In Reply to: and... what about Brittney Griner as the women's flag bearer posted by barrya on July 22, 2024 at 09:27:58
I’m a hard pass on that. First, it should definitely NOT go to another basketball player — they get enough adulation, we need to reward these one in every 4 year athletes. I just think LBJ is different. He’s a national icon.
Secondly, I don’t think Grindr is the flex you think it is. We gave up a notorious mass murderer who’s moniker is Merchant of Death for a basketball player while many other Americans sit in prison such as the WSJ reporter and another “spy”. They continue to rot because they didn’t have the PR machine of Griner. I think it’s a tough argument that the US “won” that exchange. I’d see it more of a face plant than a flex.