Comrade Tim is very wise. Running requires an unfair distribution of resources, as athletes require more than the allotted 1500 calories per day of sustenance. There shall be no additional rations given out. All are equal. You are not special.
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Running is more accessible than most sports. But ANY sport is a privilege that the poorest people have little access. Lots of people work through school to help support their families and cannot spare the time for a pursuit like a sport. Walz's daughter is not one of these but she is recognizing this reality.
You think most of the poor in America are "working hard" ??? Oh you fools and your bleeding hearts, sad.
You put something in quotes that is not from my post. Why?
Nothing she said was wrong if taken in proper context: that of a kid who doesn’t need to work and who is healthy enough and in a family situation that lets her participate in a high school sport. Tim Walz was a high school teacher and coach and I’m sure knew many kids that could not participate in sports.
Her delivery is terrible and reeks of self-righteousness but it is true that there is a level of privilege with any hobby including running.
Privilege has this negative connotation but it shouldn't. Privilege also isn't something always handed to you by someone else like some nepo baby.
I didn't grow up with very much and had a gambling addict for a father that meant we functionally had even less. I worked hard and became the first person in my family to go to college and have carved out a pretty good life for myself. I understand I have the privilege to do hobbies like running and rowing that people working multiple jobs just don't have.
Recognizing these things and having gratitude is made for a much happier life and better mental health. Just like these privileged children of the wealthy shouldn't act all self-righteous the rest of us shouldn't get to easily offended by that self-righteousness.
The 24-year-old posted a two-minute tirade against the idea of running to her TikTok account. “Running as an act is political. And you know who taught me that? Tim Walz,” she said. “The first thing he told me when I was getting into it in high school — granted, I don’t really do it as much anymore, I go in spurts — but when I first [was] getting into it in high school, the first thing he told me was that running is a privilege and being part of the running community is a privilege that not all people have access to.”
The 24-year-old posted a two-minute tirade against the idea of running to her TikTok account. “Running as an act is political. And you know who taught me that? Tim Walz,” she said. “The first thing he told me when I was getting into it in high school — granted, I don’t really do it as much anymore, I go in spurts — but when I first [was] getting into it in high school, the first thing he told me was that running is a privilege and being part of the running community is a privilege that not all people have access to.”
I would argue it’s the opposite of what she is saying: Running is cheap compared to other sports like rowing or hockey or golf.
How can she reconcile the successful runners from rural east Africa with her argument?
this is a ridiculous and wild misconstruing of what she actually said. did you watch her video? she's a runner herself. so is her dad. she loves running. she's lambasting the privilege of a person who has everything (whoever this 'running influencer' creature is) strolling the halls of the White House as if everything is normal.
if you don't agree with her, that's fine, but hope's point is being deliberately misinterpreted.
And hope is deliberately poking an activity that we all deeply enjoy….running is a part of our identity, who we are.
this site LetsRun - the home of distance running, is all about long distance running, after all.
The tone and message was pretty clear: you as runners need to atone for your sins and say publicly “you’re right, Hope. Running is a privileged activity. I acknowledge that privilege and I pay homage to the cancel culture gods”
she wants people to bend the knee and repeat the same mantras “I am privileged because I can run”
I disagree.
I don’t need to apologize for dedicating a good portion of my life to improving in running and discipline and striving towards goals.
nor does anyone else.
the biggest argument that Hope leaves out is, again, rural East Africans.
they have pretty underprivileged lives yet they still run a lot. They accomplish incredible feats.
Haile Gebresselasie one of my heroes, came from poverty - zero privilege - and became one of the most inspiring runners to ever walk planet earth.
if you’ve ever seen the Disney movie Endurance. Compare any segment of that movie to Hope’a video on TikTok. One is a story worth being told. The other is a piece of garbage.
Every organized activity in the USA is privileged in the sense that it is the product of decades of evolution within a racist, sexist and homophobic society.
The 24-year-old posted a two-minute tirade against the idea of running to her TikTok account. “Running as an act is political. And you know who taught me that? Tim Walz,” she said. “The first thing he told me when I was getting into it in high school — granted, I don’t really do it as much anymore, I go in spurts — but when I first [was] getting into it in high school, the first thing he told me was that running is a privilege and being part of the running community is a privilege that not all people have access to.”
Why the f*** does everything have to be political these days?
Yes, running is privileged, and so is lifting or jumping. You generally need to be able-bodied to do those things, so if you can do them, be thankful that you're not quadriplegic. It has nothing to do with politics.
Fat, ugly, bitter, Marxist women, the ones with the dyed black hair and big huge Harry Potter power glasses so ugly that they weren’t hit by the ugly stick but the with the whole da— tree, most of the time feel this way.
Democrats in general and this Maoist family in particular are against anything physical or moral.