Conservative straight white guys on the internet are not happy that Adam Rippon — an Olympic medalist who was 10th in the world in individual competition, has a compelling personal story, and has proved to be a breath of fresh air at the very scripted Olympics — got hired by NBC.
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It's also kind of irrelevant how high he placed? He needs knowledge of the sport (which he has), but mainly he needs a voice and camera presence, which he has abundantly. No one ever complained that Joe Garagiolia wasn't the best baseball player.
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(This is the one time in my life I will ever make an apt Joe Garagiola reference.)
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He would have killed in it the 80's and 90's when quads weren't a thing. His only weakness is he cannot do quads.
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Oh yeah, the new scoring system is redonk. They definitely need to fix the system. Too late for Adam but I have a feeling he has some bigger things coming. He has the beauty, the body and the personality to do so much more
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Did you see NBC hired him for the rest of the olympics
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*checks to see if any of them asked if James Damore was qualified to write a WSJ op-ed and what they said about people who supported Google firing him*
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10th best in the world isn't even anything to sneeze at.
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We don’t think he would have been hired if he didn’t bash Pence. Could be wrong.
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it's really not even worth it to engage with the haters. Aside from everything that he represents (and stands for), Rippon also happens to be a U.S. champion and world-class athlete who skated nearly perfect in the Olympics. The skill level this year just jumped up too much
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