{"id":5875,"date":"2025-09-25T17:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:14:56","slug":"simone-biles-breaks-the-unspoken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5875","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles Breaks the Unspoken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Unspoken Rule of Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, when someone dies, people remain quiet out of respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pause allows time for grief, regardless of the person\u2019s past actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biles Breaks Tradition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After conservative commentator Charlie Kirk\u2019s death, Simone Biles challenged this custom in a personal blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She described how his harsh criticism during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics deeply affected her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lasting Pain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, Biles withdrew from events due to the \u201ctwisties\u201d and prioritized her mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk labeled her actions \u201cunpatriotic and weak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her blog, Biles revealed that those words still hurt, showing the lasting impact of public attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mixed Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biles\u2019s decision sparked debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters call it a bold stand for mental health and personal truth,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while critics argue the timing\u2014just after Kirk\u2019s death\u2014felt disrespectful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her words reignited discussion on how society treats vulnerability, especially in athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unspoken Rule of Silence Traditionally, when someone dies, people remain quiet out of respect. This pause allows time for grief, regardless of the person\u2019s past actions. Biles Breaks Tradition After conservative commentator Charlie Kirk\u2019s death, Simone Biles challenged this custom in a personal blog post. She described how his harsh criticism during the 2021 Tokyo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5877,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5875\/revisions\/5877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}