Here's some unusual and interesting news. There will be a team of refugees from different countries competing at the 2016 Olympics. Their training has been unorthodox, to say the least. One woman, a swimmer, spent hours in the water swimming next to a small dinghy filled with refugees to keep it on course and afloat. Swimming a few laps in a pool should be a piece of cake. Good luck to them. Stories at: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-refugee-olympic-team-is-heart-and-soul-of-rio-games-120304956.html https://www.olympic.org/news/refugee-olympic-team-to-shine-spotlight-on-worldwide-refugee-crisis
Precious! Just another propagandic feel good story to tug at peoples heart strings, to make them forget about the negatives associated with accepting vast numbers of "refugees".
To the xenophilic left, this is the kind of story that will get them excited. "Refugees", as the Islamic invaders of Europe prefer to be called, are quickly becoming the left's new favorite pet minority group.
lol....true. But who sponsored them, paid their way? Who trained them and decided they were the best? Someone with deep pockets and the pull to get them into the Olympics I suppose. We know the only reason this was done was to put the refugees in a good light, and I image interviews with them will be shown morning, noon and night, praise be to god.
Yep, the left-wingers working behind the scenes in the Olympics want the world to embrace the concept of the Islamic refugee. They want the Western world to identify with them, sympathize with them, see them as heroes - so that they may be more accepting of these people flooding into Western countries. And, as you can see in the fawning OP, it's working.
Not that I'm wishing for it, but it all circles the drain if ISIS hits Rio (that's if the press covers it because it will damage Clinton)
` ` This is not in the original spirit of the Olympiad. What we have now is a pathetic, politically correct, corporate mockery of Spirit of competition.
So these athletes are Islamic refugees? Is that why you are so upset? Obviously, as refugees, they are murderous infiltrators of radical Islamic terrorist organizations.
Are you denying that murderous infiltrators of radical Islamic terrorist organizations exist? ISIS themselves said they exist, our security experts say they exist, our government says they exist. Can you determine which Muslims are murderous and which ones aren't? Until we can, then why are we taking chances with them?
I believe the training camp was originated and initially supported by a top Kenyan or Ethiopian distance runner. She got a $2MM subsidy from some group (IOC?), but the facilities and conditions were very basic. One of the first things she did was ensure that the men and women were treated equally, including making the men share equally in the housekeeping. There is an article in SI on it, but I did not get all the way through it yet.
10 athletes in this group, and 9 of the 10 are from Africa (4 from South Sudan). Just admit that you spouted off on this without knowing anything about it, in an attempt to twist this into a liberal bashing attack. These are refugees, but I do not believe they are part of the radical Islamic controversy. 5 of them are from the South Sudan, which is not Muslim (traditional African or Christian). There is one from Syria, so I suppose you can prop him/her up as an unacceptable danger to the world.
I was responding to YOUR post where you said: Obviously, as refugees, they are murderous infiltrators of radical Islamic terrorist organizations The word 'refugee' has morphed to mean only one type of person; Muslims. If these people aren't Muslims, then calling them refugees, even though they may actually be refugees, is misleading, because every time it's mentioned on TV that they're refugees people world wide will assume they're Muslims. It's similar to how we currently assume terrorist are Muslims, because the word 'terrorist' has morphed to describe pretty much one thing these days.
Nonsense. Only the most ignorant bigots conflate refugees with terrorists. The same people who conflate Islam with terrorism now want to paint refugees with the same bigoted brush. That kind of lazy thinking leads to *******s like Trump.
And I was responding to you and Brewskie, who apparentlhy took this situation as a evil liberal plot to justify Muslim immigration. Look, I am NOT in favor of letting tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in at this time. The ability to properly vet that many is highly doubtful, to say the least. Not to mention, even if they are not radicals, if you take that many in at a time, it can lead to a situation that can turn to radicalism. That being said, the Olympic refugee team has nothing to do with this. For the most part, these were kids who ran from their homes in Africa to escape tribal conflict. Finally, I disagree about the term being misleading. the term applies to the situation. It was used before the current epidemic of Muslim refugees, it will be used after, and it is used in reference to a lot more people than the Islamic situation.
Way to twist my words around into something I never said. We don't equate Islam with terrorism, we equate terrorism with Islam. If you're going to dispute what I say then dispute what I actually say.
I love all the Cons in here being negative nancies. What's next? Where is Sean Hannity screaming "ISIS has vowed to infiltrate the Olympics Refugee Team"! God what a bunch of garbage. - - - Updated - - - What's the difference? Do you not understand logic? We don't Islam = terrorism. We Terrorism = Islam. It's like Conservative light bulbs fizzle and pop as soon as they turn on. Do Tamil Tigers = Islam? Do Sinn Fein = Islam? Do Communist Party of Philippines/New People's Army = Islam? Do Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei = Islam? Maybe People's Liberation Army of Manipur = Islam? Maybe The Saved Sect = Islam? How about "THE SHINING SECT" = Islam? Terrorist = IsLAME.
Dude, really? Equating Islam to terrorism means all of Islam supports terror. Equating terrorism to Islam isolates terror to those who support it and not the entire religion.
Actually if you think that's true you need to go back to school and study logic. Gah, your lack of logical thinking was so bad I actually had to redo this post just to make it more "plain". What you actually said is "All Terrorists are Muslim". Which is false. But, what you're trying to say is "Islamic Terror means Muslims who are also terrorists...." but it's an incomplete thought. Which is what we liberals point out! "Muslims who are terrorists are.....what?" ... they are "terrorists because they are muslim". That's why we point out you are illogical. You want us to believe that Not all muslims are terrorists, but then you say Islam is the reason for terrorism.
Dude, you're thinking too hard and it's confusing you. What I said was that in this day and age when the word terrorism is mentioned it's automatically associated with Muslims even though there are other groups. Similarly, when we hear the word refugee we also think of Muslims. When you hear about refugees do you think about Christians or the Vietnamese? The headlines these days pretty much associate the terms refugees and terrorists as Muslims, but no where do those headlines or I say all Muslims are terrorists and refugees. Now what I've said and what you claimed I said are two different things. When you hear the terms terrorist and refugee do you think of any other groups before you think of Muslims?
