{"id":603501,"date":"2021-07-27T11:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603501"},"modified":"2021-07-27T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:06:00","slug":"espn-writer-disturbed-by-u-s-flag-at-olympics-i-keep-thinking-back-on-the-capitol-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-writer-disturbed-by-u-s-flag-at-olympics-i-keep-thinking-back-on-the-capitol-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Writer Disturbed By U.S. Flag At Olympics: \u2018I Keep Thinking Back On The Capitol Riots\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fespn-writer-disturbed-by-u-s-flag-at-olympics-i-keep-thinking-back-on-the-capitol-riots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/us-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An&nbsp;ESPN sportswriter on Monday said he didn\u2019t like the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics because the American flag carried by the U.S. athletes reminded him of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and the \u201crise of White nationalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the opening ceremonies, march of countries,\u201d William Rhoden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/scott-whitlock\/2021\/07\/26\/cbs-roots-team-usa-fail-olympics-humble-arrogant-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> on \u201cCBS This Morning,\u201d noting that he has long enjoyed covering the opening ceremonies for the games. \u201cThen I realized, you know, man, particularly after these last four years, I had it wrong. Nationalism is not good. We\u2019ve seen the rise of White nationalism. Nationalism is not good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd also, this whole idea \u2014 I keep thinking back on the Capitol riots, and I saw a lot of, you know, U.S. flags,\u201d Rhoden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo now when I see the flag and the flag raised, what \u2014 what America am I living in? You know, are the ones that don\u2019t think, you know, we should be here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden\u2019s comments came after U.S. hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned away from the American flag as the national anthem played before the games began. She later donned a black T-shirt with the words \u201cActivist Athlete\u201d near the end of the national anthem. And the United States women\u2019s soccer team kneeled before its opening-round contest against Sweden. Team USA lost 3-0 to Sweden, the first loss for the women\u2019s soccer team since January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s basketball team has also dipped a toe into the protests that have occurred in sporting events in the U.S. But Rhoden said the team is humbled after losing its first game in the Olympics in 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we should be humbled. You know, I mean, this whole last year in this country \u2014 it\u2019s about entitlement and privilege. Nobody epitomizes that more than basketball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden\u2019s words also followed those of NFL Hall of Famer Herschel Walker, who questioned why U.S. athletes would travel abroad and then bash America.<\/p>\n<p>Walker, who was a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team in the 1990s, said his time as an Olympian made him more patriotic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople think I\u2019m very harsh when I say this,\u201d Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/herschel-walker-olympics-protests-american-flag\">said<\/a> Friday on Fox News. \u201cThis is the United States of America, and if people don\u2019t like the rules here \u2014 and there\u2019s no doubt we can make some things better \u2014 but if people don\u2019t like the rules here, why are you here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker said the Olympics is not \u201cthe right place\u201d for U.S. athletes to protest America since there are foreign athletes \u201cwho would love to represent the United States of America\u201d if they could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very sad to me because any other country\u2026 I can promise you\u2026 they would not be representing that country,\u201d he added. \u201cI totally disagree with it, but they have the right to do it, even though I think it\u2019s wrong. We have to have leaders that\u2026 are going to stand up and say the right thing. You can feel a certain way and I think that\u2019s great, but this is the United States Olympics\u2026 . I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s the time or place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An\u00a0ESPN sportswriter on Monday said he didn\u2019t like the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics because the American flag carried by the U.S. athletes reminded him of the Jan. 6 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}