Gwen Berry Trending Following Olympic Trials Protest
By Monday morning, Berry was trending with more than 28,000 posts - far more than she might have gotten had she won the trials and not protested.
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She added that she felt it was disrespectful that the anthem was played given her past stance on the issue. This isn't the first time that Berry has made such a protest, and she was previously reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which even placed her on probation for a year, during which she was banned from any form of protest.
Again, what makes her think that she commands the ceremony? If she doesn't want to hear the national anthem, go do something where she can reasonably expect not to hear it. She has no business on that team representing the US. Go do your activism on your own time.
And I'm not even a fan of Olympics anyway. But damn, if you're going to compete on a team. Follow the ***damn team rules. That podium is not her personal platform for her activism.