So I’m trying to understand why it’s OK for the US hockey team to bring out a jersey with their killed teammate, but it’s not OK for the Ukrainian guy to have a helmet with his murdered teammates?

[octothorpe@mastodon.online]

So I’m trying to understand why it’s OK for the US hockey team to bring out a jersey with their killed teammate, but it’s not OK for the Ukrainian guy to have a helmet with his murdered teammates?

Fuck the IOC.

[flashmobofone@mastodon.art]

@octothorpe That is pretty dumb.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@octothorpe Politics/war vs drunk driver.

[octothorpe@mastodon.online]

@CStamp both senseless deaths. Both ‘messages’ (the term they flogged to deny the Ukrainian’s participation).

[cleoqc@cosocial.ca]

@octothorpe
I'm guessing it's because they did not compete with that jersey. I saw an explanation that the helmet was fine during training, warm-ups, even press interviews. But not the actual competition.

[cryogenicice9@mastodon.online]

@octothorpe Because russia only complained about one of them.

[rejzor@mastodon.social]

@octothorpe Because some idiots think Ukraine attacked Russia and that's glorifying war or some shit.

[robo105@mastodon.social]

@octothorpe I could not agree more

[octothorpe@mastodon.online]

@CleoQc I kinda get that, but then they brought out the kids, etc. Still seems really weird to me.