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Cathy Bosotti's avatar

Love your work Batya. Your sincerity and love for your country are a beautiful thing. Yes to Alysa Liu and pity for those who don’t have the manners and class to be able to disagree without making everything about themselves. Keep up the great work. It is appreciated.

Mickel Knight's avatar

Interesting that the tenor of the comments here - supportive or vile - illustrate the point Batya is making perfectly.

Keilani's avatar

And yet no one leaving a negative comment has enough brains to figure that out.

FoxyHeterodoxy (Debra C)'s avatar

Batya, I could not agree more. She checked her woke politics at the door but made sure to embrace her patriotism. Also a big plus: she’s from my hometown of Oakland. Woot woot!

None's avatar

Great piece, Batya. I watched her skate and there was so much joy in her athleticism and performance! It was a beautiful thing to see. I don’t care what her politics are. She represented our country well and is an absolute ray of sunshine.

Politics isn’t a religion or way of life. I’m tired of it permeating every aspect of our lives.

Thank you for the story and for this inspiring young woman. What a beautiful soul!

Mazelit Airaksinen's avatar

Didn't think about this angle. Good piece.

Clarity Seeker's avatar

Liu v Gu? Pretty damn easy one there. Free Jimmy Lai . Have a feeling Alysa and her dad have an opinion on that one. A great question to ask a Chinese Olympian, no?

ManAlone's avatar

Exactly. Today Liu's father could not have escaped through Hong Kong.

Philip L Miller's avatar

Once again, nicely done, Batya. OBTW being unfamiliar with your name, I asked Grok for the etymology. It is a pleasure to read your work, Daughter of God.

Cary Cotterman's avatar

All of the leftists I know, which is almost everybody I know, always act as if everyone in the room agrees with them. It doesn't seem to occur to them, nor would they care, that anyone might have a different point of view. Liu doesn't appear to suffer from that delusion. She knows when it's appropriate to keep her politics to herself so as to appeal to everyone, not just half.

John K's avatar

My relationship with Liu consists of entirely how she represents the country and how she competed. That is it. She is not my girlfriend, my daughter or my colleague. I will likely never meet her. The rest of her life is her business not mine.

Stephen Schrader's avatar

Exactly so, Batya. It is the LEFT that wants us to "get in their faces" at Thanksgiving. It is the Left that not only wants division, they dine on it at every opportunity. After all the crap from the 2000 election recounts my wife laid down the law to her Democrat family, "no politics" at family gatherings. In 2016 my aged father demanded we have weekly dinners with "my 3 sons" and their wives. This we did for about 2 years. My Leftist s-i-l kept allowing herself to slip in her hatred for DJT. Despite admonishments from me, she kept it up. Dinners stopped, SM users unfriended her. An ugly quiet ensued from 2020-2022. Everyone still chatted and lunched however she was generally left to gnash her teeth at us DJT supporters. She was left out due to her inability to control herself. Finally on a cold Halloween night I pulled my grandchildren and daughter and wife and we traipsed over to their house for a trick-or-treat. Hugs, tears, and profuse apologies (all by her) and promises to zip it. Now she and my brother are in the process of selling their house and retiring to our resort community at Smith Mountain Lake and joining us and my other brother and his wife in retirement. So in closing, the whacked out Left is all about it. The middle and right are not.

CStone's avatar

I do not believe that there are more of them than there are of us. They’re just loud and obnoxious, and evil.

At this point in time, all that is left to the left are the dregs of society. Deranged deviants.

They are for those who either want to kill babies or mutilate, sexually groom children or recognize pedophilia as normal. Drug addicts, alcoholics, illegals, most of whom are rapists, murderers, traffickers. Children have always been the target of Moloch/Baal.

BigMedicine and BigPharma saw $$$$ when they decided to place a medical dx on and spiritual problem and use their psychotropic drugs and they could make lots of moolah……and boom!!the school shooter was born!

It’s ALL about the children.

They need access to innocent children to satisfy the bloodlust of their satanic gods.

Those left on the left are being “…..given over to a reprobate mind” well and truly.

I’m glad your sil finally came to her senses.

Stephen Schrader's avatar

I am standing and applauding your comment!

FYI- she hasn't come to her senses. She simply buttoned her lip.

Kristi's avatar

She’s a freedom loving American that is extremely proud to represent the USA. Shes not woke- she’s tolerant and open minded but ferociously hard working. Shes a proud American

Tee's avatar

She’s incredibly woke and her dad’s an immigration lawyer, so you know anything about her? She’s literally best friends with Amber Glenn

RRDRRD's avatar

Hate to break it to you but conservatives understand nuance in political belief. We really don't care who she is friend's with or what her dad does for a living. However, just FYI, her dad fled communist oppression in China, so you might want to consider that what he does in terms of immigration law is likely to be quite different than what you think.

Tee's avatar

Her dad literally defends illegals lmao these people are all in on destroying you and you’re talking about unity

RRDRRD's avatar

Her Dad literally helps people flee Communist China. He has no reputation for dealing with illegal aliens but only processing the paperwork and guiding the process for legal immigration.

BTW, while I said nothing about unity, I am confident that this board would be unanimous in supporting "these people" destroying you.

Tee's avatar

Oh great, just what we need—more Chinese in California (who vote extremely Democrat, by the way). You’d literally support leftists sniping you at 200 yards off as long as they did it *legally*. But at least you have the “nuance” to admit you’d side with leftists who’d murder you over people on your own side. Typical conservative.

RRDRRD's avatar

Of course, people who flee Communist regimes vote for "Communism lite" when they come to America. And, of course, all of them always vote the same way. At least you openly broadcast your ignorance. Typical halfwit.

Kristi's avatar

She loves America. She is young. Tolerant, remember I used that word. Just like a patriot tolerant and loves and respects American values.

Dee's avatar

I think she’s not really woke. Although there is no universal definition of woke, I think it’s characterized by extremism, intolerance of opposing views, and a need to make everything about politics and to build one’s identity around it and signal that group membership at every opportunity lest one be mistaken for one of the “bad” people. It’s perfectly possible to be progressive/liberal/leftist and not fit that definition of woke, and her behavior demonstrates that regardless of her political views, she’s not that type of extremist.

Victor's avatar

Not to mention she’s clearly patriotic. I don’t know of any far left patrons that wave the US flag. Most if not all hate the country; the best you’ll ever get from their Chomsky worldview is the disingenuous “I don’t hate it, I just want to make it better”

Tee's avatar

She waved it for a photo cause she’s on the US team, she literally supports everything you hate.

Victor's avatar

I seriously doubt that, we probably agree on some things. Most people other than the extreme left and Qataralson right can find common ground.

Tee's avatar

They want to kill you. They want you a helpless, hated minority in your own country. What do you agree on? Trans kids? Flooding the country with millions of third worlders and forcing you to pay for it? Oh, but a woke leftist took a photo with the American flag, so I guess we’re united.

Victor's avatar

Wokies wouldn’t be caught dead with the American flag. Come on man you’re smarter than that.

Tee's avatar

Yeah they would. Especially for good optics. She’s an Olympian of course so she held it for a few photos.

TWC's avatar

Liu is authentic, while the others only think they are. Thats the difference, and its clearly discernible.

Mark P's avatar

Conservatives are used to their views being deemed as “less desirable” so liking her despite her being woke is par for the course for the right. We always have to listen to music knowing 99% of the artists all think the same things. And we have to deal with the constant social media pressure to scream from their script. But yes, it was sweet to see her check that stuff at the door and win for the good ol USA 🇺🇸

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

You know what's truly gross? Claiming people with opposing views just because it's convenient for you. For the most part, ring-wingers are:

Anti-lgbtq

Anti-black/brown/POC

Anti-choice

Anti-1st amendment

Anti-immigrant

Anti-freedom of religion.

It is obvious Alysa Liu is openly progressive in all of these categories. You cannot gaslight people into thinking that the left is "spiraling" when the right use her as a tool to push this fake agenda of acceptance. "We love LEGAL immigrants. We don't target POC or members of the LGBTQ+" yet the news outlets you watch and the grotesque right wing influencers online cherry pick and project the worst people within these groups to further discriminate against these minorities.

I'm glad she loves her country and is proud to wave her flag, but if she was interviewed at one of these protests she has previously attended; waving a Palestinian flag or wearing a Pride/"ICE OUT" badge, a lot of you would have VERY different opinions.

Stephen Schrader's avatar

Would that happen, I think the tenor of actual folks on the right (not dime a dozen bots) would be well thought out. It is my concerted opinion that no reporter would dare ask political questions of athletes from any other country. It is always open season on young American athletes who undoubtedly are inundated by blaring and divisive headlines on SM between grueling training. I have much praise to those in the spotlight who defer answering.

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

You expect me to believe the tenor of folks on the right would be well thought out in the event a representative of America on international stage is caught demanding justice for immigrant, legal or illegal, calling for the genocide in Palestine to end?

The tenor of whom? Megan Kelly? Matt Walsh? Steven Crowder? Nick Sortor? Tim pool? Libs of tiktok for goodness sake? The are the largest and most divisive right wing platforms, and you expect me to believe that their opinions are well thought out?

Please enlighten me, who are the actual right wing folks?

RRDRRD's avatar

Perhaps, some day, you will learn that Rachel Maddow and Steven Colbert are lying to you.

Until then, best of luck with a life built around ignorance and hate.

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

Perhaps you'll learn that the party that perpetuates the most bigotry is the GOP so the irony of your statement is palpable. I don't live with hatred because I am accepting of people identities and views that don't harm others. I don't watch talk shows either. I can't wait for the landslide that will be the midterms, enjoy! x

CStone's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Your STDS are showing

Systemic-Trump-Derangement-Syndrome. It has destroyed what few brain cells you ever had.

Go back to whatever hell-hole country you came from.

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

I live in a first-world country that isn't ran by a child-rapist luv x

"TDS" is used by people with a grotesque amount of sycophancy to Trump it's on par with Kim Jong-Un worship. Tell me, why do you love 34 count convicted felon, fraudster, Epstein associate and child-r*pist Trump so much? Unless you're a multi-millionaire/billionaire, Trump has done nothing significant for you.

The real disorder among the republican party is TDS- Trump Disillusionment Syndrome. More people are waking up, which is why the predictable Democrat landslide at the midterms will be inevitable. Enjoy kissing a*s to no avail 😂😂😂😂😂

CStone's avatar

You truly are an idiot.

President Trump has NEVER been accused of that, but your co-idiot Biden was…..by his own daughter, no less…..and hinted at by his own son.

You are most likely a fat little man dressing like a woman. Too effeminate to be a man, but will never ever be a woman.

I suspect that you are a child groomer.

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

Loud and wrong as always.

Consider doing research you troll.

RRDRRD's avatar

The humorous part of this is that you probably are so brainwashed that you can't see that everything you wrote in the first half of you post is blatently untrue. You do not accept people's views and identities because you absolutely do not KNOW other people's views and identities. You only "know" cartoonish stereotypes foisted on you by MSM and your personal bubble.

Perhaps you are so un-self aware that you don't recognize the ignorance and hate you put in black and white in your post but everyone else does.

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

It's also humerous you cant even see the irony of you assuming I live in a bubble and solely watch left leaning news outlets. I guess it's fair I assume you gobble up all the bias fed to you by Fox news and the Daily Mail. It doesn't take much to get an understanding what a person's views are. Perhaps I should've omitted mentioning "identities", but to imply I can't understand other people's views, even by simply asking, is dumb.

You simply can't accept the fact that GOP is viewed as the party of bigotry. It wouldn't be a problematic stereotype if this administration weren't trying desperately to diminish women's rights and openly welcome racism.

Please enlighten me, what do you think causes hate and ignorance that has divided the US further in recent times?

RRDRRD's avatar

Primarily, sheep like you. You are truly out of touch with reality. The bigoted people are the ones who think minorities are too dumb to figure out how to get an ID (or, if you pay attention to Gavin Newsome, they also can't read). Its been a prime tenet of the Democrats since LBJ revived it in the 60s.

More recently, the hate and ignorance that has divided us is a direct result of childish leftwing departure from a reality based culture. The fake pee tape reports, COVID measures that had no basis in science (and the perpetuation of lockdowns long after they were proven to do more harm than good), trans "medicine" that flew in the face of the research they claimed supported childhood mutilation, leftwing polititicians who can't admit that men cannot become pregnant, banana republic lawfare creating crimes where there were none, denial of the reality of Hunter Biden's laptop (and the following direct denial of the First Amendment rights of major news organizations to make the contrary case to the population), deliberate pretense that there was nothing that could be done about a flood of illegal aliens crossing the border, and propping up the "best Biden ever" when he was clearly non compos mentis. There is so much more that is not merely differing opinions but actual leftwing dogma that is contra-factual.

As for the GOP being seen as bigoted, well yes. There is a body of irrational and ignorant people who accept what they hear in the bubble. However, the reality is that minorities are moving to the right (ask Ruy "Emerging Democratic Majority" Teixeira if you have any doubts) and Republican policies are simply not what you claim they are.

So, yes, we see right through you. You are driven by ignorance that fuels youe hatred.

Sylvestra Silvercrest's avatar

You're so predictable. I knew you'd begin with "people like you..."

And don't bullsh*t me with the whole "Gavin Newsom thinks black people are dumb". I'm no fan of Gavin but he was talking to majority white crowd and the host happened to be black, furthermore he's done this same speech before. The most anti-black right wing outlets (the same ones saying 13%/60%) are trying so hard to convince black people that Gavin Newsom is a racist, meanwhile Trump, the US president, had posted an ai generated video of the Obamas as monkeys (I'd expect no less from a child-r*pist). But you're still convinced I'm the one spewing hatred. Sure.

Black people other minorities aren't defecting to the Republic party, they're becoming independents. I can admit that the whole "black people don't know how to use or obtain voters ID" is racist garbage perpetuated by white liberals who view us as lesser-than who need educating. But don't try telling me they're switching to the republican party because of the Democrat incompetence, because even republicans are sick of Trump's administration.

"The left is fueled by hatred" is simply projection. If leftist ideology is so full of hatred why does it dominate almost all artistic media? The right have little cultural significance or capital. There is no right-wing art. There is no popular right-wing entertainment. All the right-wing can do is criticise and hate what others have created because art is political. If lefties were so hateful it would be reflected in their art too.

The implication that only the left is running on hatred is so narrrow-minded. Is it the left that has allowed neo-n*zis and white supremacists to thrive under this administration? Look at Stephen Miller and the White House social media directly quoting N*zis. They've gotten so bold they're marching in the street, recruiting, mocking, seig heiling, with the goal of establishing 1920's level KKK membership.

But it's me. I'm the problem. Okay pal.