I feel like athletes should be allowed to compete across the board because I don't feel they should be held accountable for the actions of their leaders. I'd prefer to not see Russian athletes punished for Putin invading a soverign country, but I'd also prefer to not see Israeli athletes having their country's flag blacked out in tennis tournaments because their country is killing children on a massive scale. Even American athletes shouldn't be punished for all the death and destruction that their government has caused around the world.
But I also feel there's a double standard when Russian athletes are punished for what Putin is doing, but Israeli athletes are all good despite the extreme cruelty their government has shown on Palestinians and American athletes are fine when their government is the biggest source of instability and cause of war in the world.
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