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No one seems to be showing the blasphemy.

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They're not showing it because the Olympics is using the DMCA to censor them. But critical sites sometimes still have pictures of it up, for now. https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240801-ioc-dmca/

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That’s because it was a Bacchanal, not the Last Supper. There was a blue-painted man draped in ivy portraying the Greek god Dionysus. Greek = Olympics, get it?

Ignorance of classical Greek mythology is, of course, par for the course for MAGA.

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I am not ignorant of Greek mythology. It was a definite mocking of Leonardo's Last Supper faking Greek mythology.

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You are five days behind the news cycle. There is clearly a Dionysus in the tableaux, as well as 18 (not 12/13) participants. This was discussed last week in great detail, along with both video and photo evidence.

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They say that now. But it was intended to offend and provoke the world's 2 billion Christians, and it did. I saw what I saw. I was offended. I am offended. They're probably followers of Nietzsche, who sought to replace Christ with Dionysius. He succeeded in Paris last week. See his "Der Antichrist."

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Offended at - what, exactly? Greek mythology portrayed at an Olympic parade?

Good grief, what an overreaction.

Don’t you MAGA types have anything more serious to fuss over?

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I tol' you. I'm not MAGA. I'm offended because they obviously blasphemed Leonardo's The Last Supper, therefore my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. If you don't see that, I'm sorry. But I do. And I can't unsee it. Oh, and if they had done that to the memory of Muhammad, Paris today would be ex-Paris.

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If they want to be authentically Greek, they should be performing in the nude.

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At least one exposed his private parts.

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Again, an untruth.

One of the participants in the 18-member tableaux had a hole in his black fishnet stocking. His upper thigh was exposed. The flesh that was exposed was pounced on by a prurient few who insisted it was a testicle. Ridiculous.

My wife has worn similar stockings, and yes this happens.

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Your wife has a testicle hanging out?

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Ha ha nice one.

No, she’s worn fishnets (a Betty Grable costume, quite lovely) and had a similar wardrobe malfunction. I found it charming; she did not agree.

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The form of ignorance that assumes that everyone else is MAGA generally indicates ignorance of everything else.

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The author of this piece is MAGA.

Try to stay focused.

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I'm not MAGA. I do support Trump.

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MAGA = Trump

This is a ridiculous and nonsensical statement.

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You sent the email to me.

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No idea what email you are referring to. I have not sent any emails to you. ????

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Then you are being spoofed.

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