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Pat, the communists and the USTA.
By Javier Palenque
Everyone in tennis knows of course what is currently happening to Peng Shuei (35), the Chinese retired tennis player that has accused, via social media, that she was raped by a former top government official (71). What is she insane? this is China, a communist country that says one thing does another and where it’s hard to distinguish what is right from wrong as what is normally
done is what is convenient to the party at any given circumstance. This tennis star must be in some tough state of stress to do such a thing knowing full well what can happen to her. Making the party look bad is something no one does, no matter who you are. This is not a matter of right or wrong it is simply survival for the tennis star and let us all hope that what she has is not taken away from her, including her dignity. In logical tyrannical (exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way) fashion, the communist regime will defend the party above anything else and censure her, her social media, and block people from reaching her as well. This is of course all in an effort to control the narrative and protect the regime and avoid accountability. Simply awful. So what does that have to do with Pat…