Get off of Lance Armstrong's ass already!

I am so sick and tired of hearing about Lance Armstrong's "sins."

Here we have a man who used all of his accomplishments to become a very generous and caring philanthropist and activist but made a mistake that he lied about to protect the charities in his name and the benefactors of that work. He is stripped of everything, including his dignity, and is thrown to the lions for the entertainment of a hypocritically judgmental society.

The same society that earlier praised Michael Phelps for his proud admission of smoking pot. The same society that criticized his critics for being "uptight," claiming "everyone does it!" and denying his stature could possibly have a negative influence on the children looking up to him. The same society who now throws rotten fruit at Lance for being a disgrace and a harmful influence.

This Olympic swimmer is then allowed not only to keep the medals he earned while doping, he is allowed to continue to compete.

Michael Phelps, who has done nothing for the world but become a poster boy for legalizing marijuana, is risen above all blame while Lance Armstrong, who has dedicated his life to men with cancer and possibly saved hundreds if not thousands of lives through his organizations and awareness campaigns promoting male health, gets thrown off of his bike in a mob rage and kicked repeatedly.

Something is terribly wrong with this country and it isn't Lance Armstrong.

Marijuana is an ILLEGAL and CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. It is against Olympic regulations to be under the influence of any ILLEGAL DRUG before, during, or after competition. One with intelligence and a rational understanding of the drug can effectively argue that Phelps' use of it during training and the games directly resulted in his wins due to the calming effect on what would otherwise have been a stressful time in every athlete's career. He was able to compete because he used the drug to calm his anxiety. THAT is a performance enhancing drug.

Phelps was made a poster child for the promotion of marijuana as a legal recreational drug. Regardless of the arguments in support of it, I can tell you pot is a very dangerous drug and causes more brain damage than cigarettes and drinking. Ask a recovering addict. They'll tell you the truth of it. So society is kicking Armstrong for using a substance that only athletes can get or even care about, but they give Phelps a free ride and let him promote to their children the use of a dangerous mind-altering drug anyone can get from almost any street corner in the country.

I won't even get into how many victims of child sexual abuse have stated in their interviews with police that their abuser used pot to make them more docile. Society wants to help pedophiles convince their victims it's okay since an Olympic swimmer used it.

I am just get tired of people calling Lance Armstrong names for his testicular cancer, and it's been going on ever since his diagnosis before any of this doping issue took place. 

These inconsiderate assholes who were making fun of the "one-nut cyclist" were encouraging a stigma for other men who would be too embarrassed to talk about it, even with their doctors, so their cancer wouldn't be caught in time to prevent their deaths. People don't realize in their mad dash to tear a public figure like him apart all of the damage they will be doing to the people the person helped along the way. When they do realize it, they simply don't give a shit. 

Who cares if he got more men to check themselves and talk to their doctors? He won races with drugs! Who cares if he set an example for younger men and boys to always take care of themselves and not let small-minded people keep them from getting help when they need it? He won a bicycle race and that just wasn't fair! 

I realize he lied but I know why he did it. He said before that his biggest fear was that the charities would suffer and the people who needed that help would be hurt in irreversible ways. 

It's really sad that of all the cyclists, he is the one called out. Everyone knows at least 80% of them doped. A few of them have already come forward to admit it goes on like crazy. But just because he was the winner, he gets hung out to dry with no regard for the millions who will be hurt by it. Like I said before, there is something seriously wrong with this country, and it isn't Lance Armstrong.