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Majority of Online Threats & Abuse Coming from Americans


"Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the Olympic Games opening ceremony filed a complaint with authorities on Tuesday saying “he had been the target on social media of messages containing threats and insults and critical of his sexual orientation and wrongly presumed Israeli roots”, the prosecutor’s office said."

French media reported than much of the online abuse was in English and a sizeable proportion appeared to come from the US. Jolly is gay but is not Jewish and has no immediate connection with Israel."
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/02/paris-2024-olympic-games-opening-ceremony-last-supper-controversy-thomas-jolly

"Jolly, 42, denied taking inspiration from the Last Supper in his nearly four-hour production. The scene, intended to promote tolerance of different sexual and gender identities, also featured French actor Philippe Katerine, who appeared on a silver serving dish, almost naked and painted blue.

He was meant to be Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and pleasure, who was father of Sequana, the goddess of the River Seine.

"The idea was to do a big pagan party linked to the gods of Olympus," Jolly told the BFM channel.

"You'll never find in my work any desire to mock or denigrate anyone. I wanted a ceremony that brings people together, that reconciles, but also a ceremony that affirms our Republican values of liberty, equality and fraternity," he added."
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240728-paris-olympic-opening-creator-defiant-over-controversial-show

Idiot Trumpites complaining about something they didn't watch since NBC edited it. Typical Trumpite behavior! Meanwhile, the French gave it the Opening Ceremony an 86% approval rating.

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Dionysus has been dubbed "a patron god of hermaphrodites and transvestites" by Roberto C. Ferrari in the 2002 Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. He is referred to as effeminate, which is sometimes linked to his being dressed in girl's clothes during his childhood.


So very interesting....

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The whole "Dionysus" thing is gaslighting. The title, earlier comments by Jolly, and comments by the person who was the central figure indicate it was meant to mock "The Last Supper". There is no doubt among people with functioning brains.

Woketards attempting to spin and lie about something millions of people saw is typical leftist behavior. Meanwhile, the French, naturally, gave it an 86 percent approval rating. Of course they did. But who cares?

Between a cringy opening ceremony hijacked by gay/trans weirdos, men pounding on women in women's boxing, and a river full of shit, these Olympics will be remembered as a joke.

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>The whole "Dionysus" thing is gaslighting. The title, earlier comments by Jolly, and comments by the person who was the central figure indicate it was meant to mock "The Last Supper". There is no doubt among people with functioning brains.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cw4yqvegkexo

You can literally see Dionysus portrayed.

>Woketards attempting to spin and lie about something millions of people saw is typical leftist behavior. Meanwhile, the French, naturally, gave it an 86 percent approval rating. Of course they did. But who cares?

Since its the French hosting it, it matters more than most in this particular olympics.

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Very well expressed!

The only thing good about it is, the last time I looked, the U.S. was leading not only with the gold, but also the overall medal count.

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Why do the USA media count total medals won, where as the rest of the planet base the leaders on number of gold won, followed by silver and bronze to rank those with equal gold.
I know USA would still currently be on top, but is it to ensure the USA stay on top for almost the entirety of the games?
Are they that insecure because China is hot on your heels for Gold?

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Oh,it's ok for China to be hot on the heels for gold but not ok for the USA to follow the total medal count. It's athletic competition, dumb shit! You're obviously anti-American.

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Such an immature response that clearly triggered you. Are you 13 years old? Unable to have an adult conversation about an observation?
Anyway, using your logic, a country with no Gold, 30 Silver and 30 bronze is in front of a country with 20 Gold.
So coming 2nd and 3rd is better in your view? Maybe we should give all the athletes participation medals as well.
"Completed the event with perfect attendance".
And for the record, I'm not anti US.

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Well, clearly the man deserves to be insulted. By conflating insults and death threats, the article... become garbage.

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Not surprising. Bible-bashing gun-loving uneducated Americans are not right in the head.

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Neither are Marxist Atheists!

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