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Reactions to the Opening Ceremony

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  • British Pride yayy Imperialism, Destroying 3rd World Lands
  • This would be accurate if the black boy was to be stopped & searched by the police. Then shot & killed by the police #olympicceremony
  • Aww, they are getting nostalgic. The good ol’ coloniasist days
  • This is what the opening ceremony is saying “We have killed and pillaged the world & still do, to build this country” #olympicceremony
  • Some of our ancestors got hung on that tree.
  • & the Black male comes out “All I care about is sex & violence” get off the stage please #olympicceremony
  • #OlympicCeremony this is basically a reminder to you, the masses, to play your position.
  • See, when you give up being an imperial world power you can do mental stuff like this & people just find it quaint.
  • I WONDER IF IRAQIS ARE LOVING IT?
  • The alternative Olympic show: banksters, austerity, cuts, tax cheats, poverty, inequality, homelessness, global warming, traffic jams?
  • WHAT ABOUT THE FUCKING CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, CORRUPT HOUSE OF LORDS AND COMMONS CORRUPT POLICE CORRUPT BANKERS DANNY BOYLE?????
  • Will they include the riots of 2011!!! #OlympicCeremony let’s be honest, it’s the biggest thing that had happened in the last year
  • This is a beautiful piece of propaganda #olympicceremony
  • “This is Angola, it’s in Africa there is poverty” (Forget it’s growing economy & everything else positive) fuck you #olympicceremony
  • Of course, you can’t mention an African country without mentioning how poor they are. Poor, poor Africans. #2012OlympicCeremony
  • How about stating Haiti was the FIRST black republican nation? I swear these commentators! It’s all about poverty and catastrophes etc.
  • Queen is sitting there watching these nations entering the stadium saying mine…not mine…was mine…should be mine#2012OlympicCeremony

2 thoughts on “Reactions to the Opening Ceremony

  1. I wanted to hate the opening ceremony but was disappointed because I kinda liked it. Although, I did questiont the political irony that plagued the whole thing, also the commentators didn’t have many positive things to say about some of the nations, just their wars, economic troubles and the like – almost as though they though Britain wasn’t involved in anything like that.

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    1. Those are some important observations you made. The spectacle itself was undoubtedly grand and entertaining, but we oftentimes overlook more important things when watching. Just wanted to share with viewers how some people perceived them. Thanks for sharing!

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