Posted on 10/01/2020 8:30:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Here we go again. The Church of Progressivism has brandished its cancel culture tomahawk once again as it takes the scalp of yet another blasphemer. An American cyclist was suspended by his team for having the temerity to post a tweet expressing his support for President Donald Trump.
Quinn Simmons, the 2019 junior road race world champion, placed himself in the woke crowd’s crosshairs when he responded to a tweet posted by José Been, a Dutch journalist. The reporter tweeted to her American friends that she hopes “this horrible presidency ends for you.” She added, “if you follow me and support Trump, you can go.”
“Bye,” Simmons responded, with a black hand waving emoji. Another user suggested that the cyclist was a Trump supporter, to which Simmons replied, “That’s right,” with an American flag emoji. Some users were offended by Simmon’s use of the black hand emoji.
This story shows how crazy & totalitarian “anti-racists” have become.
American professional cyclist @QuinnSimmons9 was kicked off his team for Tweeting “Bye” with a black waving hand & admitting to be a Trump fan. That’s it. That constitutes racism in 2020.
RT to support Quinn. pic.twitter.com/mAhXWiujrb
— Frank DeScushin (@FrankDeScushin) October 1, 2020
In a statement, Trek-Segafredo, Simmons’ cycling team, announced that they were suspending him until further notice. “Regrettably, team rider Quinn Simmons made statements online that we feel are divisive, incendiary, and detrimental to the team, professional cycling, its fans, and the positive future we hope to help create for the sport,” they said. “(He) will not be racing for Trek-Segafredo until further notice.”
The team also claimed that they did not suspend Simmons for his political views, but for “engaging in conversation on Twitter in a way that we felt was conduct unbefitting a Trek athlete.” The athlete released his own statement, denying that there as any racist motives behind his tweet.
“To those who found the color of the emoji racist, I can promise that I did not mean for it to be interpreted that way. I would like to apologize to everyone who found this offensive as I strongly stand against racism in any form,” Simmons said. “To anyone who disagrees with me politically, that is fine. I won’t hate you for it. I only ask the same.”
The Dutch journalist stated that it was not her intention for the cyclist to be suspended and deleted her Twitter account on Thursday. It is not yet known how long Simmons’ suspension will last.
Professional cycling has been dealing with its own reckoning when it comes to race. The Hill noted that “Several European riders have been suspended in recent years for hurling racial invectives at the few Black members of the professional peloton.”
Perhaps this move was an overreaction motivated by the fact that the sport has had issues with racism. But it seems more likely that the team’s denials about its reasons for suspending Simmons are not as honest as they would like us to believe.
A black hand emoji is certainly not justification enough for such a move, especially since he made no racist comments during the exchange. The only other element in this equation was his support for the president, so it seems apparent that it was politics that prompted this decision.
Communist nations have never been big on free speech.
Trek has been hammered by customers about this issue.
At least that is what the customer service rep I spoke to told me.
I just told him I was less likely to buy another Trek product because of this issue.
Communists/Marxists however much they profess to free speech do not ever tolerate anything remotely resembling free speech. In fact, they abhor free speech. They only tolerate speech that they approve of. Period.
I sent the President of Trek, John Burke a message this morning. It said that I was a former district champion and nationally ranked bicycle racer and that I would now never buy another Trek product or bicycle. I also said that his book was obviously a load of crap.
Burke recently wrote a book, Presidential Playbook 2020: 16 Nonpartisan Solutions to Save America. What a farce... does this sound like the actions of a nonpartisan company who would sponsor a cycling team that would kick someone off for being a Trump supporter.
Dutch bitch deleted her Twitter account.
I watched the Tour de France. No more support for Trek.
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