This is another thread that would be in the Sports Bar if it wasn't dead.

Gabby probably saw all the critcisms on social media and on the internet. She didn't need to cake up in makeup and lipstick or worry about her hair. I think she's pretty no matter what anyone says imo.

People are a-holes.

People are making fun of her on social media, not surprised. Jerks everywhere.

Why are they making fun of her? I missed this storyline.

She's been hit on twitter for what she did at the medal ceremony. Now she's butthurt because people are calling her out.

If you do something stupid, and then say "if I offended anyone I'm sorry", expect to get railed against.

She had a bad first day, and it was clear that if it wasnt going to be about her, she was not going to be happy. Her attitude was in contrast to the other girls, who were all thrilled with how well every other girl was doing.

(08-15-2016 08:05 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  She's been hit on twitter for what she did at the medal ceremony. Now she's butthurt because people are calling her out.

If you do something stupid, and then say "if I offended anyone I'm sorry", expect to get railed against.

She had a bad first day, and it was clear that if it wasnt going to be about her, she was not going to be happy. Her attitude was in contrast to the other girls, who were all thrilled with how well every other girl was doing.

She's young. Sometimes it's tough to mask feelings of not doing as well as one would hope, particularly for younger people. I imagine she will learn from this and better hide her emotions in the future. It can be tough when the camera is on you and millions are watching. In general - I'm giving her a pass.

(08-15-2016 08:13 AM)Crebman Wrote:  

(08-15-2016 08:05 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  She's been hit on twitter for what she did at the medal ceremony. Now she's butthurt because people are calling her out.

If you do something stupid, and then say "if I offended anyone I'm sorry", expect to get railed against.

She had a bad first day, and it was clear that if it wasnt going to be about her, she was not going to be happy. Her attitude was in contrast to the other girls, who were all thrilled with how well every other girl was doing.

She's young. Sometimes it's tough to mask feelings of not doing as well as one would hope, particularly for younger people. I imagine she will learn from this and better hide her emotions in the future. It can be tough when the camera is on you and millions are watching. In general - I'm giving her a pass.

Yea, all I did was to shake my head at her during the medal ceremony. She was a veteran member of the team, so she should have handled it all better.

But my point was simply that if you want to be a part of social media, then dont get butthurt when you act somewhat like a sore loser and people rip you one on social media.

It's a big stage and you choose to put yourself on it. It's part of the price you pay for fame.

There are probably 10s of thousands of high school age girls who suffer from social media every day.

It's not a nice world but it's the world we live in.

What did she do at the medal ceremony?

(08-15-2016 09:05 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  What did she do at the medal ceremony?

It was made worse with the non-apology apology of "if I offended anyone, I'm sorry"

it's twitter. an intellectual wasteland. a cavalcade of human folly. a black hole of concentrated stupidity. it's a place filled with exactly the kind of people that I go out of my way to avoid in real life, and none of them will STFU.

if I was forced to choose between a colonoscopy, and enduring fully unfiltered twitter for an hour, I think I would choose the colonoscopy. the experiences would be very similar, at least I get drugs for the colonoscopy.

(08-15-2016 09:17 AM)EagleX Wrote:  it's twitter. an intellectual wasteland. a cavalcade of human folly. a black hole of concentrated stupidity. it's a place filled with exactly the kind of people that I go out of my way to avoid in real life, and none of them will STFU.

if I was forced to choose between a colonoscopy, and enduring fully unfiltered twitter for an hour, I think I would choose the colonoscopy. the experiences would be very similar, at least I get drugs for the colonoscopy.

If it was that bad on twitter I can only imagine what was going on with facebook.

So why didn't she just put her hand over her heart?

(08-15-2016 09:51 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  So why didn't she just put her hand over her heart?

Because she was mad that she wasnt going to the individual all-around, which is what she won gold in 4 years ago. In fact, she only has one chance to medal in an individual event this year. During the team events on the first day, all the girls were excited about each other's performance, but Gabby was sitting in a chair the entire time. My wife was getting pissed at her for her attitude, and she loved Gabby.

(08-15-2016 08:05 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  She's been hit on twitter for what she did at the medal ceremony. Now she's butthurt because people are calling her out.

If you do something stupid, and then say "if I offended anyone I'm sorry", expect to get railed against.

She had a bad first day, and it was clear that if it wasnt going to be about her, she was not going to be happy. Her attitude was in contrast to the other girls, who were all thrilled with how well every other girl was doing.

Her not putting her hand on over her heart during the national anthem is not the point of this thread.

(08-15-2016 10:47 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(08-15-2016 08:05 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  She's been hit on twitter for what she did at the medal ceremony. Now she's butthurt because people are calling her out.

If you do something stupid, and then say "if I offended anyone I'm sorry", expect to get railed against.

She had a bad first day, and it was clear that if it wasnt going to be about her, she was not going to be happy. Her attitude was in contrast to the other girls, who were all thrilled with how well every other girl was doing.

Her not putting her hand on over her heart during the national anthem is not the point of this thread.

You brought her up, so any actions she has taken are open game.

True, I was just making sure people knew what I was getting at since I wasn't initially here to answer some early questions.

(08-15-2016 11:45 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  True, I was just making sure people knew what I was getting at since I wasn't initially here to answer some early questions.

Just saw this article on this story

Not putting your hand over your heart during the Stars Spangled Banner is appropriate. In her defense I'd say that that part is being overblown. Her posture does show that she's not a happy camper though.

Nowadays, a veteran can stand at attention, or put your hand over your heart and now we can salute the flag. I feel strange saluting the flag as I'm not in uniform. I just place my hear over the ol' corazon and sing along sometimes.

I still stand at attention. Thumbs on the seams. That got ingrained through years in the military. And the Navy doesn't salute unless you have a hat on, so I never salute for the anthem. You're right, saluting would feel very weird without being in uniform.

And I sing. But that's because I have a good voice. I get a lot of compliments on the voice when I sing the anthem. But I just sing the bass part. No way am I going to try to hit the high notes.

Gabby Douglas is a tremendous athlete. After the 2012 Olympics, IIRC, she made some comments that some people did not like. Now this hand over the heart thing in these Olympics. She is young and has made some perception missteps in the public eye, but many kids that age do.

Cut her some slack and if you are so inclined, refuse to purchase the products she endorses. However, when a thug gets killed in Milwaukee and hissupporting tapeworms use to opportunity to burn down their neighborhood, methinks we have larger issues on which to focus than where Gabby Douglass places her hand during a medal ceremony.