Posted on 01/24/2018 11:10:39 AM PST by EdnaMode
For the first time since 2010, an American man has made to the Australian Open quarterfinals. The aptly named Tennys Sandgren is the last American standing in the men’s singles division, an achievement that is ever-so-slightly tainted by the fact that he’s probably a huge Trump supporter — and not the craven “Trump is terrible but I voted for him anyway because I am a Republican” kind, but the out-and-proud MAGA hat-wearing, “Pizzagate is real” kind.
At a post-match press conference on Monday, a reporter asked Sandgren about his Twitter account, where he’s retweeted and engaged in conversation with prominent alt-righters — whom the reporter very politely referred to as “political figures who might be considered outside the mainstream” — like Paul Joseph Watson, aka Prison Planet. Sandgren, who burst out laughing when the reporter mentioned the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville where a leftist protester was killed by a white nationalist, gave a lengthy answer that essentially amounted to RETWEETS ≠ ENDORSEMENTS.
“Who you follow on Twitter, I feel like [that] doesn’t even matter a little bit. What information you see doesn’t dictate what you think or believe, and I think it’s crazy to think that,” Sandgren said, as transcribed by Deadspin. He continued: “That’s not how information works. If you watch a news channel, you wouldn’t then say that person who’s watching a news channel thinks everything that news channel puts out.”
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“Alt-Right” is neither.
Ctrl-Left is a far more accurate brand.
"Tainted"?
Seriously???
The author is a leftist moron, an 0bamorhoid and a hildebeeste.
Exactly. I’ve said it a thousand times to my friends and family, liberals are violent crazy people. Dont they know that anything and anyone hates, I tend to like and follow? Thanks to these nitwits, now I know who to support in tennis.
I don’t follow tennis as closely as I used to, but I’m glad he made it that far. I don’t think I’d ever heard of him until an interview the other day.
For some reason I think tennis players tend to be Lefties; maybe it’s all the anti-American sentiment overseas. I’m thinking people like John McEnroe, Jim Courier - don’t know about the current ones but I doubt it’s getting better. The USTA is all about affirmative action, too.
What? Most white, heterosexual, males under 40 are alt-right.
They hate so much they have work their hatred into a story about...tennis!
I highly doubt most of them are commie lunatics.
C’mon, not every under-40 male is a neo-socialist snowflake living in his mother’s baswement with his imaginary friends.
I thought John Rocker was the first Alt-Right athlete.
The alt-right is the mainstream for under thirty white men whether old neocons like you like it or not. When you’re gone, your globalist beliefs will be gone too. No young people are going down that path. Globalism and neoconism are moribund ideologies on the American right.
Thanks for posting this. Same idiot wanna-be-political-reporters-stuck-doing-sports who slammed Sandgren for his Twitter account gave Rafa Nadal a pass on hating Trump and attacked John McEnroe for pointing out that Serena Williams would barely rank 500 in the Mens side.
I don’t want to hear what Rafa thinks about Trump and I don’t want idiot reports distracting an amazing story of a 26yo journeyman making good at the Australian Open. This dude entered the tournament ranked 97 and has now jumped into top 50 and they just want to know about his politics?
He played bravely last night against Chung, but this Twitter thing had to be a huge distraction for him. He clearly lost the mojo that got him into the quarterfinals, and I blame these leftist reporters for it.
Well, Tennys, welcome to the big time - stay true!
You’re welcome. Agreed, it’s great that he made it that far and it’s a shame the media had to create that distraction. Never been a fan of Nadal so that’s not surprising.
Btw, here’s the b.s. twitter ran on Sandgren over Serena Williams:
https://twitter.com/dropshotsgalore/status/955819424862392320
He once tweeted that he was glad Serena had lost a match, and they’re calling that racist, of course. Actually, no.
I’m guessing his distaste for Williams has nothing to do with her and everything to do with the sanctimonious fools who adore her simply because she’s black, much like the Limbaugh comment about Donovan McNabb.
Check out this article/video from his post-match interview last night on his twitter account:
TENNYS Sandgren has savaged the media with an extraordinary Australian Open outburst after his Australian Open quarter-final exit
Do check out the comments on that article, from an Australian press.
They use “fake news” — hilarious! Couldn’t find any “covefe” references, though.
Do check out the comments on that article, from an Australian press.
They use “fake news” — hilarious! Couldn’t find any “covefe” references, though.
Pushing 50 here but I agree wholeheartedly.
Wow great interview. He is awesome.
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