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re: Mohammad Ali a draft dodger?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:45 am to TheHarper
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:45 am to TheHarper
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thoughts?
Now, let's wait just a second. I don't agree with his stance. But, he didn't run to Canada. He didn't fish for deferments. He didn't play games, politically. He declined induction and asked they take him to jail. More significantly, he declined induction in 1966, well before it was the fashionable thing to do.
Had he accepted induction, he would have been a prizefighter for the Army, giving exhibition matches with, essentially, sparring partners, 3 rounds at a time at military bases all over the world.
Again, I do not agree with his stance, but I respect it.
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:54 am to Ace Midnight
This^
He was not a 'dodger'. He accepted the consequences.
MLK said that that if you engage in civil disobedience you must be willing to accept the consequences and go to jail.
That's quite a different mindset than antifa who engage in violence, hide their faces, and run from the police.
He was not a 'dodger'. He accepted the consequences.
MLK said that that if you engage in civil disobedience you must be willing to accept the consequences and go to jail.
That's quite a different mindset than antifa who engage in violence, hide their faces, and run from the police.
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