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re: Marlins announce Ali has died
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:19 pm to theebuckeyenut
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:19 pm to theebuckeyenut
I mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
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Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:20 pm to tduecen
Great boxer. Greater showman. Took boxing to a whole other level.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:51 pm to tduecen
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I mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
Are you fricking kidding?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:54 pm to tduecen
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I mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
why do people shite on him for dodging the draft. He was right. Black leaders were getting shot and killed every month here in the united states, this was not long after bloody sunday
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"My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother or some darker people or some poor, hungry people in the mud for big, powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me ****, they never lynched me, they didn't put no dogs on me, they didn't rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Poor little black people and babies and children and women. How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail." — Muhammad Ali
George W dodged the draft and you made him POTUS
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:57 pm to tduecen
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I mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
Not trying to start a flame war, but how old are you? If you grew up in the 60s, Ali was a social and political phenomena.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:22 pm to tduecen
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I mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
He wasn't just a great boxer, he was the best ever. He fought during BY FAR the best period in boxing history and had a win over every man he fought until he was almost 39 years old.
Yes he refused enlistment and it was fricking brave of him to do so. The vast majority of blacks were treated like dog shite in the US at the time but he was one of the few that wasn't. He knew that if he had gone he never would have been in danger, they would have sent him around on tours to boost moral, but he was willing to lose everything by not going to make a point and stick up for the blacks that were getting fricked by the rest of the USA.
He was the GOAT and came about at a time when America needed someone like him. I can't even come close to explaining how much he meant to the USA but maybe you should watch a documentary or read a book about him if you don't know why he was so important.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:23 pm to tduecen
I don't think you can comment on what Ali did unless you grew up in the 50s and 60s.
And we're black.
Not only that, we met him once in the 80s...bunch of white kids and he was so gracious with his time, so friendly, signed every autograph, it wasn't some paid event. He was just spotted. If ever there was a true sports legend. Treated everyone as if they were special. What a personality and larger than life figure. Spent an hour with us.
Ali loved the public, never shied away...and he embraced them and took time and the public embraced him...long before he had Parkinsons. Ali was probably the biggest star athlete of the 20th century... globally.
And to the fans he was great...and seemed to care.
And we're black.
Not only that, we met him once in the 80s...bunch of white kids and he was so gracious with his time, so friendly, signed every autograph, it wasn't some paid event. He was just spotted. If ever there was a true sports legend. Treated everyone as if they were special. What a personality and larger than life figure. Spent an hour with us.
Ali loved the public, never shied away...and he embraced them and took time and the public embraced him...long before he had Parkinsons. Ali was probably the biggest star athlete of the 20th century... globally.
And to the fans he was great...and seemed to care.
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:33 pm to tduecen
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I mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
Always quick to display your racism and how stupid you are.
How many years did you serve punk? I'm a 28 year AF CMSgt and I'm not offended so who the frick are you?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 1:31 am to tduecen
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mean he was a great boxer but what else? He was known for refusing enlistment, and converting to a Muslim....
You're a Yankees fan so I'll try to explain it in those terms- Ali was Babe Ruth if Babe Ruth had also been a significant political and moral figure instead of just a fat guy who hit for power.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 6:28 am to tduecen
quote:Never go full retard.
tduecen
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