Posted on 01/08/2022 8:29:38 AM PST by george76
I wanted to take a moment to recognize Novak Djokovic and his heroic defiance of the COVID regime, lending his enormous platform and status to the millions of people around the world who have been denied their unalienable rights in the name of a virus.
You would never know it by his disposition, but “Djoker” has an amazing rags to richer story, and he’s well aware of how governments can cause great human suffering. Growing up in war-torn Belgrade, Djokovic had to learn to play tennis in between bombing raids. Far from a silver spooned prodigy, he had to defy incredible odds to just achieve a modicum of success, and yet he has become one of the greatest athletes of all time.
What separates Djokovic from other pro athletes on the COVID Mania issue is both his status as the world’s greatest and his consistency in been speaking out against the COVID regime. Since day one, this man has been fighting the good fight, but the news hasn’t reached consistent international attention until now.
Djokovic has remained defiant in his public opposition to government force in the form of draconian COVID restrictions and injection mandates. He has done so in the face of incredible scrutiny on all levels.
As early as April 2020, several months before the mass distribution of COVID shots, Djokovic was already speaking out about the future prospect of vaccine mandates.
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Now, with the Australian Open just days away, the 20 time grand slam champion (and 9 time Australian Open champion) has turned up the heat. He continues his fight Down Under, squaring off against the forces of a society that has transformed into something akin to a Police State.
On Tuesday, the most Australian Open champ ever made it a point to show that he wasn’t going to bow down to Australia’s COVID regime, which discriminates against the “unvaccinated,” in creating a two tiered Safety Society.
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Djokovic is facing ridicule from the media, from powerful governments, and even from his own pro colleagues.
Though he is not without defenders. The man’s family has raised incredible awareness about the punitive conditions through which he is being exposed to by the Australian government.
He reminds us of one particular legendary sportsman of the past, a man who shares his status as one of the greatest professional athletes of all time. Of course, there are no perfect parallels, but there was one man who not so long ago took a hugely important — but deeply unpopular in his time — public stance in the fight for humanity.
That man is the late Muhammad Ali, “The People’s Champ,” who, in his time exiled from the sport of boxing, faced tremendous hostility from all levels of society. Ali’s refusal to enter the armed services and outright protest of the draft drew immense scrutiny and outright insanity. His outspoken rejection of the war in Vietnam, and his explicit challenging of the American civil rights status quo, further infuriated these forces.
The media turned him into a monster. The U.S. government persecuted him. He was labeled as ethically depraved. He was robbed of his ability to make a living during a large portion of the prime of his athletic career. In the face of endless cruelty and hate, Ali never wavered.
It wasn’t until years, or really, decades later that Ali’s struggle against the system was universally recognized as a noble endeavor.
Props to Novak Djokovic for fighting the good fight and carrying the torch. For using his platform to fight for the rights of every individual against the forces of government tyranny, he’s the new People’s Champ.
God bless him.
I think maybe he’s become a Christian maybe when Andre Agassi, a Christian, was helping him during a very low point in his life.
Thank you Jesus for you amazing grace.
I don’t think so. Last I heard he was in a quarantine concentration camp.
I respect Djokovic for what he’s going through now, as well as his accomplishments of the past.
Ali, I’m not so sure about. For starters, I only remember the press in their adulation of the man. Joe Frazier couldn’t understand the cruelty of the racial taunts he received from Ali.
Cassius Clay was a filthy,semi literate moslem coward who won his early fights by having had them fixed by the Mafia.
PJ Watson said that Australia has imprisoned 2 in their Covid Concentration camps.
Czech tennis player Renata Voracova was placed in the same immigration detention hotel as Novak Djokovic after having her visa canceled by Australian Border Force officials..
The Czech Foreign Ministry said Voracova and Djokovic are “in the same detention” in Melbourne “together with several other players.” The statement did not include the other names.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4027560/posts
I wish Australia had a consulate here in Atlanta. This is a big tennis town, I bet we could organize a protest in front of it, if it existed.
I actually have a friend who’s been involved with Novak in some business events, and has hit with him socially.
Novak and his team filed the same documents as 25 other tennis players (who received exemptions) and they didn’t have any problems, just Novak.They wanted to humiliate him. They could have said ‘don’t come Novak’ and that would have been okay.
But no, they wanted to humiliate him and they’re still keeping him in prison. He’s not in detention, he’s in prison. They took all of his stuff, even his wallet.. ~ his father.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4027556/posts
The news reports out of Australia have been quite sad. Few places in the Anglosphere worse from Government totalitarianism approach, NZ perhaps.
They are like the old Soviet Union. I used to want to visit both countries, but I no longer do. Too oppressive and totalitarian for me.
He’s in immigration detention in a hotel in the middle of Melbourne. Why do people feel the need to exaggerate stuff like this?
It would be pretty embarrassing to win the Australian Open and parade around like you’ve accomplished something while knowing full well that would never have happened if the real champion hadn’t been prevented from playing by a government intent upon showing the peons who’s boss.
I'm wondering if they are going to let him out.
Anyone who travels to the Australian Democratic Republic (ADR) is a damn fool.
Hotel details
Adjacent to the University of Melbourne, this contemporary hotel is 1 block from a tram stop and a 13-minute walk from the Melbourne Museum.
Modern rooms feature free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, plus desks, minibars, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. The 1-bedroom suites add whirlpool baths, and living rooms with sofas. Room service is available.
There's a sophisticated restaurant, and a bar with a terrace. There's also a gym. Parking is available (surcharge).
“hellhole hotel with ‘maggot-ridden food’”
So it’s an urban concentration camp?
The Australian government gave Novak Djokovic a WRITTEN vaccine exemption because he had Covid in December, his lawyers claim - as his request for a personal chef is REJECTED at hellhole hotel with ‘maggot-ridden food’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4027874/posts
Yes, and with gourmet cuisine. Yum!
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