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I think this sounds fun? Would make for a fun "state pride" thing and would be fun to watch. Kind of like a mini Olympics.
Calling it "the hunger games without the killing," is a lot like saying "the Boston Marathon bombing but without the bomb." Just a fairly normal athletic event.
I don't understand why people are up in arms over this. Is it maybe a silly thing for the president to be pushing for? Sure. But I'd rather him work on this than almost anything else he's prone to work on.
Yes. Theoretically.
Problem is:
It has eerie parallels to the Nazi's glorification/politicization of youth athleticism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_League_of_the_Reich_for_Physical_Exercise
Similarly, it might end up tied into this: https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/america-prays/
It's classic Trump TBH. A good idea in an innocent way, if one totally ignores history and gives it the absolute benefit of the doubt. And his followers can use it to troll people who point out potential danger as 'hysterical'.
I mean, "the Nazis glorified youth sports" feels like an empty argument to me. Hitler liked dogs. That doesn't make me morally obligated to hate dogs.
And yeah, Trump has abhorrent policies in other areas that could taint this. That doesn't mean this idea in particular is bad.
To be clear, it's "Nazis used national youth sports events to glorify eugenics."
You're right. This is probably fine and innocent.
But it feels creepy the same reason gameshow fiction feels creepy; historical context, and skirting but not quite crossing some lines. Like, this would be a lot less creepy if Trump and his party didn't flirt with White Replacement Theory believers, or "fertility boosting" advocates like Vance. They'd absolutely advocate for this exact type of event, for all the wrong reasons.
So yeah, if this is a wholesome high school olympics between states, I'm all for that. You shouldn't be getting downvoted so much.
...But stay skeptical, too. There's a nonzero chance the messaging won't be so pure.
It's just a little on the nose with the one boy and one girl from each state. And let's see how the diversity in these boys and girls will be, it's probably gonna be some white ethnofascist bullshit parading around the perfect children. But let's see.
I mean, I assume that the states would be able to nominate their competitors themselves.
"I volunteer as tribute!" -Totally normal things for athletes to say
I'm glad that's not a thing anyone has said in real life then.
Look, no one involved in coming up with this idea tied it to the hunger games, and no one thinks that you'll actually have a "I volunteer as tribute" type thing going. And, not to put to fine a point on it, but "volunteering as tribute" loses a lot of it's negative connotation when it's not literally volunteering to go die in a gladiator pit.
Trump has done innumerable things to be upset about. We don't need to make up fake rage bait. Just look at the actual bad things he's doing.
Anyone can volunteer for tribute
But only a select few will make it all the way to DC instead of say South Sudan, or El Salvador, or a quaint little island they know about...
It's like your reading an ad for it lol
Yes, I agree the Trump administration has been disgusting with regards to immigration. Absolutely a stain on American history.
It seems a stretch to tie this to that though.
And I assume Trump would want to pick the girls himself, after "inspecting" them.