krc1995

I think it also has to do with his sexual misconduct settlement and his response to it 

No, I'm talking about the instances of people tearing his head off specifically because of the flag.  Nothing to do with the conduct allegations.  There were many, many people that did so.  It was ridiculous.  So many idiots on Facebook.  But yeah, there were a lot of people going after him about the conduct thing too.

The flag thing sounds kind of dumb. I haven't followed the response but it seems like a microcosm of our poorly ordered priorities that a flag mishap fans attention and this dark splotch on his past is so freely brushed aside -- or worse, framed as an incident of bad press which he suffered and which now, as a triumphant Olympic athlete, he is overcoming.