Fox News Says Gabby Douglas’ Outfits Aren’t Patriotic Enough

[CatWoman]

You had to know it was going to happen. You had to know that Fox News was waiting for a way to tarnish Gabby Douglas’ victories at the Olympics, and the folks at Fox have finally concocted a way; questioning how Douglas’ could be a true patriot if she’s not wearing the stars and stripes.

On last week’s “America Live,” host Alisyn Camerota speculated on how “some folks” noticed that the “famous flag-styled outfits” of Olympics past were replaced by “yellow shirts, grey track suits and pink leotards

Actually, I’m sure “some folks” means “Fox producers”, since no one’s been paying much attention to aesthetics. The Olympics is about talent and perseverance, not fashion, but what would the folks at Fox know about that?

Anyway, almost like clockwork, Camerota and her guest, Sirius/XM radio host David Webb, zoomed in on Gabby Douglas.

“You know, Gabby had that great moment, and everyone was so excited, and she’s in hot pink — and that’s her prerogative,” Camerota said. Webb speculated, “What’s wrong with showing some pride?” He compared Douglas’ uniform to a “kind of soft anti-American feeling that Americans can’t show their exceptionalism.” Camerota then pointed out how other nations, like China, wore nationalistic colors.

So now America should try to be like China? I thought conservatives hated communism?

This may very well be about color, but if so, it’s not about the color of Gabby Douglas’ outfits.

http://www.kulturekritic.com/2012/08/news/fox-news-says-gabby-douglas-outfits-arent-patriotic-enough/#

[WI_DEM]

1. good grief! why should people wear outfits that look like the GD flag anyway

just to show their patriotism? What a bunch of hooey.

[niyad]

48. anybody here remember the 60's, when it was considered evil to wear the flag?

[ieoeja]

66. Yup. I also remember the 80's and before when a flag lapel pin signified a veteran.

My dad didn't like incorporating the flag in clothing where it would get dirty and sweaty. And on mudflats or as a bug screen in front of a truck's radiator? Livid!

He and many others in his American Legion Post absolutely hated Newt Gingrich for "pretending to be a veteran".

[A Simple Game]

116. If I remember right some even went to jail for wearing it. n/t

[niyad]

141. you remember correctly

[ananda]

2. Remember that thing about Obama not wearing a flag pin?

I just hate all the patriotic symbols behind our leaders.
It reeks of Nazism.

[malaise]

3. Why don;'t they just say it

Her color isn't patriotic enough for that sport.

[lpbk2713]

4. It never occurs to them how absurd they look to the real world.

They focus on the mouth breathing Fauxbots and that is all they care about.

[flakey_foont]

5. She won a Gold Medal for the US

I wonder what the above mentioned Fox Nooz wankers were doing for the US when they were 16....

Geez, what in the world does it matter if she wore pink?? 'Some folks' need to be a little less critical.

[Frustratedlady]

102. I rather imagine many of those who complained about Gabby's outfit...

would have difficulty getting up from their arm chair, let alone perform as Gabby did. Poor thing, wrong hair, wrong outfit...but SHE has the gold!

Go, Gabby!

[get the red out]

6. Bunch of Fux bums

When did any of them ever work as hard to represent their country as that young lady? They surely don't represent it as well as she does.

[dballance]

7. Actually, the US flag code...

while not prohibiting the wearing of clothing that resembles the flag does seem to suggest doing so is in poor taste. That people may find it diminishes the dignity of the flag.

My personal opinion is that it is in poor taste and does not dignify the flag. Especially when I see it on t-shirts pulled over and wrapped around the folds of fat on so many Tea Partiers at their rallies.

[hifiguy]

8. Presumably the governing body of US gymnastics

picks the uniforms for their athletes to wear at the Olympics. Take it up with them, you inbred Faux doucherockets.

[reflection]

9. Man, they focus on the most ridiculous nonsense.

Why don't they just wear flag suits every day on the set if they're that damned obsessed with nationalism.

It's always a good time to post this link when Fox News' Outrage Du Jour is being discussed:

http://rense.com/general37/char.htm

[pinboy3niner]

12. And they ignore the fact that her "anti-American" outfit has "USA" on the shoulder

[Nay]

69. They also ignore the fact that EVERY gymnast wore the same outfit(s). So, why oh why did

they single out Gabby for the illustration?

RACISM. Those 'colored' people aren't REAL AMERICANS.

God, I'm so sick of this shit. Is there no one to call these fucks out??

[Warren Stupidity]

97. If people were proud of what this young african american woman did

they might stop being such racist idiots when it comes to our african american president.

It is all part of the same programming.

[emmadoggy]

114. Exactly.

The others have the same outfits.

To be honest, I complained a bit about some of the uniforms this year. I mean, usually there is a cohesive theme to the design of all the athletes uniforms. But this year it's sort of like anything goes. I don't think they need to all look like flags, but just a general use of the US colors is usually typical.

I found it most noticeable with the swim teams this year. Both from the US and other countries. Some wore plain black suits, I saw one or two who had on these whitish-gray suits with orange striping (which swimmers from other teams wore as well.) Soni and others had hot pink suits they sometimes wore. Personally, I really didn't like the non-uniform uniforms this year. Especially with the swimmers. It does make it harder to tell who is from where when they are all just wearing black or whatever.

The woman from the US who won the shooting event was wearing what looked like a brown Carhart jacket and black yoga pants when she received her medal. It did not look good in my opinion.

But singling out Gabby in this case smacks of racism. The gymnasts all wore the same uniforms - which I saw them in at various times in pink, blue, red, and white.

[daybranch]

137. so true

As a Vietnam veteran that believes we should honor the flag rather than use it to hide our bigotry, let me express my 100 percent agreement with you. And to all people who face racism from these haters, let me say I am sorry as a white man that this occurs.

[Starry Messenger]

10. Gabby Douglas just sails over them all.

The hatriots at Fox just can't stand it.

[colorado_ufo]

112. Beautiful uniform, gorgeous athlete, fabulous young woman!

I think the term "hatriots" ranks right up there with "Romney-Hood." LOVE IT!

Mind if I borrow it?

[rocktivity]

11. No, it's not her perogative

Everyone wears what the US team provides.


rocktivity

[K8-EEE]

15. RIGHT?? As if she designed the uniforms?

Good grief!

[yellerpup]

13. "This may very well be about color, but if so, it’s not about the color of Gabby Douglas’ outfits.

Got that right! This kind of stuff makes me sick. I have to question Fox's patriotism for whining about this outstanding gold medal winner. The only thing exceptional about Fox is their hatred and bigotry.

[Pyrzqxgl]

14. I wonder if she'll make it on a Wheaties box like Mary Lou did?

[rocktivity]

19. Been there, done that

and probably got a MUCH better deal...




rocktivity

[SemperEadem]

131. I don't eat corn flakes, but I'll buy a box

so that I can have that picture of her.

It would be great to show support for her by everyone buying the box and pushing sales of it through the roof.

[ljm2002]

16. P.I.G.S.

Petty Idiotic Gobsmackingly Stupid people.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. I wish we could recommend individual posts.

[Octafish]

17. Gabby is perfect, just the way she is.

Fox? Not at all.

[Quantess]

18. What did she ever do to them?

Is she a vocal Obama supporter, or something?

[kestrel91316]

41. What did she do? She's a BLACK girl who did better at something than some whites.

They really can't stomach that.

[Quantess]

51. Okay, but we have had black olympic athletes before.

I hadn't noticed they were treated disparagingly by the media. I wonder if it is just in style for FOX to play up to closet racists right now, since this is an election year. I am just guessing, here.

[Horse with no Name]

61. Gymnastics has always been reserved

for the little cute pixie white girls...you know...the ones that LOOK All-"American"...

[iemitsu]

113. or the asian girls.

they are always small.

[awoke_in_2003]

82. Yes, they have been...

stirring up the racists ever since we elected a black president.

[amandabeech]

60. Back in the day, Dominique Dawes, who is black, won a bunch of Olympic medals in gymnastics.

She's now on the First Lady's fitness board.

Nobody said anything negative about Dawes that I can recall.

Everyone was just happy that she did well in, I think, three olympics.

These faux folks are idiots.

[kestrel91316]

67. Yeah, but we didn't have a black president then.

[amandabeech]

70. Only one black hero or heroine at a time for faux, I guess.

I might have just sighed back in the '70s and assumed that people would get over their prejudices.

But its 2012, and I'm still waiting.

What a sorry state of affairs.

[JI7]

72. i think most are ok, the problem is the small percentage of bigots are loud, and of course like that

recent murderer at the temple they are dangerous.

there are racists in europe also but they are usually not taken seriously. they have their little rallies and things but they are seen as extremists.

in America they are represented by one of the major parties.

[amandabeech]

73. Well, usually racists here just do and say dumb stuff.

Then you get people like the guy in Milwaukee.

I take a different view of the Republican party than many people here. I have met Republicans who are conservative, but not racist. In fact I've met quite a few because I grew up in a small town in the Midwest. In fact, the last time I was there (in May and June), I visited some of my friends and they were upset because some people believed that they were racist just because they are Republican. I've known these people for years and they don't have a racist bone in their bodies.

I don't agree with these people on a lot of things, but I don't condemn them because of their party, nor do I wish to make a blanket statement that all Republicans are racist.

I like to take people as individuals.

P.S. Most of the Republicans I know don't like Rmoney much, and didn't like any of the other R candidates, either.

[JI7]

71. but Dawes didn't win Gold in the Individual All Around

i think she won silver and bronze in some things. and she got the gold for the Team competition.

but the individual is always special.

also i think the sport has gotten more attention lately and olympic stars can usually extend their fame longer and onto other things.

on various boards i have seen comments where you can tell the problem people have is with a black kid winning. and what i interesting is that it's not foreigners like Russians who were competing that are upset but racist americans. rather than be proud one of our own won. they would rather it be a foreigner than a black american kid.

i agree with the poster who said the thing about Obama being black also.

but these people have always been racist. they are just more open about it.

[Gormy Cuss]

83. Dawes won a bronze as an individual. Her other Olympic medals were team medals.

One gold, all others bronze. Even though she was an extraordinarily good gymnast she didn't stand out as one of the individual stars in the Olympics. That made it easier for bigots to minimize her role on the team and focus instead on Strug and Miller.

[xmas74]

111. Dominique Dawes is also a commentator for Fox Sports.

They'll usually shut up if someone is close enough to call them on their crap-and I'd like to think that she would call them on it.

[muntrv]

119. ClusterFox still hasn't gotten over Jessie Owens showing up Hitler in 1936.

[Cali_Democrat]

53. She's black

to them, that is offensive.

[randome]

20. She's practically super-human. She can wear whatever the hell she wants.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. She needs to wear a flight suit - that makes you an instant patriot

[onenote]

23. Right, because when Mitt ran the Olympics, our athletes showed their patriotism in their outfits

Oh, wait. Maybe not.


Sarah Hughes: Gold Medal


Michelle Kwan: Bronze Medal

[kestrel91316]

43. In all fairness, gymnasts always wear uniforms; figure skaters NEVER do (when performing).

[onenote]

52. True.

But even the gymnasts in past years haven't always worn uniforms that were "patriotic" in composition. Sometimes they've been all red, or purple, or some other color. Not flag or even red-white-blue.

[amandabeech]

63. This year, U.S. gymnasts have worn red, blue, white and fuschia leodards.

At least, those are the colors I've seen.

Maroney had on a white one that was a lot like Gaby's fushia one last night when she won silver in vault.

I think that they're all made by GK, who used to make figure skating clothing, too.

[maddiemom]

86. Right!

Both gymnasts and figure skaters usually go with individual costumes. Remember the controversial Tanya Harding some years back? Much was said and written about how difficult it was for her to afford her costumes, being from a less affluent background.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

140. We'll always have Johnny Weir.

Olympic Figure Skater Johnny Weir's 8 Craziest Fashion Moments



There's more. Wow, is there more. Those are about the tamest pictures of him I could find.

[arely staircase]

24. i bet the chinese government

would punish an errant newsreader who dissed the country's athletes. would fox like us to emulate that as well?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Product of a hard work ethic--check. Represents the United States of America--check.

I don't understand why Fox would seem to have a problem with h--Oh, I get it now.

[Liberal In Texas]

26. There's that word again they like so much: "Exceptionalism".

Jingoism all fixed up and focus-grouped into a simple catch-word.

I guess Manifest Destiny is so out of date.

[Ganja Ninja]

27. And why should she wear something patriotic?

I thought FOX was all about rugged individualism? You know 'I got mine to hell with everybody else.' She's not out there to represent the bloated Cheeto eating slobs that sit there nodding along with the 24/7 propaganda network. She's first and foremost representing herself. She put in hours of hard work that led her to where she is today. It's her gold medal and she can wear what she wants.

[Motown_Johnny]

28. I say FOX News ins't patriotic enough, so there...

[onenote]

29. Why can't she dress more like Shawn Johnson did when she competed:

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.319108!/img/httpImage/image.jpg

[Blue Owl]

30. Fuck Off, Fox

n/t

[lamp_shade]

31. Thanks. I just posted to link to my facebook.

[dballance]

32. What's wrong with these asses?

First they don't like her hair and she responded beautifully to that "controversy." Now, despite the fact she won the all-around gold and a gold with the team and she's not patriotic enough because of the uniform the USOC issued her????

How about a "Great going Gabby! You've made the US proud" from these louts who probably can't touch their toes.

I don't remember any of this crap when the cute, petite little white girls of olympics past were winning. Seriously, is there a race element to all this?

[earthside]

33. Because it is not her accomplishment ...

... it is 'ours', the U.S.A.

I heard something like that this morning on the radio news "... the United States got another gold medal yesterday."

I thought Repuglicans and Romneyites did not believe that 'we' do anything, it is only the individual.

Hypocrites.

[louis-t]

34. I'm sure Chinese athletes are TOLD what to wear.

I'm so sick of repugs.

[oberliner]

136. Aren't the US athletes told what to wear as well?

Do individual gymnasts actually get to choose their own outfits?

[Baitball Blogger]

35. Mind manipulation from chronic bullies.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. To be really patriotic she could have worn this...

[bpj62]

38. OMG

I just threw up in my mouth.

[lpbk2713]

40. Woof!

That does it. I'm sleeping with a light on tonight.

[hifiguy]

68. There is some evil karma waiting for you!

[MichiganVote]

80. Jesus...

[bpj62]

37. Different Colors

Gabby wore the pink outfit in the all around competition. The entire team wore a red outfit during the team competition. As a prior poster pointed out the all of the sleeves have USA with stars circling it on the sleeve. If fox really has a beef they should look at the swimmers outfits because as far as I could tell the outfits only had the manufactors name on it. some did have a cap with an american flag on it. Also the Russian Gymnasts had on these deep coral blue outfits which my wife said were beautiful but had nothing to do with the current russian flags or colors.

FAUX News needs to get a life.

[Frustratedlady]

107. Don't point out the swimmers, as with those skimpy suits for the men,

they'll require an American flag tattoo'd on their backs.

Every time they throw hissy fits over the flag, it makes me ill to even see our flag. I hate them for that.

I don't wear a flag and I'm as much or more patriotic than these clowns. Same goes for religion.

[Initech]

39. Fake patriots endorsing their brand of fake patriotism. Lovely.

As the late great George Carlin said - "Politicians hide behind three things - that flag, the Bible, and children. I consider those things to be symbols and I leave that to the symbol minded."

[Johonny]

42. crackhead says crack not getting them the same old high it use to

once every idiot in politics has a flag lapel pin, who gives a *. Once every baseball 7th inning stretch is god bless America, who gives a *. There is a thing as saturation overload. If American Athlete going for gold for America ain't enough for you, I suggest therapy. It's time for the intervention to talk to people with odd fake patriotism addiction.

[Ikonoklast]

44. There's only one color that they are concerned about.

And it has nothing to do with what she wore.

Fucking Racist Douchebags.


They are trying to crowbar in the "Black People (LIKE BARACK OBAMA!!!) Are Not Patriotic" message.



Everything, and by that I mean EVERYTHING Fox does or says has an underlying message.

[spanone]

45. fox, the home of racist assholes.

[Fla Dem]

46. How "Patriotic" is it for Mitt Romney to hide his wealth

off shore to avoid paying taxes Mr Webb and Ms. Camerota?

How about you idiots focusing on things that really matter instead of hurling made up jabs and insults at a 16 year old gymnast who has more talent in her little finger than you will ever hope to have. Could it be she is African -American, like our President and that's just something that makes you go berserk or are you just plain bigoted? How small minded you both are. You are nothing but a bully and a mean girl.

[bobburgster]

47. Comments like this one, and others...

....about Gabby Douglas would not exist if she was white. Makes me sick to my stomach!

[ThoughtCriminal]

49. Aren't we about individuality?

I think FOX is projecting a different color problem.

[BlueJazz]

50. Once again Fox news proves they shouldn't be in business.

[liberal N proud]

54. Don't they have some propaganda to fake?

What the hell happened to your with us or against us and all that this is America bullshit they proclaimed?

[RagAss]

55. She's black. She's beautiful. She won. Get over it, assholes !!!

[Justice wanted]

56. How about Michael Phelps wearing a black or dark blue (kind of color blind when it

comes to those colors)



They are petty ignorante jerks. You'd think after what happened on Sunday they'd stop this type of Hate talk.

There regular views know all their "Code Words" are and what their stories are REALLY about.

[budkin]

57. Christ! *sigh*

[libinnyandia]

58. I have a couple of questions. If Fox News did not exist, would their talking heads have jobs?

Would they be unemployable? )

[RZM]

129. Most of them had media jobs before Fox News

Brit Hume was ABC's WH correspondent. Chris Wallace worked for NBC news. Greta van Xenu worked for CNN. John Roberts was a longtime CBS news guy, going back to the Dan Rather era. And Geraldo and O'Reilly made their names on sensationalist shit. Geraldo had his own crappy show and O'Reilly was on 'Inside Edition.' Many of their contributors were well known as well. Krauthammer, Krystal, Barnes, and Kondracke are all well known, and Mara Liasson and Juan Williams are and were NPR people.

On edit, I forgot Glenn Beck:

He was on CNN before Fox. He definitely took the nuttiness up a notch when he moved to Fox.

[onehandle]

59. Without looking, or scrolling down, I'm going to guess that 'Gabby' isn't white.

[struggle4progress]

62. Translation: "Slow news day: we need some controversy! Why not question a young girl's patriotism!"

[Chorophyll]

64. Make no mistake why Fox has singled her out for negative attention.

Gross.

[Thumper79]

65. Anyone who works for Fux

"Neanderthals mated with some modern humans after all and left their imprint in the human genome, a team of biologists has reported in the first detailed analysis of the Neanderthal genetic sequence." (http://fwd4.me/17E9) These sub-human man-like animals are the ones who get hired at Fux. (Just look at Michelle Malkin-she can't hide her genetic ancestors.) They only like the white part of this country. Owners/producers/CEOs/etc., are old white angry men.

[CatWoman]

74. Rev. Al will be discussing this in a few minutes

[Raine]

75. All of the team had on the same color. If they don't like it take it up with the US Olympic

Committee and ask them why those colors were picked for the outfits, DUH.

[SemperEadem]

133. it's easier to pick on a defenseless, innocent 16 yr old black girl

because, in their minds, there is no such thing as any black female being born innnocent, even one who works harder than any of them ever will to win something none of them ever will.

[Zoeisright]

76. Faux Noise can go fuck itself.

Multiple times.

[Ilsa]

77. Maybe we should pressure FUX news to wear red white & blue

all of the freaking time. And the only patterns have to be white stars on a blue field and red and white stripes. Let's see how long their wardrobe dept deals with that.

[appleannie1]

78. Someone needs to send FOX a copy of Flag Ettiquette.

It is code for 'blacks should not get medals in gymnastic'.

[GreenPartyVoter]

79. A lot of gymnasts these days wear favorite colors or lucky leotards for single athlete events. So

I don't see the big deal. We all know she's representing for the USA. Says so on the screen and the announcers told us so over and over again.

[eridani]

81. They mean that her skin color isn't "patriotic enough" n/t

[Bette Noir]

84. Because nothing says "Freedom!" like forcing people to wear matching outfits.

[yellowcanine]

85. Whatever, she looked stunning in that outfit imo.

Stars and stripes wouldn't have looked as good on her, imo.

[GoCubsGo]

89. And, so did her teammate.

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Aly Raisman wore the same damn outfit, yet not a peep about her being "unpatriotic". Sheesh. It's not like the girls are the ones who made the choices on what to wear that night.

[yellowcanine]

87. Let the Fox News bots earn the right to participate in the Olympics and they can then wear as much

red, white, and blue as their fat asses can handle. Until then, STFU!

[Lucy Goosey]

88. How about her gold medals? Are they patriotic enough for Fox!?

Fuck Fox. Seriously. SHE WON TWO GOLD MEDALS ON BEHALF OF HER COUNTRY. Nobody at Fox has done anything nearly so patriotic.

[Bolo Boffin]

90. I think Fox News needs to take those red, white, and blue corks out.

No decency, not one damn bit.

[chervilant]

91. Red herrings...

The sociopaths who dictate the content of FOX commentaries are really struggling to come up with effective red herrings, so that the Hoi Polloi remain distracted from the

~~reduced yield of key crops due to extreme to exceptional drought conditions;

~~over 30,000 record-breaking heat indices across the nation;

~~electronic touch-screen voting machines that are easily hacked and assuredly used to manipulate elections;

~~the continued disintegration of the global economy; and

~~the glaring lack of job-creation legislation.

I could go on, and on, and on...it's too depressing.

[canEHdian]

92. FOX 'News" is 76 years Late

This would have been vastly more appropriate in 1936 Berlin.

[awoke_in_2003]

93. Yes, we should be more like China...

Communists are good, as long as the make cheap crap for us, ala China or Vietnam. Cuba? Not so much. It make perfect (non)sense.

[Beartracks]

122. Teabagger Michelle Bachmann thought so.

"If you look at China, they don’t have food stamps. If you look at China, they’re in a very different situ — they save for their own retirement security. They don’t have pay FDIC. They don’t have the modern welfare state. And China’s growing." -- Michelle Bachmann

http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2011/11/13/uh-oh-michele-bachmann-says-china-has-a-better-socio-economic-system-than-ours/

===================

[awoke_in_2003]

123. If she wasn't a politician...

the guys with the nets and nice white coats would take her away.

[skeewee08]

94. Shame on Fux

Leave Gabby alone.....

[Enrique]

95. they also didn't like Serena Williams's dance

black female athletes are being closely monitored.

[OKNancy]

96. here is the link to the actual broadcast

It wasn't specifically Gabby, it was all of the Olympians

[LynneSin]

98. Anyone who is criticizing this girl because of her HAIR or Uniform color is downright racists

There I said it!

I mean here is a young girl from a hard working class family who struggled to help this young girl to reach her dreams of being a top tier gymnist. Gabby Douglas worked hard to achieve her dream and that reward was winning 2 Gold Medals at the Olympics including best individual in the all-around competition.

So for someone commenting about her hairstyle? Really?

And about Uniform come on? A simple google search shows that not all USA uniforms are solid Red,White & Blue, doesn't make these kids any less patriotic.

What burns me is these comments are being made by assholes who probably schlep thru life sitting on the sofa blaming everyone else for their shitty life. Then Faux News catches on and decides they should make this a news story. Hey here's a news story - an avowed White Racist when guns ablazing in a Shik center but hell who cares because Gabby Douglas' african american hair isn't perfect as she tumbles away in her hot pink unform.

[ecstatic]

99. "Webb has confused the display of patriotism with patriotism itself. "

when I look at Gabby Douglas, the first African-American female gymnastics gold medalist, and remember the sacrifices she has made, sacrifices her father had to watch from a distance because of his obligations to our country's security, my heart swells with pride, for her, for her team and coaches, and for America.

There's no need to wave the flag. The moment speaks for itself.

But for Webb, it's not enough. She should have worn old glory, painted her face red, white, and blue, and sung the Star Spangle Banner while she took her final tumbling pass during the floor routine. Then, maybe, she will have met the litmus test for properly representing our country on the world's greatest stage.

With his ill timed remarks, Webb has tarnished what should have been a glorious moment, for Douglas and for America. David Webb is a small man, made smaller by his small mind, and his big mouth. Shame on him, and shame on Fox News for this bizarre carnival sideshow.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/06/1117271/-David-Webb-v-Gabby-Douglas-Talking-the-talk-v-walking-the-walk

[jwirr]

100. Screw fox news.

[Flatpicker]

101. I remember

How my grandparents and my parents had told me that the flag should be seen with respect.

We weren't supposed to display the flag or it's likeness unless it was an actual flag.
That meant, no drawn flag likenesses, no flag clothing, and no flag patches sewn onto our jackets.

Maybe that was old thinking? But I still can't see people wearing the flag as if it were pants or jackets without it feeling "wrong".

[heaven05]

103. god!

I just can't take these attacks on an athlete who had to work very hard to win! This is such shit!!!

[hedgehog]

104. Wild ass guess here, but there may be specific requirements

that the uniforms not have any distracting or confusing designs on them since the sport is scored in part on form. Stripes would be distracting.

[colorado_ufo]

105. Red - white - blue . . .

the colors of the USA, France, Great Britain, Russia, etc. etc. etc.

[RockaFowler]

106. Just watched the video

Who is that guy David Webb?? Where do they find these people?? Oh and the typical - some people say. So sick of this crap!!

[grasswire]

108. Do FIGURE SKATERS only wear red white blue??

Huh?

The girls wear costumes. Not uniforms.

Last night, the girls had matching green hoodies! Oh noes!

[Butterbean]

109. Oh, FFS!!! First her hair is wrong, now her outfit, too???

Laugh all the way to the bank with your sweet endorsement deal and GOLD MEDALS, Gabby. What the hell??? REALLY? Her OUTFIT and HAIR are what people choose to focus on? Have any of the MALE athletes been criticized for what they are wearing or their appearance AT ALL?? Have any of the white girls been criticized?

Seriously, WTF?

[hughee99]

110. The olympics is supposed to be about talent and perseverance, and not fashion, unless

you paid $1000+ for a Ralph Lauren suit to wear for the opening ceremonies that was made in China.

[allan01]

115. re:Fox News Says Gabby Douglas’ Outfits Aren’t Patriotic Enough

meh. quit watching fox noize and quit listening to the am radio not patraiotic enough. hem

[Botany]

117. Oh for the love of dog

[muntrv]

118. ClusterFox: "She's not Amurkin' cuz she's a neegrow."

[a la izquierda]

120. They're going to fellate themselves over...

Aly Raisman's outfit tonight.

[bhikkhu]

121. Somehow, griping about the quality of the news...

is more popular than the news itself, it would seem.

Nevertheless, this will deservedly drop into the memory hole and be forgotten, while we'll remember her smile and performances for a long while.

[Skittles]

124. successful black females really threaten FOX repukes

yes INDEED

[lonestarnot]

125. Faux snooze is still on? I thought Ruppert was in jail over on the other side of the ocean for

wiretapping.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

126. so Camerota wants us to be like commies?

needs therapy

[RZM]

127. FYI, David Webb is black

I don't think he's racist against black people. He definitely doubles down on the nationalism/patriotism though.

[SemperEadem]

135. oh please

there is plenty of black on black racism and this ignorant ass proves that. I'm suprised allen west and herman cain didn't join him on the set and say the same god damn thing.

[Zalatix]

128. Dog whistle alert.

The issue is not her clothes. It's her skin color.

[SemperEadem]

130. what else would flabby bodied misfits say?

none of them commenting could run up 27 flights of steps to save their own lives. Mediocre, soft in the middle and chemically addle-brained is what they are. Talking is all they can do.

Gabby could snap their neck with her bi-ceps.

[SemperEadem]

132. If Gabby Douglas had worn red, white and blue, they'd be complaining about her disrespecting

our flag's colors by sweating in them.

this isn't about the color of her leotard: this is about the color of her skin and the temerity of her to accel and surpass in a sport that has, in the past, been the haven of little white girls.

all of the patriotism she needs to display is in the picture of her holding up her gold medal that she won for this country in the all around, and unfortunately, for these ingrates, too.

I don't see any of them wearing red, white and blue every single got damb day they're sitting on the set: so are they unpatriotic, too?

[Canuckistanian]

134. Hey, David Webb...

What's wrong with shutting the fuck up?

[lobodons]

138. How dare she wear that black skin

What she thinking?

[SmittynMo]

139. As most of you have nailed it,

Faux employs some of the most racist people on the planet. This has nothing to do with her outfits. Her skin color does. It goes hand in hand with the right. Connect the dots here. And thus more reason not to view FAUX. The right is eating this up big time, with a huge smile on their faces.