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<blockquote data-quote="OrangeNBrood" data-source="post: 1368610" data-attributes="member: 6152"><p>Yeah, man.</p><p></p><p>That's why Mrs. Raisman was understandably furious, despite maybe misinterpreting what Izzo said. This doctor basically molested these teenage girls for years and years, under the pretense of caring for them. It's like the sickest sh*t you can imagine. Anything that sounds even remotely like support for Nassar is gonna anger the parents of these girls, like it would anger you if something like that happened to your daughter.</p><p></p><p>And I agree it is really, really foul how this story is receiving such minimal media coverage. I think it has to do with the fact that this is US Women's Gymnastics, which has been used for decades as a kind of nationalistic propaganda. "Look how wholesome and courageous and virtuous our girls are, as opposed to the scandalous drugged-up Eastern Bloc Communist girls". You know, they show these background stories of the girls being driven to practice by loving parents, and promote their story as "the American story". As a nation, we minimize the brutality involved (the inhuman training regiments, the reliance or addiction to drugs, the psychological duress and depression, etc...) for these often 12-18 year old gymnasts or figure skaters or other athletes in getting themselves to the Olympics, and instead put their faces on Wheaties boxes to show how noble and wholesome we are as a country. A scandal like this reflects poorly on not simply US gymnastics, but the US Olympic programs at large, which is a tool used to affect how we feel about our own nation (as it is for every nation that sends athletes to the Olympics). </p><p></p><p>A multi-decade child molestation case involving US Olympians, especially girls, is something that would shatter the narrative of "American exceptionalism", and could have us questioning the integrity of various institutions in the US. The media, which are essentially private interest profit-driven corporations, definitely don't want that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OrangeNBrood, post: 1368610, member: 6152"] Yeah, man. That's why Mrs. Raisman was understandably furious, despite maybe misinterpreting what Izzo said. This doctor basically molested these teenage girls for years and years, under the pretense of caring for them. It's like the sickest sh*t you can imagine. Anything that sounds even remotely like support for Nassar is gonna anger the parents of these girls, like it would anger you if something like that happened to your daughter. And I agree it is really, really foul how this story is receiving such minimal media coverage. I think it has to do with the fact that this is US Women's Gymnastics, which has been used for decades as a kind of nationalistic propaganda. "Look how wholesome and courageous and virtuous our girls are, as opposed to the scandalous drugged-up Eastern Bloc Communist girls". You know, they show these background stories of the girls being driven to practice by loving parents, and promote their story as "the American story". As a nation, we minimize the brutality involved (the inhuman training regiments, the reliance or addiction to drugs, the psychological duress and depression, etc...) for these often 12-18 year old gymnasts or figure skaters or other athletes in getting themselves to the Olympics, and instead put their faces on Wheaties boxes to show how noble and wholesome we are as a country. A scandal like this reflects poorly on not simply US gymnastics, but the US Olympic programs at large, which is a tool used to affect how we feel about our own nation (as it is for every nation that sends athletes to the Olympics). A multi-decade child molestation case involving US Olympians, especially girls, is something that would shatter the narrative of "American exceptionalism", and could have us questioning the integrity of various institutions in the US. The media, which are essentially private interest profit-driven corporations, definitely don't want that. [/QUOTE]
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