Why I Have Been Mostly Ignoring The 2018 Winter Olympics With Tweets

By Nathan Young on February 21, 2018

So I want to be honest, I have mostly been ignoring the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. I am doing this mostly because of how divided the United States is. When the Netherlands won a gold medal, it sent a message to Trump.

The Netherlands celebrated their Winter Olympics win by trolling Trump
https://t.co/K8eW17X8Ah pic.twitter.com/qc6wqhc6N7

— Mashable (@mashable) February 10, 2018

When Shaun White won a gold medal, some trashed him because of the handling of the American flag.

https://twitter.com/_jenny_tweets/status/963610108298219520

Others are trashing Lindsey Vonn because she does not like Trump, like me.

https://twitter.com/BakersfieldBil/status/966135873338163201

And when Lindsey Vonn won a bronze medal, I had to respect what she did!

Happy to see Lindsey Vonn win a medal in this Winter Olympics. Maybe this medal will quiet down the right wingers who continue to trash this Olympic athlete. We should be rooting for them, not sending hate toward the Team USA athletes. #Olympics

— Nathan Young ❄️ (@nvyoung) February 21, 2018

But, my tweet became very popular! A few hundred likes later, and I wanted to respond to some of the comments left from my tweet.

This should be basic patriotism 101. You root for your country’s Olympians unless you’re talking about someone is a murderer/rapist/etc 🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/mMgV0rb2cQ

— Brian Rosenwald (@brianros1) February 21, 2018

Yep.

https://twitter.com/zaddykingpin/status/966151029485170688

It won't silence them. Right-wing nutters demand allegiance to Mr. Trump, not our country.

— J.J. (@BriereBear) February 21, 2018

I sadly agree!

https://twitter.com/luvaderren/status/966151799999811584

Okay.

And maybe thet should not send hate to the president of the country they represent just a thought

— Marsha (@mimsycoll) February 21, 2018

Come on now, really?

And she should support our president or keep her mouth shut. https://t.co/keO35890d9

— 🎀GRITS🎀 🩰 (@ABIGAIL_GRITS) February 21, 2018

https://twitter.com/DJTRevolution/status/966152352821637120

https://twitter.com/markchad2/status/966152505670369280

She has a right to an opinion, and many do not like Trump.

https://twitter.com/commoncrazy22/status/966154903864389632

https://twitter.com/coarsenal40/status/966154375876943872

Lindsey can do what she wants.

https://twitter.com/505_n8tive/status/966155653336072194

Quit comparing this to North Korea!

pic.twitter.com/LOXeoj2lce

— ✭David Muncy✭ (@DMuncy) February 21, 2018

She does not want to see Trump.

https://twitter.com/TrumpingNow/status/966160324037668864

Um, everyone can have a say!

Exactly! Same here! You don’t do that when it’s country against country. The other athletes are so proud representing there’s but we had three that decided to use their “fame” to divide the USA. So they can deal with the hate in the aftermath brought on by themselves 🤷‍♀️

— Vicki Lugo (@vicki_lugo) February 21, 2018

Trump is only making the divide worse!

You should champion her 1st amendment right to call the president whatever she likes. I imagine if you supported it like you probably do the 2nd you would see how ignorant your comment is.

— 🏴‍☠️lee j. hunter (@leejhunterlaw) February 21, 2018

We need gun control!

@nvyoung how do you feel about folks trashing their own President and country? #Patriots ????? https://t.co/uP3F2K0VdI

— Ben (@TPorDaBody) February 21, 2018

People are trashing Trump because he is doing a poor job!

https://twitter.com/K_Syotos111k/status/966164622427406336

Um, an Olympic medal is an amazing achievement!

https://twitter.com/ChiDeplorable/status/966162393045897216

https://twitter.com/ChiDeplorable/status/966160970342129664

https://twitter.com/TaylorWindSet1/status/966175126705258496

Thanks for the Snowflake compliments! I like it!

https://twitter.com/SheLickedMyVols/status/966165687365447680

No irony here!

https://twitter.com/SheLickedMyVols/status/966165687365447680

Wow!

She should be supportive of her country and her president… failure of president is failure of our country. What part of this do u & @lindseyvonn & the rest of your ilk not get?? #haters https://t.co/yCJ4pnTP2k

— Jp (@allthingssoft1) February 21, 2018

Come on, Trump failing is great for America and the world too!

https://twitter.com/SheLickedMyVols/status/966171687212535808

So all athletes are retards? Come on man!

Vonn should not have disrespected #POTUS because she disrespects the people of this country! Too much hype way too cocky #karma

— DHS🇺🇸 (@dh_huddleston) February 21, 2018

She can say what she wants!

https://twitter.com/reganmontes/status/966224351036170245

LOL, right!

https://twitter.com/caarecengi/status/966196736980062213

White House visits are so overrated!

Anger was shown because of her vocal disrespect to our President and to the office of the USA. I think she does things for attention, not that she has a real reason for her comments. She hopes to gain celb. Statues for the next Lib party. @realDonaldTrump

— Jo Ann (@jozzdays) February 21, 2018

Statues for all!

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