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The Huffington Post ran a piece telling Americans there’s a “name” for the awkward feeling some of us get watching Team USA win, treating patriotism as if it were a psychological disorder and even suggesting people who feel “grossed out or ashamed” should simply “cheer for individual athletes.” That’s not journalism — it’s virtue-signaling dressed up as therapy, and it insults the millions of citizens who still believe in national pride and common purpose. The article’s tone made clear that for the coastal elite, unconditional love of country is now a problem to be managed rather than a virtue to be celebrated.
Conservative commentators and everyday Americans rightly pushed back hard, calling out the piece as emblematic of a broader cultural rot where patriotism is recast as pathology and sporting triumphs are reframed as triggers. Outlets across the right saw the column for what it was: an appeal to frailty and a dismissal of the unifying power of the Olympics. Even local businesses responded with contempt, turning HuffPost’s condescension into a public relations own-goal for the left.
Megyn Kelly, who spent her latest show celebrating Team USA’s grit and the drama of the games, took aim at HuffPost’s attempt to medicalize simple pride, rightly mocking the piece for turning athletic achievement into an ideological dilemma. Kelly and other conservative hosts reminded viewers that the Olympics have always been one of the few secular rituals that bring Americans together across lines the left insists on dividing. That rhetorical slapdown was exactly the kind of common-sense response the country needs when elites try to gaslight patriotism.
This isn’t just about one article; it’s about a pattern where progressive outlets and self-styled therapists teach people to mistrust joy and equate love of country with complicity in every policy misstep. The result is a brittle, performative “woke” patriotism that celebrates shame rather than strength, and tells hardworking Americans to apologize for rooting for their neighbors and children. The American experiment was built on pride in shared bonds and common achievement — not on chronic self-flagellation.
Some athletes have stoked the debate by announcing ambivalence or even shame about representing the flag, and political figures have been forced to respond to the cultural fallout. When U.S. Olympian comments about feeling “ashamed” surfaced, Vice President J.D. Vance stepped in to remind the nation that Olympic uniforms represent all Americans and that the international stage isn’t the place for partisan theater. If you take the flag off the front of the jersey on purpose, maybe don’t expect cheers from the country that made your success possible.
So here’s the plain truth for hardworking patriots: we will not let media elites and moral busybodies dictate whether we can take pride in our team, our service members, or our country’s accomplishments. Millions watched, cheered, and cried for Team USA because they saw sacrifice, discipline, and the kind of grit that built this nation — not because they swallowed some left-wing catechism about shame. If the coastal commentariat wants to wallow in self-loathing, leave the flag-waving to the rest of us who know what it means to love and defend America.
