Paris Olympics: from the Opening Ceremony to Boxing Controversy
Some have called the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics decadent, offensive, and even satanic.
08/2/24
John Stonestreet Maria Baer
Some have called the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics decadent, offensive, and even satanic. And in the games, themselves, more controversy as a boxer with xy chromosomes takes out a female boxer in less than a minute.
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