The ‘historic’ new female head of the Olympics is proposing something or other while speaking in those coded signals that can only be picked up by rabid bats and progressives. The most urgent problem in the Olympics would seem to be an end to letting Algerian Muslim men beat up its female fighters, but that’s not what IOC president Kirsty Coventry is talking about.
50 points if you can figure out what she is talking about.
Change is coming to the Olympic program of sports and events and it is going to be uncomfortable for some, IOC president Kirsty Coventry cautioned on Tuesday.
“We have to be honest about what works and sometimes more importantly what doesn’t,” she said at the International Olympic Committee annual meeting ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics opening on Friday.
“It means we have to look our sports, disciplines and events with fresh eyes to make sure we are evolving with our times,” Coventry said. “We will face difficult decisions and conversations — that’s part of change.
“I know these discussions can be, and potentially will be, uncomfortable but they are essential if we are to keep the Games strong for generations to come.”
“We have to ensure the Games remain inspiring for young people everywhere,” the two-time Olympic swimming champion said. “That they reflect their values, their sense of authenticity and their search for something genuine.”
The semantic content of this is precisely zero. Nothing of any kind is specified. The speech is all too typical of modern prog-talks filled with ChatGPT buzzwords about change, relevance and empathy while conveying absolutely nothing tangible or meaningful.
Except the overall vibe that we’re looking at leftist politics here and that those politics are being sold in the same ancient fashion of ‘changing with the times’ and the more modern ‘uncomfortable conversations’ as well as the need to reflect the “values” and “sense of authenticity” of the kinds of young people she likes.
How exactly does one apply the sense of authenticity to kicking a ball? When everything is political, then you do it through DEI.
Coventry has consistently pledged to defend and protect “Olympic values,” which include diversity and inclusion.
“That diversity is one of our greatest strengths,” she told more than 100 IOC members, praising the breadth and depth of the experiences they bring to Olympic work. “What an extraordinary group we all are.”
“That is what the world needs from us,” she said. “When we act with empathy and purpose there is no challenge we cannot face. This is the Olympic spirit that defines us.”
You would think her native Zimbabwe would have gotten more than enough DEI.
We’re ruled by a coterie of administrators and bureaucrats who spew senseless drivel and gibberish like this just before they ruin everything. And what’s infuriating is that they don’t just destroy the thing itself, they also destroy language and meaning.
