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rread1 Cut and paste:
They didn’t just hand him a medal.
They invented one.
Freshly minted. No waiting period. No historic lineage. No uncomfortable... Show more 13 hours 24 minutes ago

Cut and paste:
They didn’t just hand him a medal.
They invented one.
Freshly minted. No waiting period. No historic lineage. No uncomfortable comparison to actual peace builders who spend their lives dodging bullets instead of mirrors. Just a brand-new FIFA Peace Prize, rolled out like an emotional support trophy for a man who had recently watched the real one go to someone else.
And when the moment came, he behaved exactly as expected. He did not wait for anyone to place it on him. He lifted the medal and looped it over his own head, right there on stage, like a child who cannot tolerate even a five-second delay between wanting and having.
Thin skin does not wait.
He smiled the tight, brittle smile of someone who needs the world to clap immediately or else he might fold into grievance. He called it one of the greatest honors of his life. He stood there beneath the lights as if peace itself had personally knighted him.
Here is the part they did not advertise on the ribbon.
There were no publicly disclosed nominees.
No shortlist.
No competition.
No transparent criteria.
No list of candidates who narrowly missed it.
No evidence that anyone else was ever seriously considered.
A peace prize with no contenders is not an award.
It is a delivery.
This is not how secure people behave. Secure people do not require a custom-built prize after missing out on the real one. Secure leaders do not need emergency pageantry to regulate disappointment. Secure adults do not need the room arranged so they never have to feel second.
The entire ceremony had the energy of a crowd politely indulging a fragile child at a birthday party thrown specifically so he would not notice another kid getting more attention at school. So they clap. They smile. They give him something shiny. They let him wear the ribbon first. Everyone is very careful not to set him off.
The medal is heavy.
The process behind it is hollow.
Real peace work is slow. It is anonymous. It rarely comes with a soundtrack or a stage manager or a gold globe sculpture placed strategically for photos. It does not require inventing a rival prize because one you wanted went to someone else.
But the toddler does.
Because thin-skinned men do not age into strength. They age into pageantry. They age into ceremonies designed to protect them from the unbearable injury of not being chosen. And when the world will not crown them, they commission a smaller crown and insist, with great force, that it counts the same.
Smile for the camera.
Clap on cue.
No nominees were harmed in the making of this victory.
~ Kat Romenesko

Baird And why did Obama win a "Peace Prize" ? 13 hours 15 minutes ago

Cabinnwoods Personally I find it offensive that you chose this platform to post this, the same man you are trying to defame has brought our country back from... Show more 13 hours 5 minutes ago

WIN METHOD Good try rread1. Honestly, you did say others would disagree. 12 hours 52 minutes ago

WIN METHOD Cabinwoods, you were succinct, to the point, and dead on correct. The left is very adept at creating fake stories and lies. 12 hours 50 minutes ago

Cabinnwoods No apology needed but I felt the need to respond 12 hours 14 minutes ago

Cabinnwoods I love horses and playing in this tournament it just felt right to say something about his post 12 hours 12 minutes ago

rread1 Cabin, you are correct; you see what you want to see. 9 hours 39 minutes ago

WIN METHOD Everyone sees what they want to see. However there is only one reality. 51 minutes ago

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