Why Won’t Team USA Dip the Flag at the Opening Ceremonies?
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For the last 100 years, the Olympic spirit has come with an asterisk for the United States. It’s not doping. It’s not underage gymnasts. In fact, if you’re not looking closely, you’ll miss it at the Opening Ceremonies: the United States will be the only country that refuses to dip its flag when passing the host country.
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They’re just disrespectful that’s why a) they said it started in 1908; the Berlin Olympics were in 1936 b) Hitler is no...
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America is literally the most pretentious country.
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America just needs to get the fuck over itself.
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