White female entitlement?

[jhetley]

Sports news coverage that I've seen talks like the US women's softball team had a right to that gold medal.  They owned it.

Uh, no.  Not unless they won the game . . .

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

No, American entitlement in general. You'll hear much the same about any close contest in which someone else took the gold.

[nathelmi.livejournal.com]

Betcha someone's gonna be confused about HOW DID PHELPS LOSE?

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm kinda glad they lost, but really glad they lost by being outplayed. Now, if it had been multiple bad calls by the umps, well.

But wow, I can imagine how horrible that game must have been for the Americans. Imagine them all pure athletes, without a speck of entitlement, and it still must have been brutal.

(I suppose by some standards, I now hate America for being proud of another group of fine athletes for winning a hard-fought game.)

[silme.livejournal.com]

Sounds more like US entitlement to me. :(

Sometimes it's rather refreshing watching the Olympics in another country. In Britain, the commentators cheer madly when Team GB wins a bronze and are out and out thrilled by silvers and golds.