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This thread needs to be over on Blowout.
And there is one there similar. Ali was a great boxer. Maybe the Greatest. But not a great American. Check out his links to Malcom X, his sudden conversion to Islam (religion covered) his video clips where he states, the Viet Cong aren't his enemies, the white people are. The draft dodging isn't really an issue with me. Too many names to add to that list. Start with Kerry, Clinton and Bush. But his life, as a whole, does not impress me. If he is your hero, fine. So be it. He just wasn't mine. In closing, I salute Pat Tillman. Google if you need to OP. ![]() P.S. - "Cat Scratch Fever" ![]() |
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Kerry won a Purple Heart. Three actually. There is controversy about his military career, but he did not dodge the draft.
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I get the bitter feelings by some people pertaining Ali's dodging of the Vietnam War. I get it. But can anyone tell me why in the Hell we were there to begin with?? I know that this is not the point of the discussion, just hoping for some insight. By the way, I was a History major and I still don't understand it to this day. Also, even if you don't give Ali a pass for that, what about his humanitarian accomplishments decades after that? Bill L. posted it the best....
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Very true. The unrepentant self promoter that he is "Live Shot" Kerry, as he is called by some in Mass., tried to re-enact the action where he earned the silver star to upgrade it to the Medal of Honor.
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This is one thing I can't get past, yet many in this thread want to put him on a pedestal and defend him. Or check out his opposition to mixed- race marriages. He said things, that if said by a white person, would be considered is bigoted and racist. Shhh, let's overlook that though because he's gone.
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Jackie Robinson had it way worse that Ali, yet he didnt call white people "the enemy"...nor did he dodge the draft. |
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You're the idiot, as usual. The beauty of this forum is some things never change, including you....
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