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1.4 Billion folks cant be wrong. We are here today and dead tomorrow.. I would rather watch the Olympics then Fox News. At least what you see on the Olympics is truth. No one makes up the results for a pay check .

I ask myself: would I watch the Olympics if they were held in North Korea? I base my decision on whether to watch or not on that answer.

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Poor/disappointing viewer ratings will affect what the conglomerates can charge for advertising during future type events. :clap2::clap2::clap2:

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Definitely boycotting thecommunistOlympics. China is anenemyofAmerica. :I almost hate to admit this, but not enticed at all to watch the Winter Olympics coming up. With all the negatives re China the last few years. The USA is not sending gvt reps to China and NBC limiting number of reporters and announcers. From what I heard much of their broadcasting will be from the USA.
And our athletes were warned about speaking out about China and communications while in the country.
So I personally will drastically limit or avoid watching at all. China was rewarded with the ‘22 Olympics despite many human rights and international issues

Do others here have concerns about China hosting and decided to limit or not view???? Is it just me?[/QUOTE]

The truth is from a young Chinese professional lady that I know here in TV is that she feels very blessed to not live in China any longer. She is still trying to get some family out, but hope is fading. She says there are no human rights in that country. She says what we hear is true. Very sad she said as people there do not know the difference.
Once she told me that, no Olympics for me.

:bigbow:+ Me neither!

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I’m like some people, I’m up in the air about watching the Olympic’s only because who’s sponsoring it.

we should not send anyone over there period.. I can"t tell you why because I will end up in totv jail again you figure it out.. covid anyone??

I feel that our dependency upon China will never be reduced unless we make some sacrifices to let our businesses and government know by at least limiting showing our support for them, financially or any way we can.
I will buy American (when and if I can) and refuse to support China by watching the Olympics. Personally, I feel the athletes themselves should be boycotting. If all athletes from countries that condemn the policies of China had boycotted, they might have sent a powerful message to this regime.

I don’t like all that is being reported about China, but Olympians work hard to achieve this level and for their sake, I’ll watch the sports I’m interested in.

Same can be said for Russia. And my decision re China. As for the opening ceremony, will be sheer propaganda. And most westerners watching will think as lambs, oh they seem to be such a nice country. Behind the curtains of course not. Communism plus.

But that would require more effort than just turning a knob.

The government doesn't want you watching the Olympics. That should be a clue.

No, that would be a small country in the middle east.

The one with all the dual citizens / dual loyalty making up 1/3 of Biden's cabinet.

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First and foremost you must remember China is a communist ruled country. Second, they are our enemy as they wish to conquer the rest of the world. Third, our government has allowed our businesses to establish their factories in China in order to save money on labor costs. The downside of this policy is our jobs in the US went with them. Now we are reaping the rewards of a supply chain that is controlled by the same country who looks to overthrow democracy anywhere in the world. I think US based manufacturing HAS FINALLY REALIZED what this means, no parts to make their products. Auto manufacturers as well as all other manufacturers that rely on micro-chips are suffering because of the policy of outsourcing supplies for parts going to other countries. The United States CANNOT be the economic engine for third world and communist countries. We spent billions in Vietnam and it cost our country over 58,000 lost and countless maimed lives and now we trade with another communist country. Have we learned nothing from history? I guess not, as we went into the middle east with the best of intentions but have now managed to abandon those intentions because people are tired of expending money and lives for nothing. Of course the defense contractors have gotten rich off of this as in every other “conflict” we get into. If you are going to fight for something you must go into it full bore and defeat the enemy, not appease them.

Plus, if you watch, you will get a heavy dose of virtue signaling from the liberal announcers. I’ll pass.

Also from a reputable source, the COVID test kits from our gvt and the masks, those freebies that will be sent to us are made in, well do I need to say? More of our tax $$$ to commie China.

China gave the world the virus. It also uses slave labor. No, i won't be watching!

You obviously don't watch figure skating or ice dancing (nor gymnastics in the Summer)...

I won't be watching them, not so much because of the politics (which are in my opinion a very valid reason not to watch them) but because the Winter Olympics (and Summer games too, for that matter) are "amateur" in name only. 1980 marked the last time I thought that the amateur element was really there.

Olympics in China
 

First and foremost you must remember China is a communist ruled country. Second, our government has allowed our businesses to establish their factories overseas in order to save money on labor costs. The downside of this policy is our jobs in the US went with them. Now we are reaping the rewards of a supply chain that is controlled by the same country who looks to overthrow democracy anywhere in the world. I think US based manufacturing HAS FINALLY REALIZED the results of this policy. No parts to make their products. All other manufacturers as well that rely on micro-chips and other overseas produced components, are suffering because of the policy of outsourcing supplies going to other countries. The United States CANNOT be the economic engine for the world. We assist many other countries. Who assists us when we need it?

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Let's be clear...these are athletes. They are the best of the best from every country. They have little if anything to do with the politics, despite the few that speak up. As with anything, there will be segments that will be watched and others that will be ignored. How wonderful to have that option.

Who assists us? Well, that would be Canada, the UK, France, Australia, and many, many allies AFTER 9/11 - when we were sneakily attacked. I have NOT forgotten that mess. Now WE OWE a lot to all those countries. And Japan supported us somehow, but they did not have a large army to send. So, today China is menacing Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and even the US west coast and maybe even all cities in the US with their newest missiles.
......So, my bottom line is that I won't watch their Olympic broadcasts and I agree that all the athletes from Democracies should boycott their country because going there gives China $ money and world prestige. And I further think that we should start a SLOW boycott of ALL the manufacturing products from China and ANY other communist country. We are at a pivotal moment in History. If we got away from China then products would cost more in the short term, but we could trade with Canada, the UK, Sweden, and ALL other Democracies and long term then the cost of products and farm produce should stabilize downward from technologies like factory farming, AI, robotics, and robotic factories. And we could raise the GNP of our fellow Democracies at the same time. As Paul Revere once cried out, "Give me Democracy or give me the slow death of a 3rd world country".

Russia is not communist. In fact it's much further to the right side of the polital spectrum than the USA. It's safe, clean, holds traditional & family values like the US used to have circa 1950s. It's not "woke" now, will never be.

If you want hard-core propaganda, there's the NY Times & all US TV networks.

I tend to AGREE with this post.

Wonder what Alexei Navalny would say about his "family values" ?

And the safe country is amassing a hundred thousand troops et al. They are ready to consume Ukraine Why I mentioned Russia is their leadership, as with so many other countries. The citizens are generally wonderful but the leaders drive the countries to the ground

By safe I meant personal safety. Where you can ride the subway and not be worried about being pushed in front of a train by a drug addict.

Russia has no intent on invading anyone. Ukraine is a wreck to in large part to the US-backed "color revolution" coup in 2014. Russia doesn't need more land or to have to deal with Ukraine's problems. Let the US & western Europe waste time & money on the mess Nuland, Clinton, McCain etc made. Plus Hunter Biden...

Even President Zelensky is saying there will be no invasion and he's asking the US/Biden to tone it down. Way down.

Russia WILL protect ethnic Russians / Russian speaking peoples in Donbass (far eastern Ukraine). 80+ percent of the people there are ethnic Russians and identify so. Just like in Crimea where they voted to re-join Russia. There is nothing the US or NATO can do about it. No American should die for Ukraine.

Only 16 percent of Americans can even find Ukraine on a blank world map. Who reading this can?

Ukraine is a fake country, having only existed as an independent country since 1991. Before then different pieces were parts of surrounding countries. Outside of far western Ukraine, there is no "Ukranian people". There are Russians, Poles, Hungarians, etc living within mostly political boundaries put in place by the Soviets (who were indeed communists). Note that western Ukraine aligned with Germany during WW2. Banderists, AZOV Battalion, look them up. Not pretty.

Paul Revere?

Forget it, he's rolling...

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You can't get General Tso's chicken in China. It's a Chinese-AMERICAN dish. Wow talk about propaganda.

Meanwhile, I'm not going to punish AMERICAN athletes by refusing to watch them compete. Looking forward to the figure skating coverage. I'll be watching it right here in the comfort of my own home in America.

Worldseries27 wrote "Not feeling stir fryed up to watch this peking duck & their general sao's propaganda..." as a lame insult to Chinese people. Oh so edgy, I bet he ze* was pulling up the corners of their eyes at the time.

* New American for he/she. I don't want to offend.

Another one hopelessly off topic. Closed.

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