Imagine thinking, as a small child slaloming down a black diamond that someday, YOU will go to the Olympics.

Imagine the privilege of having your family pour heart and soul into your craft. Yes, you are committed. You have to be. But, trust me, your family sacrifices=d a bunch to invest in you and your dreams.

It’s quite the journey from pizza and french fries on a bunny slope to this. Imagine feeling the energy of Olympic Village-for your first time-second time-maybe, or, if you’re incredibly blessed, a third time to find you don’t hold the sentiment of honor and gratitude but “mixed feelings“.

This is what freestyle skiers Chris Lillis and Hunter Hess are feeeeeewwwwing. Mixed feelings about representing the country that gave their families the ability to finance and fund their dreams of being on the world stage. Why are they having “mixed feelings”? Why else? ICE, ICE baby.

A lot of times, athletes are hesitant to talk about political views and how we feel about things. I feel heartbroken about what’s happening in the United States. I’m pretty sure you’re referencing ICE and some of the protests and things like that. I think that as a country, we need to focus on respecting everybody’s rights and making sure that we’re treating our citizens as well as anybody, with love and respect.”-Chris Lillis

From his bio at Team USA:

When not training or competing, Lillis gives back to his community by teaching guitar and piano lessons to local students in Park City, Utah, where he is based for training. He also returns regularly to Bristol Mountain, where he mentors young aerial skiers and distributes his old sponsored clothing to inspire the next generation of athletes.

Will he teach guitar and piano to the MS-13 gang-banger who raped a 13 year-old girl? Would such a person be allowed to stroll the streets of Park City?

If Chris Lillis is torn up about representing a country that enforces its own borders, he might want to look for one that doesn’t. Spoiler: there isn’t one. Stay in your lane—literally—and let the rest of us handle the real world. Most Americans want secure borders, not open…

— cryptorockstar (@Cryptorockstar) February 7, 2026

Then there’s Hunter Hess:

I hope that when people look at athletes competing in the Olympics, they realize that that’s the America that we’re trying to represent.

It’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t. I think for me, it’s more I’m representing my friends and family back home… all the things that I believe are good about the United States.”-Hunter Hess

Hess noted that “just because I wear the flag, it doesn’t mean I represent everything that is going on in the U.S.”

Hess started doing his lefts and rights at Mt. Bachelor, just outside of Bend, Oregon. Read=a very WHITE city with very sporty, liberal vibes. Hess started his journey on the slopes at the young age of three. He spends his free time “running, surfing, spending time with friends and working daily to improve both his skiing and overall wellbeing.”

Sounds pretty me-centered to me. Let’s guess that he’s “not a fan” of venturing to the inner cities to help homeless, drug-addicted Americans and their well-being, but he’ll gladly take the lift up to his ivory mountaintop and preach his virtue at the Winter Olympics.

This clown, Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess, is entitled to his own opinion, but I do not believe the Olympics is the place to discuss that opinion. He is disrespecting America on foreign soil. That is the depiction of lowlife and LOSER! I’m not rooting for this clown!

— Matty Ritch (@Essayons23) February 7, 2026

I hope he yard sales bigly. And I hope he eats the yellow snow.

And speaking of yellow snow, this missive would be incomplete without acknowledging possibly one of the biggest asses of the Olympics thus far, freestyle skier, Gus Kenworthy. Kenworthy, who won a silver medal for the United States in 2014 and is competing for Great Britain at the Milan Cortina Games.

Innocent people have been murdered, and enough is enough. We can’t wait around while ICE continues to operate with unchecked power in our communities. Senators still have leverage right now, and Senator [Name] must use it to demand real guardrails and accountability.”-Gus Kenworthy

What a hero…I wish I was half as brave as he is

— brock (@danger_leslie) February 6, 2026

We can’t wait around while ICE continues to operate with unchecked power in our communities.

Dude, you’re representing GB now, you dumb schmuck. Stay the hell in your lane.

Still, Kenworthy is oh-so-stunning and brave. I’m sure his mum who sent him up on a tow rope on his wee-little sticks when he was just a toddler is bloody proud of him. Isn’t it ironic that Gus is still behaving like a two year-old and whipping it out on the slopes? Such neat pee-writing, too. Either he practiced day after day for that very social media moment or someone held it for him. Ummm…Hunter? Was that you?

Honestly, I hope the only gold any of them see is the yellowish hue of Gus’ piss-writing when they faceplant into it in an attempt to catch some “air”. Shut up and freaking ski, you overgrown ski bums. And be grateful that you all have the privilege of doing what you love and being from a country that allows you to pursue those lofty heights. Don’t forget to don your brain buckets although they are not protecting all that much in there.

Featured Photo: Chianti90, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons/Cropped