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(Carveth, 2024) Caster Semenya Opens Up About Discrimination Battle Against World Athletics marathonhandbook.com/caster-semenya-discrimination/ (Doughty, 2024) Second Olympics paedophile REVEALED as convicted abuser coach seen at games after outrage over Dutch volleyball rapist www.the-sun.com/sport/12111251/paris-olympics-second-paedophile-coach-velde-netherlands/ (Pretot, 2024) Australian sex offender has left the Games, IOC looking into the issue www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/triathlon-australian-sex-offender-has-left-games-ioc-looking-into-issue-2024-08-04/ (Kontrast.at, 2020) Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need thebetter.news/housing-first-finland-homelessness/ (Henley, 2024) Olympic ‘Last Supper’ scene was in fact based on painting of Greek gods, say art experts www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/29/olympic-last-supper-scene-based-painting-greek-gods-art-experts (Southern Poverty Law Center, 2005) History of the Anti-Gay Movement Since 1977 www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2005/history-anti-gay-movement-1977 (Simpson et al., 1993) Gender verification in competitive sports pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8272686/ (Genel, MD, 2000) Gender Verification No More? ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/OlympicGenderTesting.html (Al Jazeera, 2024) Who is Imane Khelif? When is her Olympics gold medal fight? www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/who-is-imane-khelif-when-is-her-olympics-gold-medal-fight (Waters, 2024) The 1930s Athlete Who Broke the Gender Barrier www.history.com/news/athlete-gender-barrier-zdenek-koubek (IMRAY, 2019) IAAF claims Olympic champion Semenya is ‘biologically male’ apnews.com/general-news-81de352b13d4409d8e3e05d44b417078 (North, 2019) “I am a woman and I am fast”: what Caster Semenya’s story says about gender and race in sports www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/3/18526723/caster-semenya-800-gender-race-intersex-athletes (Park, 2024) Why Athletes Who Have COVID-19 Can Still Compete in the Paris Olympics time.com/7006533/covid-19-athletes-paris-olympics/ (Investopedia, 2024) US Recessions Throughout History: Causes and Effects www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/past-recessions.asp (Waters) who was Zdeněk Koubek? www.michaelwaters.com/who-was-zdenek-koubek (Mandard, 2024) The Seine and other European rivers contaminated by a 'forever chemical' that has gone under the radar www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/05/27/the-seine-and-other-european-rivers-contaminated-by-a-forever-chemical-that-has-gone-under-the-radar_6672781_114.html (Alfonseca, 2024) 'I eat or I pay my bills': Americans describe rent burden fears, concerns abcnews.go.com/US/eat-pay-bills-americans-describe-rent-burden-housing/story?id=107566391 (Rodriguez, 2023) Americans are lonely and it’s killing them. How the US can combat this new epidemic. www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/12/24/loneliness-epidemic-u-s-surgeon-general-solution/71971896007/ Je chie dans la seine le 23 Juin jechiedanslaseinele23juin.fr/ (Ford, 2024) Olympian Noah Lyles leaves track in wheelchair after COVID diagnosis. Here's what we know www.nbcconnecticut.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/olympian-noah-lyles-leaves-track-in-wheelchair-after-covid-diagnosis-heres-what-we-know/3358327/ (Mechler) Biosafety Level Guidance for COVID-19 Research consteril.com/biosafety-level-guidance-covid-19-research/ (Tracey, 2023) 90 Years On: The Destruction of the Institute of Sexual Science daily.jstor.org/90-years-on-the-destruction-of-the-institute-of-sexual-science/ (Hickey, 2024) Drag queen Nicky Doll responds to her role in controversial Olympics opening ceremony segment and the fight for representation: EXCLUSIVE www.today.com/news/drag-queen-nicky-doll-olympics-opening-ceremony-controversy-rcna164362 (Cobbe, 2024) French farmers dump manure, rotting produce in central Toulouse in protest over agricultural policies www.cbsnews.com/news/france-farmer-protest-manure-toulouse/ (Pieper, 2016) “Because They Have Muscles, Big Ones”: Cold War Gender Norms and International Sport, 1952-1967 academic.oup.com/illinois-scholarship-online/book/15073/chapter-abstract/169484878?redirectedFrom=fulltext&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaahJaNZH3VzH1PvfDEeSRfFoJglVZ9IXsmV4Gh4qq-ud9-7Y35omdnZ2bs_aem_-Z_hU2EvGfnaJWSLiFjrBA&login=false (Mounier, 2024) French authorities accused of ‘social cleansing’ of migrants and homeless before Paris Olympics www.france24.com/en/europe/20240630-france-accused-of-social-cleansing-of-migrants-and-homeless-before-paris-olympics (The Associated Press, 2024). Latest tests show Seine water quality was substandard when Paris mayor took a dip www.nbcnewyork.com/paris-2024-summer-olympics/seine-river-tests-paris-olympics/5637855/ (Hapgood, 2024). Sewage in the Seine: New tests show the river remains unswimmable with three weeks to the Olympics www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/02/sewage-in-the-seine-new-tests-show-the-river-remains-unswimmable-with-three-weeks-to-the-o (Dawson, 2018) How Serena Williams responds to accusations that she 'was born a guy' www.businessinsider.com/serena-williams-responds-to-accusations-she-was-born-a-man-2018-5 (Lenskyj, 2012) Nationalism, Racism and the Olympic Industry www.e-ir.info/2012/08/21/nationalism-racism-and-the-olympic-industry/ (Stockwell, 2024) River Seine still not safe for swimming on most days due to E. Coli bacteria levels, with Olympics set to start on July 26 www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/sport/paris-olympics-seine-triathlon-bacteria-spiking-intl/index.html (Griffiths, 2015) Is this the REAL face of Jesus? Forensic experts use ancient Semite skulls to reveal what Christ may have looked like www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3359548/Is-real-face-JESUS-Experts-use-forensics-reveal-Christ-looked-like.html (Zhuang, 2024) An Olympics Scene Draws Scorn. Did It Really Parody ‘The Last Supper’? www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/sports/olympics-opening-ceremony-last-supper-paris.html (Alfonseca, 2023) 'Epidemic' of anti-transgender violence highlighted in new report abcnews.go.com/US/epidemic-anti-transgender-violence-highlighted-new-report/story?id=105036934 (Keslassy & Ritman, 2024) J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2024/tv/news/jk-rowling-elon-musk-imane-khelif-lawsuit-1236105185/

[@davew4939]

In fairness to the Italian boxer that quit, it’s really stressful for a cop when the person they’re hitting is allowed to hit back.

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Lmaoooo true 😂

[@jimmypickles1123]

Ben Norton said that the Nazi's weren't defeated, they were absorbed.

[@revolutionaryth0t]

So true 😭

[@JamesJohnson-Holmes]

It was the western capitalists that saved the nazis. The USSR and East Germany did all they could. I know you already know that! Love your videos love your work, you're brilliant 👏 ❤️

[@zainmudassir2964]

No war but Class war. Thanks for speaking truth in era of online hysteria and moral panics

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[@erinrising2799]

great video. It's also kind of sad to think during the ancient Olympics they would have a truce and not fight any wars. Like could we at least try this?

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you! If only!

[@stormthrush37]

I would think Christians would be the most concerned about the blue dude's nudity, because, y'know, in the mind of so many Americans, nudity is way scarier than endless wars, bombs, and bullets.

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Yeah true, those Puritanical roots really warp US Christians' perspective on what's actually scary vs. what's just a natural feature of being a human

[@erinnadia0409]

Yeah I remember an American school was horrified and outraged about students going to see statues in Italy that are nude, but I guess school shootings are okay but the statue of David is just too extreme for young students to witness.

[@stormthrush37]

@@erinnadia0409 I experienced that firsthand. I remember the pastor at the Christian school I attended in high school losing his mind over the Renaissance paintings and sculptures in a chapel service, calling them perverts. 🤦

[@Matzu-Music]

@@stormthrush37 Yeah the easiest game of spot the (American) protestant yet

[@kloa4219]

​@@stormthrush37I hated those ignoramuses in Christianity

[@bertbaker7067]

@~4:15, Christians do know that DaVinci's Last Supper isn't a photograph, right? It's just how DaVinci imagined it might've looked, assuming it happened at all. Nobody show these people any Tom and Jerry reruns, they'll try to report them to the ASPCA for animal cruelty. Great video, thanks for sharing. ☭Solidarité ☭🇵🇸✊

[@melloncollic]

Christian Nationalists/Right-wingers don't know anything.

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Haha for real!! And thank you!! 🫶

[@firedbolt]

As an italian, I don't claim Angela Carini. She went to cry to the Ducessa, compleately against the spirit of the olympics

[@mijimllinio7401]

People are giving her a lot of grace idk why

[@dogomage9003]

I fucing despise capitalism. giving people homes s litteraly cheaper then having homeless people, yet we don't give them homes. why? because we need homeless to keep people working at shit wages and shit conditions

[@hagbardceline7118]

14:10 is the first kitty cat appearance for those wondering. The rest is still worth watching but oddly cat free

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

it's always rowling and americans raging over nothing and makes the world hear about it.

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[@setmose5344]

Thank you for your work comrade

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[@langolodelladistopia6171]

As Italian we are (mostly) embarrassed for Carini's poor performance and lack of character. She had lost any right to complain the moment she flew the ring. If she would have been K.O. and then she had her tantrum dropped, we would have reacted differently. But alas, she is a cop, of course she has to leave in tears for a little punchy punch.

[@erinnadia0409]

The Christian's reaction and outrage really pissed me off personally because the same day as the opening ceremony I watched a video coming from Gaza where a child no older than 18 months was beheaded and cut up into pieces. The fact this upset the west but not what's happening in Gaza just shows how out of touch the world is 😞

[@kloa4219]

What makes me angry is how Christians think that the world is ending from the gays being shown and Jesus being made fun of, you know the exact stuff that has happened since the 70s. Meanwhile, people in Palestine/Ukraine are still moving on with daily life despite having their schools, cities, and hospitals blown up. The "world" that those people live in is literally ending for them, yet the living has an optimistic hopeful outlook on life than the couch potato Christians here.

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[@revolutionaryth0t]

Ugh so awful 😞and the west fully benefits from stoking this culture war because then people won't be outraged about the things that really matter, like the fact that Israel keeps brutalizing Palestinians with impunity like that. Truly so terrible.

[@erinnadia0409]

@@revolutionaryth0t I feel so helpless but I will continue to do the boycott and spread awareness

[@Jonnie1905Boom]

This was obviously a right wing outrage, but I also remember someone saying that if it was a parody of islamic iconography therre would have been even bigger and rightful outrage. I think there is a "religion as opium of the masses" at play too. As alienation goes full force, people are turning to religion, and Christians start to cling on to Christianity and any distortion of it is seen as an attack on their escape, which I think even queer people would agree with (to a certain extent ofc). Kind of like weebs getting offended when people criticise anime of its perversity and p*dophilia! What do you guys think?

[@kaiserruhsam]

rightwing american christians wish they could behave the way they think rightwing muslims do

[@mustardorb8867]

That makes so much sense since the way things are going, it seems like remedy to not combat and think about it. Rather than to organize against the ruling class who control everything and are bringing everything down.

[@0b.d0]

There's definitely something to this "opium of the masses". I remember reading a post where this person was denouncing the opening ceremony and claiming that it was disrespectful even outside of Christian America because she, a Malaysian Christian, said so. I was totally sympathetic to her because I, as an American, am aware of American blindness and how we conflate everything about ourselves. I wanted to know her side and understand where the disrespect occured. But that was it. She didn't explain why she felt disrespected or what about the opening ceremony directly mocked Christianity, she just said that it did and that it was in poor taste, so I couldn't understand her POV. She went on to say that Christianity as a religion deserves respect and has been the receiver of abuse for too long in the modern era (which...sure, but really?) Maybe that post wasn't for me, maybe it was for someone who would directly understand her worldview, but it still stands to show that there's something like a forced belief going on that insists on itself, which I think this video explains pretty well. I mean, for context, I also thought that the opening ceremony was kind of wack (but fun) and was raised Christian (but no beliefs). I know that the last supper is a part of the Bible, but the painting that we know in the West is just an interpretation of it. I was also into Greek mythology as a kid and got the reference to Dionysus instantly after seeing the fruit crown. Knowing all this, I was genuinely interested as to why Christians were offended, but there wasn't much of an answer in my opinion. It's okay to have feelings and opinions, but isn't this situation weird? Religion in general is difficult to comprehend by people like me who are not religious.

[@Amaling]

⁠​⁠@@0b.d0a couple of thoughts on this. One, Islamic puritans are also conservative. Two, I feel like it’s less so alienation and more so social media and the internet enabling more and more niches and echo chambers. If anything this is harmful for religion because it’s been there as a community for millennia but now has to compete with all sorts of online niches and previously subcultures popularized by the power of press. And well unsurprisingly religion continued to decline globally. I do think of people who are religious though they are definitely clinging more to religion. Three, as a weeb I will gladly call out the pedo bullshit 😎 and stay away from those who don’t at least also condemn it. It is pretty unfortunate that people see attacks on otaku stuff as an attack to them as individuals and their identity, even if the critique is coming from an otaku. And same can be said for like how zionists treat other Jews who want to free Palestine

[@Jonnie1905Boom]

@@0b.d0 interesting! And as an atheist myself, the mindset of religious friends is really weird. Nevertheless, I do think it makes sense. You see, I feel like most people are fed up with the materialistic world that resulted from massive consumerism, so people want something transcendental or other worldly! For most people it's religion, and monotheism especially. For example, we folks in islamic nations (majority in the Middle East) see the materialistic ills of the current world order, that is, the global north's search for colonization of our countries (eg occupation of Palestine) and oil (eg constant dispute with Iran) and as a result Islam becomes prominent. In the west, it's the meaninglessness of hyper consumerism which leads people to religion. Especially the disciplinary aspect of it is alluring (like, coming to church regularly for the mass which gives people an escape from individualism of neoliberalism and abstaining from self destructive acts like using a lot of drugs and having so much intercourse). Personally I see a solution in a certain Nietzschean superman "ethics" or world view! Your (and anybody who's reading my comment) input is more than welcome 🤗

[@EnderQuartzMC]

This is the best vid i’ve seen on the recent Olympics thanks!

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you!!

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

The irony of the most american dominated sport being directly about team work lmao

[@W4jayk854]

Very informative. Thanks, comrade!

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you!

[@chrisstahl2653]

Loved the video, especially the part about how the original Olympics were so much more gay - and it's true. I only watched the opening ceremony, because my hosts on that night were watching. I didn't mind the queer scene, that was at least amusing. A lot of the rest was just really bad. The real outrage is how they spent millions on such a lousy show and how Macron, the darling of unscrupulous capitalists and oligarchs, basked in the fake glory. So embarrassing.

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you! For real, I almost feel like the outraged bunch are just using the drag queen bit as a scapegoat when what they were really mad about is the fact that this three hour long ceremony was kinda mid despite being so expensive. There were some cool parts, but it just dragged on overall. At least that's what I gathered from my brief viewing of it using the NBC free trial lol

[@jessegauthier6985]

Not entirely sure why youtube was so hellbent on hiding this video from me, but here I am Great stuff as always!

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you! YT seems to be hiding this video from a lot of people lol 😭

[@mooo_cow]

queen you literally slayed

[@dl-zf9dj]

Love your videos.

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you!!

[@mckenziepearmain]

i’m an olympics-hater and all the rightly-so outrage and the goofy ahh criticism just fuels my feelings one way or another. this was a really great outline of everything that’s been going on and the context behind it!

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you! 🫶 I'm also an Olympics hater, I literally didn't even watch it but I couldn't avoid the discourse no matter how much I tried!

[@slipknotboy555]

Great video! 👍

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thank you!

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[@zainmudassir2964]

I like your sailor moon shirt. Hope you do review of Sailor moon with a Marxist lens

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Omg I love this idea!!

[@williamcooper8024]

Jesus DID turn water into wine and at least one of his cults turns wine into his blood, or so Im told, sounds like someones actually a parody of Dionysis... also they both descend into and arise from Hades, it's only in the one gospel but.... thank you for your excellent video and the video of your excellent cat!

[@lunalesombras1150]

Worth noting that at that point, water was often unclean due to bacteria that couldn't survive in wine. The modern equivalent would be going to a town near a bottling facility, scooping up some mildly radioactive river water and turning it into... Sports Drink, I guess?

[@LukeGabriel-786]

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[@happynaturalist1793]

SCHLONG SCHWINGING Ok I really am taking your video seriously but i had to pause to laugh at this

[@damientonkin]

Historically they didn't let them swing around so much as tie them up in a neat little bow... Which was no less gay

[@TankieVN]

You are Russian living in the US ? Red saluteto you from a Vietnamese comrade 🚩✊🛠️

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Red salute back at you, comrade 🫡

[@mijimllinio7401]

Amazing video as always but I do wanna say not everything in the olympics was culture war my fauvorite things were the athletes to note some: 1-tom daley very wholesome 2-iloha meher being a queen 3-simone biles in general But yeah screw the culture war people need to stop being mad about trans or non christian people and work together to fix the society were living in

[@shivammahajan303]

nice video, expecting another one on communism or Marxist theory soon!

[@MegaTurtleRider]

I love your shirt, also first!

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Thanks!!

[@dotflann]

3:23 i mean, cmon... People will call it parody, an insult, or whatever. Theres no need to look for a word whose definition to refute, what matters is that the general sentiment is that it was presented poorly. Each has their own reason to dislike it, to me it was because portrayals of religions (be it artisric or not) isnt exactly *why* i would tune in to see the olympic games. I thought it was supposed to be an impartial ceremony. Kind of a "lets forget of the things that separate us" type of event.

[@WhizPill]

I kinda hate the Olympic tbh so I only watch to say I’m an Olympic hater

[@Lhaenen]

Its fucking hilarious hearing people try and define what IS and ISNT a sport and when you ask them try their hardest not to say "well women do it mostly so its not a sport its just a casual hobby"

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Oh yeah I didn't even watch the Olympics lmfao I'm not paying money for that!

[@kaiserruhsam]

if people want more info about historical transphobia in sport, youtuber EssenceOfThought has been doing a series on the topic bunch of weird inter-european racism, more cases of trans men coming out, and fragile cis men like that swim coach changing the rules of events after women outperformed the men.

[@alxxblu3]

I would have been interested in watching that but was quickly disappointed to see that EoT attacking another queer person on youtube because of SCREENSHOTS.

[@kaiserruhsam]

@@alxxblu3 with how thorough she is with citations it would be quite unusual for it to ONLY be screenshots, but then I suppose I don't watch her videos on people i've never heard of.

[@waltonsmith7210]

I love it when people suddenly pretend to care about the Olympic opening ceremony so they can be outraged by some trivial nonsense. If anything, christians being offended makes me like it even more. And wtf is a culture "war"? Ive always hated this term because of how vague and elastic it is It seems to like its just social reactionaries locked in an eternal freakout cycle over the fact that not everybody agrees with them. Its also easy to call something "cultural" of something doesnt affect you. For example, the idea that any kind of concern for gay or trans rights is merely "cultural" could only be said by someone who isnt im those categories and whose life isnt affected

[@kloa4219]

culture war: conservatives wanting to remove things that have always existed in culture after being mad about it

[@saucetail]

I'm a little late to this (whoops), but I just have to say this was a great video as always! I'll be honest and say that the only events of the Olympics of which I watched was the opening ceremony and women's football (Brazil was absolutely robbed in the Spain game btw, biased judges all around even outside football which was very infuriating for a contest that supposedly is to see who's the best lmao), but I did somewhat keep up with the culture war bullshit that popped up, so it was very interesting watching you talk about it. To me it seems with the whole Imane Khalif situation (glad to see she is looking into suing some people lol) + how terrible the olympic team was to Chinese athletes, unfortunately this competition really seems to be used a lot for flagrant racism... Nevertheless, great video! Edit: And also how can we forget the past (and present's) mistreatment of anyone deemed "other". Who remembers the way people used to talk about East German female athletes as "mannish" and more modernly the claims that North Koreans get executed if they don't do sports good. Lol and if you will allow me, lmao.

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3:40 nuh uh jesus was albanian

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[@Caipi2070]

really good that you don’t portray reactionaries and right wingers as bad, egoistic and dumb but misguided people suffering. The only thing i would have liked is you to also mention that fairness in sports is a valid concern and we should try to find good solutions that prevent anti trans sentiment on the one hand but prevent people with extreme advantages or abusing substances (like testosterone) from smashing competitions on the other.

[@JamesJohnson-Holmes]

Your videos are brilliant!!!

[@JamesJohnson-Holmes]

...and yes, that is the most disgustingly British name in history 🤣😂 indeed, my middle name is Alexander so it gets worse! Keep going comrade. 💪 solidarity forever ❤️

[@WastedBananas]

I'm reminded of Santhi Soundarajan, an indian runner who had been accused of being a man and she was stripped of her medals. She was forced to be naked for hours while they tried to verify her gender.

[@peter_pansexual6243]

There were some calling the Marie-Antoinette part "demonic"

[@erinnadia0409]

I was shocked that people didn't know the history of Marie Antoinette or the French Revolution? Like this is proof the education system is broken in the USA 😅

[@lowlyworm9323]

This needs more views. and likes. Very well done! 🦜 ☭

[@erinnadia0409]

"1993 was a good time" *laughs uncomfortably in Balkan* 😂😅🥲

[@mikoyanz]

*laughs in black october*

[@revolutionaryth0t]

Lmfao yeah it was not a good time for any of us in Eastern Europe 😭