Your wrong actually. He covered up the American Flag. Whatever he wants to do is fine, great gutsy performance today, but please shut his mouth about not being accepted as an American. He can win another silver medal but to me he blew it today and lost a fan.
Jumpin' Jingoism!
I hear what you're saying with your If/Then argument but I'm not sure I grant the premise that he can't be accepted as an American while he waves both flags.
I am a proud American who has no problem with him waving both flags. He's from two worlds. He loves being an American and also loves his family and his ancestry. Not to mention he's a bit of a hero in Eritrea and would be letting down 4.5 million people if he disavowed his former home just because of a couple of guys on a web site had an issue.
It's not like he's from Germany or Japan during WWII. When we go to war with Eritrea then maybe he should pick a side.
Meb IS an American and he ran great today.
if you looked closely, which you obviously didn't he had both flags
Soc-rates was the man
so youre saying that the symbolism and emotions connected to a flag are derived from the actions/status of the country's current government? either youre proud of your country's culture and heritage or youre not and always willing to show that pride. if a flag is something that you might want to hide, b/c of the actions of the government (eg Japan, Germany WWII), then it's really not a good represnetation of the pride you have in your culture and heritage. if a flag truly represnts your heritage/culture, then you will NEVER be ashamed to hide it. but flags are mere symbols of government--some good some corrupt.
ive seen mexcians who've won races and put on sombreros and traditional mexcian coats or something like that. now **THAT** is all about culture, not nationalism. granted, they were also waving the mexican flag, but it just shows that not eveything has to be about flag waving. i can see the jingoism being OK at major international competitions, but c'mon, this was the NYC marathon at the US championships.
like it or not, meb needs a good PR agent if he wants to go down in the record books as a "real" american in the hearts of runners.
i know, i know. this topic has been hashed and rehased. i'll stop.
Yeah, yeah...All the white guilt. Enough. All of you are immigrants. Get over it and live life.
If a native american won the race and decided not to walk around with the flag and instead wore some tribal garb, would he not be "american" either? Please respond I would like to know.
I just wrote a long reply and then deleted it. Screw it. I'll stop too.
What I don't understand is why Meb is so into being from Eritrea. The reason he's an American is because his dad hightailed the family out of there so they wouldn't get killed. Sounds like a great place!
redskin runner wrote:
Yeah, yeah...All the white guilt. Enough. All of you are immigrants. Get over it and live life.
I am completely over it. Now lets see if Meb is? He had better NEVER EVER cry about not getting respect. I have no problem with anything he does as long as he is willing to handle the reprecussions.
Honestly, if you judge this man based on the flag that he grabs and not the person that he is than I recommend looking in the mirror and perhaps revaluating your pathetic life. It is really sad how many of you judge him without knowing where he is coming from having never been in his shoes, or at least even talked to him in person.
eritrea is proud of mebrahtom!!!!!!!!!!
if some f****n stupids have a problem with him coz of the eritrean flag, i say ............thou
mjlaye wrote:
Honestly, if you judge this man based on the flag that he grabs and not the person that he is than I recommend looking in the mirror and perhaps revaluating your pathetic life. It is really sad how many of you judge him without knowing where he is coming from having never been in his shoes, or at least even talked to him in person.
I don't mean to be rude, but I am content with my life. I am also content with how others treat me. Meb is not happy with how others treat him. So, who has the problem? I actually feel bad for Meb. This american has done some great things in his life thus far and yet he still isn't content with how others perceive him. That is sad.
Take all of your politically correct garbage and throw it in the dumpster. It is people like you that have caused this immigration thing to spiral out of control. Why are people over here that do not know the dominant language (English)? If I planned to move to another country, I would certainly try to learn the language before I went other to that country. I certainly do not think of apple pie when I hear names that appear as if someone randomly threw some letters in the air to create it.