"The other day I posted a photo with my thoughts on ICE and that photo has since gone everywhere and I've gotten a ton of messages and most of them honestly have been supportive and encouraging. But a lot of the messages have been awful, people telling me to kill myself, threatening me, wishing they'll get to see me blow my knee or break my neck during my event, calling me slurs it's insane."
"Maybe this video is just going to invite more hate and vitriol but I think it's important to say what we feel and stand up for what we believe in and stand up to injustice. I think sometimes people forget that"
Gus Kenworthy, born in Chelmsford and raised mostly in the US, posted an Instagram image showing the words 'fuck ICE' apparently urinated in the snow. The image drew widespread attention and produced both supportive messages and abusive threats, including calls for him to kill himself and violent injury threats. Kenworthy won an Olympic silver medal in slopestyle for the US in 2014 and switched to represent Great Britain in 2019; he will compete in the men's snowboard halfpipe in Livigno from 19 February. He acknowledged teammates Hunter Hess and Mikaela Shiffrin expressing unease about representing the US and noted Amber Glenn taking a social-media break after heavy hate. Kenworthy emphasized the importance of speaking out against injustice despite possible backlash.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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