The truth about the people who beat up Sara Takanashi for violating the suit regulations

If it weren’t for her, we would have won a medal!

I’m not sure what to make of this.

I’m not sure what to make of it. On February 7, Takanashi was disqualified from the mixed team event because the circumference of both thighs of his suit was 2cm larger than the regulation during an unannounced inspection after his jump. The team managed to bounce back, but Japan finished in fourth place, missing out on a medal.

This was after the competition. After the competition, Takanashi was criticized in the following way.

These were heartless words directed at an athlete who had put in so much effort. Why in the world would she say such words? And who is the one who is saying them? Shinichi Yamaguchi, Associate Professor at the Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan, analyzes the reasons for the increase in slander against athletes.

The Olympics is a huge event, so it attracts a lot of attention. “The Olympics is a huge event, so it attracts a lot of attention, which inevitably leads to slander and libel. If there is a lot of attention, there will be a lot of posts on the Internet.

For example, even if 1% of the posts are slanderous, the number of slanderous posts will inevitably increase because the number of posts is large, meaning the denominator is large. Even if the content is slanderous, the number of slanderous posts will inevitably increase because of the large denominator.

Also, since the Olympics is a global event that attracts attention from all over the world, you will be attacked not only by Japanese but also by people from other countries. The content of the attacks is not limited to complaints about the content of the games, but also covers a wide range of issues such as slander of appearance, racism, ideology, etc. In this respect, I think that Olympic athletes are particularly vulnerable to slander.

A day after the tragedy, Takanashi posted an apology on her SNS with a black screen.

I am very sorry that my disqualification in the mixed team competition deprived everyone on the Japanese team of a chance to medal, and that I have deeply disappointed everyone who has supported the team and those who have been involved in and supported it.

It is an unchangeable fact that my disqualification has changed everyone’s lives. Even if I apologize, the medal will not be returned, and I don’t think I can take responsibility for it, but I need to think about my competition in the future. I deeply regret that I have done such a terrible thing.

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Takanashi has many sponsors, and it is not hard to imagine that the pressure to win a medal was tremendous. Why did Takanashi, who must have wanted a medal more than anyone else, have to apologize? Who were the people who pushed her to apologize? Mr. Yamaguchi talks about it.

It is easy to be slandered when there are suspicions or mistakes. They think they are right 100% of the time because they are writing about the results of their suspicions and mistakes. I’ve studied people who participate in flame wars, and I found that 60 to 70% of them attacked because they “couldn’t tolerate what was said or done. In this case, it’s “she’s not a good person.

In this case, I can imagine that ‘she made a mistake in the suit’ or ‘the person who inspected her disqualified her by design’. People with a sense of justice are angry at Takanashi and the inspectors and start attacking them. They are doing it because they really believe that they are right and the other person is wrong. They are attacking, wielding their own justice as they see fit. It’s the same as lynching someone based on imaginary delusions and a sense of personal justice.

We must not forget that many lives have been lost with the weapon of words.