It doesn't matter. But, yeah, I don't think any of those who are criticizing have the right to do so. And, yeah. There are a lot of racists in the commentary.

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Again, for the hundredth time, NO ONE thinks she should have continued if she felt unsafe. I don’t know why this brought up over and over.

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be critical discussion on the larger picture of what happened. But to say anything remotely critical of Simone right now means you are a right wing racist bigot- according to your algorithm. Any public figure that says anything but praise would be a PR nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Again, for the hundredth time, NO ONE thinks she should have continued if she felt unsafe. I don’t know why this brought up over and over.

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be critical discussion on the larger picture of what happened. But to say anything remotely critical of Simone right now means you are a right wing racist bigot- according to your algorithm. Any public figure that says anything but praise would be a PR nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Anonymous wrote:Every once in awhile there comes a young gymnast who does not make many mistakes. They are lauded.

But usually, the top gymnasts do make a few bobbles in a high level competition. This is normal.

Biles was a gymnast that last Olympics did not make many of those normal bobbles. Whatever happened recently, she quit 5% in to her 2nd Olympics.

Oh well. There could be many reasons for that. That's too bad she didn't retire several months ago. Or create routines she was more confident about. Or brush off the "be perfect all the time" BS.

Just do your best, as all the athletes who did perform this week, did. Well prepared, trained, ready. Just do your best and everything will be OK. Look at Ledecky getting 5th in a race with 2 people crossing olympic records: "That was a tough race!" And it was. THen she went and swam and won her 1500m.

Anonymous wrote:Every once in awhile there comes a young gymnast who does not make many mistakes. They are lauded.

But usually, the top gymnasts do make a few bobbles in a high level competition. This is normal.

Biles was a gymnast that last Olympics did not make many of those normal bobbles. Whatever happened recently, she quit 5% in to her 2nd Olympics.

Oh well. There could be many reasons for that. That's too bad she didn't retire several months ago. Or create routines she was more confident about. Or brush off the "be perfect all the time" BS.

Just do your best, as all the athletes who did perform this week, did. Well prepared, trained, ready. Just do your best and everything will be OK. Look at Ledecky getting 5th in a race with 2 people crossing olympic records: "That was a tough race!" And it was. THen she went and swam and won her 1500m.

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Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?

Most of the people criticizing Simone Biles are mediocre people and non-gymnasts. So, it's kind of like a fat blob criticizing the way LeBron James handled a play. It's pretty meaningless.

Simone Biles competed at the World Championships while passing a kidney stone. Don't talk to me about this woman's toughness. She is 24-years old, which sadly is really old for a gymnast, and she has pushed the limits of gymnastic further than anyone who has preceded her.

Every. Single. Gymnast. who has chimed in has said why it was right for Simone to withdraw. Being off in gymnastics with the level of speed and height they work with, it can be life-threatening to be off.

https://www.newsweek.com/horrifying-dominique-moceanu-injury-video-simone-biles-withdraw-1614225

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you feel like criticizing Simone Biles, please refer to this decision tree from McSweeney's:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/are-you-allowed-to-criticize-simone-biles-a-decision-tree

JFC why does it always come down to skin color?

+1. Also, no one is above criticism. It’s part of life, especially if you willingly put yourself in the public sphere. Just because you are famous or rich or powerful or athletic, it doesn’t make you better than other people.

If we are not allowed to criticize anyone other than ourselves we should also not be allowed to praise anyone other than ourselves, right?