Flag Haters (USA) score another Scalp as USA Gymnastics interim CEO Mary Bono forced to resign for covering up Nike swooshes

You didn’t mention her association with the Law firm giving USA Gymnastics terrible advice during Nassau scandal

Can't even protest on her own Golf shoes wrote:

USA Gymnastics CEO Mary Bono resigned her position Tuesday, after meeting criticism over her opposition to Nike and its “Just Do It” ads featuring anthem protester Colin Kaepernick.

Bono posted several social media posts critical of Nike and Colin Kaepernick in the weeks before she was elevated to interim CEO of USA Gymnastic, but despite the fact that the posts were made before she took over the organization critics slammed her for attacking a sponsor, not to mention for speaking a conservative position, the Hill reported.

Noted TUE-recipient Simone Biles was a prominent Tweeter against CEO Bono.

Critics always slam the "conservative" position.

I wouldn't support a company giving blood money to a supporter of a cop killing fugitive either.

I clicked because I hate the flag!

And I live in this country- double points for me!

tycobb wrote:

You didn’t mention her association with the Law firm giving USA Gymnastics terrible advice during Nassau [sic] scandal

Right. She was a politically connected quasi-celebrity and telecommunications lobbyist with a firm that imperiled the sport of gymnastics in the U.S. Her own personal scandals didn’t help, either. And like most people, she doesn’t seem to understand the First Amendment, which perhaps shouldn’t be surprising, since her big international law firm doesn’t actually require its executives to have any education or training in law.

But I’m sure that certain politically motivated persons will choose to view this story in terms of patriotism, coddling of cop killers, Black Lives Matter, and “political correctness,” which is apparently a more emotionally satisfying brew than run-of-the-mill incompetence, stupidity, and corruption.

her brother-in-law was a Navy seal who was killed...

tom jefferson wrote:

her brother-in-law was a Navy seal who was killed...

So? What does that have to do with protesting police brutality against black men?

Total moron creates another stupid post as he or she fails in critical thinking once again. Sad.

Can't even protest on her own Golf shoes wrote:

USA Gymnastics CEO Mary Bono resigned her position Tuesday, after meeting criticism over her opposition to Nike and its “Just Do It” ads featuring anthem protester Colin Kaepernick.

Bono posted several social media posts critical of Nike and Colin Kaepernick in the weeks before she was elevated to interim CEO of USA Gymnastic, but despite the fact that the posts were made before she took over the organization critics slammed her for attacking a sponsor, not to mention for speaking a conservative position, the Hill reported.

Noted TUE-recipient Simone Biles was a prominent Tweeter against CEO Bono.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dppy8GtWwAAH0jA.jpg

Do you need a tissue, super-patriot-boi.

You sure are a national hero standing up and showing your bumper sticker patriotism.

Wow, a true American.

BTW, It was just revealed that Bono was at the law firm that tried to defend Dr Nasser.

....The real reason that she was canned is that another corrupt athletic federation has been exposed of hypocrisy and leadership failings.

USA Gymnastics is worse than FIFA.

At least FIFA isn't institutionally raping young athletes.

So super-patriot-boi, you support USA Gymnastics CEO because Kaepernick politics vs instructional rape?

Makin'

Athletes

Get

Assaulted!

Sndndnnf wrote:

Total moron creates another stupid post as he or she fails in critical thinking once again. Sad.

Was it a moran or one of the many M@G@ NPCs on the board? Hard to tell these days.

lotsofbots wrote:

Sndndnnf wrote:

Total moron creates another stupid post as he or she fails in critical thinking once again. Sad.

Was it a moran or one of the many M@G@ NPCs on the board? Hard to tell these days.

Covfefe strikes again.

DouchierThanThou wrote:

lotsofbots wrote:

Was it a moran or one of the many M@G@ NPCs on the board? Hard to tell these days.

Covfefe strikes again.

....They're still figuring out how to spin a story about how Kaepernick/Nike politics is more valid than child rape

Very brave, GOP.

Your advocacy for that poor, fired CEO vs

Raped children is apparent.

Heroes for Trump, Making Americans Get Assaulted.

She's the CEO of a sports organization. I agree with the decision. She shouldn't be doing that.

This isn't about flag-hating, this is about being in a management position.

Ironically she and Kaepernick suffered the same fate. When you mix controversial politics and work you will find yourself unemployed. You can't be for one person's free speech at work and opposed to another's. Best to keep politics out of the public light.

The double standard is that many of the people who support Kaepernick have no problem with Bono being forced to resign because of her exercise of free speech.

joedirt wrote:

The double standard is that many of the people who support Kaepernick have no problem with Bono being forced to resign because of her exercise of free speech.

You seem to be confused about what "free speech" means. The First Amendment protects against government interference with free speech. It does not protect you from economic impacts of your speech, or protect you from actions by a non-governmental organization in response to your speech.

Her employer, USA Gymnastics, is not the government. They are free to terminate her employment if they believe her speech puts their organization in a bad light.

No, I have no problem with both of them being fired. But Simone Biles is fine with Bobo being fired but not Kaepernick, when they are essentially the same political liability for their respective organizations.

joedirt wrote:

No, I have no problem with both of them being fired. But Simone Biles is fine with Bobo being fired but not Kaepernick, when they are essentially the same political liability for their respective organizations.

Nah, the Kaepernick thing is a little different because the NFL is 32 different teams which supposedly do not work as a unit. It's clearly not the case, which is why people bring up the collusion argument. If all 32 teams decided independently not to sign Kaepernick, that's legally fine (and that may indeed have happened).

Assuming there was no collusion, they're in the same category. If you feel Kaepernick's "firing" was morally unjust, you have a (moral, not legal) right to be mad, and the same for Bono's. I think a lot of people are particularly worked up about Kaepernick's non-signing because he was protesting something that's been an issue in our country, and something that's been difficult to get attention for. But of course there are other factors.

In any case, the NFL gets away with being a monopoly and calling itself 32 different companies. MLB is even worse in this regard. Regardless of the Kaepernick stuff, these fatcat owners should not be allowed to get away with this.

Dbxncnnc wrote:

tom jefferson wrote:

her brother-in-law was a Navy seal who was killed...

So? What does that have to do with protesting police brutality against black men?

Dbxncnnc, you are a real moron if you don't get the connection between the Nike "slogan" and the sacrifice her brother-in-law made. Grow some brain cells instead of drinking, huffing, or smoking them away.