Vice President Mike Pence stirred controversy at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea by refusing to stand.
It appeared to be a silent protest of North Korea’s oppressive regime, which had sent athletes to Pyeongchang to participate in the games.
While seated between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Pence sat stone-faced as the North Korean athletes were introduced.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, stood behind Pence, looking every bit the sinister sister that she is.
Vice President Mike Pence is sitting only a few feet away from Kim Yo Jong, who is the very powerful sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un during the winter Olympics #OpeningCeremony in South Korea. The two don’t appear to have spoken to each other. pic.twitter.com/ZyZwFYou1W
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) February 9, 2018
Pence and his wife Karen appeared to be the only two officials in the press box not to stand for the North Korean athletes. They also reportedly declined to go to an Olympic Dinner attended by North Korean officials.
The inevitable idiocy of the Internet being as it is, the comparisons to Colin Kaepernick’s anti-national anthem protests, based on a false narrative of police racial violence, spread like wildfire. Fortunately, conservative millennial Allie Beth Stuckey was there with apt rejoinders.
huh. it’s almost as if Mike Pence is cool with not standing at a sporting event as a form of protest…nah, that can’t be right. https://t.co/ijJKgheFk1
— way gayer, way different, way snipy (@snipy) February 9, 2018
Stuckey wasn’t going to let the narrative fly.
You guys can’t be this stupid. You can’t. Right? Comparing Pence sitting as a form of protest to NK’s dictatorial, inhumane regime to Kaepernick kneeling for the flag of HIS OWN country? You don’t ACTUALLY think that works, right? https://t.co/lTWMqdG8yF
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) February 10, 2018
She wasn’t done yet, lest it get all twisted.
It’s funny how people are assuming this is an attack against Kaepernick, when that’s not even said here. All I said is: it’s not the same, and it’s not hypocritical.
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) February 10, 2018
When confronted with this reality, the leftist retort was to latch onto a false narrative.
You can’t be this ignorant. Can you?
It doesn’t matter where Kaep was protesting. He was protesting people, specifically law enforcement treating him inhumanely. It’s within his right to protest, just like it’s within Pences right to protest. But you CANNOT have it both ways— Zevan Shuster (@zshust9) February 10, 2018
This is how it’s done: Don’t concede the strawman argument.
I’ve never argued against Kaepernick’s or anyone’s *right* to protest. I disagree with his motive & even his mode, but I would never deny he has a right, on his own time, to protest however he pleases.
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) February 10, 2018
And… here comes the name-calling.
On his own time? So now you get to decide when he gets to protest, AND how he gets to protest???!?!!? You freaking IDIOT
— Zevan Shuster (@zshust9) February 10, 2018
You can read the full back and forth conversation here. Spoiler, the liberal loses his mind and makes a fool of himself while Stuckey keeps her cool and effectively proves her point with reason.
Is there any valid comparison between Mike Pence protesting the inhumane treatment of North Korea to Colin Kaepernick protesting police violence in the United States?
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