• johan@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    100% agree. I’m Dutch and he’s sent there to represent me/us/the country, it’s fucking disgusting.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      3 months ago

      It’s interesting, isn’t it, that none of the people in this thread defending him being on the team seem to be Dutch.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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          3 months ago

          That Dutch people are apparently not as supportive of a child rapist from their country than other people from other countries are.

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            3 months ago

            You, like most people in this thread, are confusing support for a person with support for a form of punishment which is humanitarian and rehabilitative, rather than vengeful and punitive.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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              3 months ago

              How is a year in prison for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl either humanitarian or rehabilitative?

              He called it nonsense. He joked about finding 10-year-olds at this Olympics. He has never made a public apology. Where is the sign rehabilitation?

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                  3 months ago

                  Someone in another thread showed a deleted Instagram post, but I can’t find it now. I suppose it could have been a photoshop or something. Also, I don’t speak Dutch so I could only approximate that’s what it said. Anyway, the rest is definitely true.

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                    3 months ago

                    The times article said he was very transparent and remorseful though. I find it really bad that you people think a country would be so desperate as to let a criminal off the hook just because he’s good at some sport, it’s not like he’s a powerful politician or something.