Commentary Olympic skier 18-year-old Eileen Gu is now famous for her accomplishments at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and equally infamous in the United States for choosing to represent China rather than the country in which she was born and raised. The actions of this young woman are lamentable, and she will rue the day she made such a momentous and disastrous decision. Youth may forgive many transgressions, indulgences, and peccadillos—but not traitorous acts. The embrace of the Chinese regime’s totalitarianism and the rejection of freedom and opportunity provided to her by the United States should make Americans apoplectic. Her judgement and the lack of loyalty is an insult to the Chinese American community within the United States. It also suggests deeper problems. First, how does Gu’s generation understand patriotism, loyalty, and fidelity to the United States? Second, how many will be willing to offer their service to the United States …
America’s Problem With Eileen Gu: The Lack of Patriotism Has Consequences for US Security
February 23, 2022
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