Trump fans adopted soccer star Kelley O'Hara as their hero. Then they watched this kiss.

[DonViejo]

Last edited Tue Jul 9, 2019, 03:04 PM - Edit history (1)

By David Reddish 1 hour ago



Republican pundits eager to praise Women’s World Cup soccer star Kelley O’Hara received a rude awakening when cameras caught her smooching her girlfriend in the stands.

Following the big win by the American team at the World Cup Finals, O’Hara received praise for picking up an American flag which had accidentally fallen to the field. Fox News’ Walid Phares called O’Hara a “new American heroine.” The network even ran a story on O’Hara’s teammates Megan Rapinoe and Allie Long dropping and accidentally stepping on the flag. Rapinoe, in particular, has hotly criticized Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policies.

As the far right singled out O’Hara for praise, few pundits noticed that after picking up the flag, she rushed across the field to her girlfriend and locked lips. That makes her the 42nd identifiable LGBTQ player in the Women’s World Cup.

The US team has earned as much attention for its wins in recent days as for its harsh criticism of the Trump Administration. Rapinoe rejected an invitation by Trump to visit the White House, as a have several other players. No doubt the folks over at Fox had hoped O’Hara might break rank with her teammates, though if we had to place bets, we think she’ll skip out too.

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https://www.queerty.com/trump-fans-adopted-soccer-star-kelley-ohara-hero-watched-kiss-20190709

[wasupaloopa]

1. Why on earth would anyone of the team go to see trump?

[Flaleftist]

3. Are any of them actually going?

I wouldn't think eating cold Big Macs with a wannabe dictator would be their thing.

[SCantiGOP]

16. Not just bad food

You also stand a good chance of being sexually assaulted by a disgusting old man.

[cwydro]

35. Ha! I'd like to see him try it with one of those women.

Probably the Secret Service would have to save his ass.

[CaptYossarian]

44. He'd get a penalty kick in the nads.

Hey, Trumpsters! Kelley isn't gay--but her girlfriend is. (Let the Simpletons work that out.)

[yaesu]

13. I've heard the burgers and tacos he serves are to die for

[jmowreader]

43. Especially if they've been sitting on the table for two or three hours before eating

[Scarsdale]

48. Well, the leftovers

don't go to waste. Don the Con wolfs them all down.

[SayItLoud]

25. Why would anyone on earth go to see tRUMP? Unless of course they are grifters & KKKons too. nt

[riversedge]

2. Lovely. Hope they have a long beautiful life together.

[Wounded Bear]

4. It's a RW meme that "all women athletes are gay"...

Thus, they shouldn't be surprised when some of them actually are.

I'm pretty sure that sexual orientation has nothing to do with talent. But then, I'm just an old liberal, you know.

[SCVDem]

8. Also applies

To the military.

Hell, everything really!

[llmart]

21. Not beauty pageants.

The RW nutjobs would really lose it if they found out beauty pageant entrants were gay.

[mr_lebowski]

11. Talent when it comes to sports has much to do with biology and genetics ...

Sports 'talent', given that almost all sports were created by men to challenge each other, probably favor those with endocrine/hormonal systems that are more on the male side vs. the female.

Before I say something too controversial, suffice to say I don't think this particular stereotype is a totally random coincidence.

[paulkienitz]

14. testosterone level is gonna correlate with a competitive attitude

and the same hormone also influences the development of sexual orientation in utero. So yes, there is a quite plausible scientific basis for the stereotype of lesbian athletes.

[hunter]

18. Oh bother. Judging by my own family the fiercest women warriors are as likely to be lesbians...

... as anyone.

What sets them apart is that nobody lives in a closet.

[sir pball]

38. GoAT nt

[Tipperary]

42. I sure would like to see you suggest that to Serena,

or Venus, or Stephie, or Chrissie, or Margaret Court (yeah her especially). How about the guys? The figure skaters, dancers, etc. Plenty of competition in those sports...they have more female hormones?

How about Lindsay Vonn? Anika Sorenstam. You do know there are gay NFL players, right? Ever heard of Dave Kopay?

Unreal to read this right wing rubbish here.

[paulkienitz]

52. it's only a correlation.

[Tipperary]

36. Oh wow.

“...probably favor those with endocrine/hormonal systems that are more on the male side vs. the female side.”

Cannot believe I am reading this crap here. Please see post #4.

Smh.

[ProudLib72]

27. But it can't be a RW meme that lesbians are not patriotic

That's something they will have to contend with. We need to make a meme of her picking up the flag alongside that picture of the "patriotic" man sitting on his flag.

Edit: Done it https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212260622

[Moostache]

5. I don't really care, do u?

The entire GOP, right wing nut baggery and ALL evangelicals can all take a long walk off a short pier whenever they start bleating on about patriotism and family values and any of their other go-to tropes...I have no time for hypocrites and liars in my life at all.

The USWNT was a sterling example of sporting excellence and of courage in standing up to a system that is drastically tilted against women in general. I applaud every one of them and have no interest in identifying them via their sexuality or anything other than being a group of total badass women who I would be proud to have any of my 3 daughters grow up to be exactly like!

As for the phony outrage and faux-patriotism...let me know when they get the vapors about real issues - like warehousing kids in concentration camp cages or continued denial of climate change impacts...otherwise, GOP? STFU already!!!

[gratuitous]

6. Conservatives are nitwits

Yeah, no news flash there. But it's obvious that a lot of conservative people have been drawn to the spectacle of the Women's World Cup but they have no idea who any of the players are, the history of women in sports, or anything beyond the fact that Megan Rapinoe makes them grrrrr mad! Oh, and that's she's an unapologetic lesbian, which makes them even grrrr madder!

What they know about the game, the other players on the team, or anything having to do with the WWC could be inscribed on a 1X2 Post-it note in 36 pt Comic Sans.

[Blue Owl]

7. Those homophobes can get bent

n/t

[Takket]

9. She's not a hero because she busted her butt to win

But because she picked up a flag



Always pisses me off that the right makes worshiping the flag some sort of purity test of how American you are. I love the flag but prefer people who actually care about others instead of pandering to the flag. Remember drumpf hugging the flag?

[SCantiGOP]

17. Same thing applies

to the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem.
All three are mere symbols and have nothing to do with patriotism, or with doing what is best for your country.

[Initech]

19. George Carlin had a bit one time:

"Politicians hide behind 3 things - the flag, the Bible and children." I consider these things symbols, and I leave those for the symbol minded."

That's what all this flag humping and rah rah patriotism is about.

[snowybirdie]

10. Saw a FB post yesterday

calling Ms Kelly the real hero of the match because she picked up the flag. It called the rest of them pigs and turds. I took offense......Ha will send this one along. Happy life together ladies!💟

[Initech]

12. I'd love to tell these fake patriots where they can shove their flags...

[paulkienitz]

15. they have such a superficial and vacuous concept of heroism and virtue

...one where the symbolism matters more than the concrete accomplishments.

This is the attitude which caused George H.W. Bush to get more upset and angry over flags being burnt than over live human beings being burnt.

The right wing is so full of doublethink that they can't tell the difference between true virtues such as courage, and mere social signals that might identify someone as belonging to their right wing team.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Hetero Melania: No kiss on lips!

Hetero Melania: No kiss on lips!

[jayschool2013]

22. Donald rich, so we make

"Donald rich, so we make fuck. I tell him I 15. He like."

[Fritz Walter]

23. Interesting point

RepubliCONs have somehow found a way to overlook Melanoma posing nude with another female. Indeed, I’m sure some male conservatives felt a distinct tingling in their 🍄s while they gazed at those photos.

Or is their distinction that she pretended to enjoy such an encounter? Art for art’s sake?

Oh, the hypocrisy!

[moose65]

50. Yep

If you hold your nose and read conservative comments, those red-blooded “real” American men think that Melania is hot. They don’t care that she’s a trophy wife or a gold digger or possibly an illegal immigrant. They love her soft-core lesbian porn.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

24. The Right knows kissing should only be between a man and a woman.

Nothing says "heterosexual" than a father's love for his daughter.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

30. Eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[smirkymonkey]

31. That just makes me want to vomit.

So disgusting!

[oasis]

40. I need a triple shot of 151.

[Nay]

47. Jeeeezus! I can't have breakfast after seeing this douchebag do this -- what

a complete pig.

[iluvtennis]

26. The GOP is so SAD. They need to learn to live and let live.

[Scarsdale]

49. The truly disgusting part

of their outrage, is that many of their "leaders" are gay. Look at Lindsey Graham and tell me he is a straight male? McConnell spent 3 weeks in basic training before being discharged from the army for "unacceptable behavior in the showers". Then he cried real tears when one of his young male aides left his employ for a job a few blocks away. Jerry Falwell Jr. was caught "lending" millions of $$$$ to a young, broke pool boy! Many more examples of right wingers acting straight and getting away with it. These women are living their lives in sunlight and I say "More power to them" The joy on all their faces is contagious.

[iluvtennis]

53. Exactly.

[Norbert]

28. Their relationship was not exactly been a secret

A little research and the would have known.

Oh wait, they probably didn't run the story on Faux and Breitbart. My bad.

[badhair77]

29. My looney cousin has several tributes to Kelley on her FB page.

She and her bigoted right wing evangelical friends will have an attack when they find out Kelley is a lesbian. If she says “love the sinner but hate the sin” one more time I’m going to crawl thru the internet and slap her silly. Thankfully she’s in the west and I’m in the east so our communication is limited.

[leftyladyfrommo]

32. She hasn't been secretive about being gay.

I don't know how they could be too surprised.

When I was going to school in the early 60's a lot if the really good female athletes were openly gay. My Middle School PE teacher was x military and openly gay. I mean no one shouted it from the roof tops but everyone knew. Most people just didn't care.

I think the gay men had a lot worse time if it.

[Blue_true]

34. Could you do me a favor?

Ask your cousin why only 25% of them would take in and protect immigrants, when the New Testament and the Old Testament repeatedly says that to be whole, they must welcome and care for immigrants.

They don't have to bring immigrants to their towns and homes, but they should at the least be pushing their officeholders to get better living conditions and care for immigrants at our border.

[Blue_true]

33. It is interesting that they would choose O'Hara.

It was very clear to me that she was a big supporter of Rapinoe. She was a cheerleader for the whole team. She may have realized that her teammates didn't notice the flag in their excitement and picked it up to prevent the right from attacking them.

[GulfCoast66]

37. Or she may have felt the ground was not an appropriate place for the flag?

Personally, I really could give a shit. One of my favorite Civil War photos is Lincoln and Grant meeting on the battlefield using the flag as a tablecloth!

But there are plenty of Liberal, and I assume gay Americans, who are concerned about Flag protocol.

I only saw ‘assume’ because I have not had that conversation with any of my gay friends. But they are patriotic Americans.

I’m only saying it is wrong to assume she saw her act in a left/right narrative battle.

But I saw it happen and it was obviously not about disrespect but a young person excited that they had just become champions of the world.

[sir pball]

39. I'd pick up any sovereign flag.

Not out of "honoring" it, but any national flag shouldn't be on the ground. It's one of those basic etiquette things.

[Blue_true]

41. You are likely right. I know that I was taught to never let the flag touch the ground if I noticed

that it was going to touch the ground.

There is a lot of hyprocracy involved with public patriotism and public displays of religiousity. People that get upset about a person not saying the pledge wear flags on their clothing and have flag beach blankets. I have seen very religious people cheat people out of money and have extra-marital encounters. The thing that I hate most is the hyprocracy, I really don't care if people wear the flag or use it as a beach blanket, it is just a piece of cloth afterall. What I don't like are those people lecturing other people on what patriotism is, just like I don't like a man or woman who I am sure had affairs lecturing me about my soul.

[GulfCoast66]

45. Like I said. I really don't care.

But the reason this story will die? The person the right-wing fascist were giving credit for running over and saving the ‘honor’ of the flag? Right after that she ran up to stands and gave her girlfriend a big kiss!!!

Right wing heads explode! Our supposed hero is gay! End discussion.

The cognitive dissonance is audible!

[Blue_true]

46. From all teams, something like 45 women were self proclaimed LGBTQ.

My guess is if the women from the Asian and African nation's didn't face backlash, some of them would be out.

I think that it is past time in our society for us to evaluate people on what they accomplish, not what they were born as. That is what we as progressives need to bring about, with no chance of moving backwards ever again.

[Qutzupalotl]

51. Walid Phares was one of Trump's foreign policy advisors

that he rattled off in 2016, along with Page and Papadopolous.

Just a side note. Carry on.