So-Called 'Culture War' Impacts Paris Olympics

by Julian Spivey

 
The culture wars have come to the Olympics because it seems a large sect of American conservatives want to express their displeasure with any and everything that doesn’t sit right with their specific brand of Christianity that you won’t often find in the actual Bible.
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The kind that lets them vote for a man for President of the United States that would surely make Jesus weep.

The latest problem for this set of right-wingers – you know, the crazy Marjorie Taylor Greene type - was a particular moment in the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday (July 26), which they took to be a mockery of The Last Supper, the mural painted by Leonardo da Vinci representing the scene of the last supper between Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, as told in the Gospel of John.

The opening image of the Opening Ceremony skit briefly resembles the painting but was intended to be a fashion show-type depiction of an ancient Greek Bacchanal with the Greek God of fertility, Dionysus, later known as the god of wine and pleasure.

As these culture warriors so often do, those looking to be offended saw what they wanted – yet another sign of the world gone woke. They took to their social media feeds and bitched and moaned about how the Paris Olympics made a mockery of Christianity with drag queens and nearly naked Smurf men instead of depicting cultures of the Greek – you know, the guys who created the Olympic games – and France, you know the guys hosting these games.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson tweeted: “Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the world who watched the open ceremony of the Olympic Games. The war on our faith and traditional values knows no bounds today.”

Well, Mr. Johnson, you’re shocking and insulting to basic human decency and world history. Maybe you should do more research next time before looking like an idiot in front of the world — or were you just virtue signaling to your constituents (something you guys often claim others do)?

I’m so tired of the so-called “culture wars” attempting to ruin everything. The only people battling this “war” are these folks on the right offended by everything. The rest of us are just trying to be who we are, live our lives, and have fun here and there. Try worrying about your life, traditions, and religion, and leave everyone else alone.

And for those talking about how they’re boycotting the Olympics because they “mocked their God,” I say: Good. We didn’t want you buzzkills hanging around anyhow.”