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Quarterback Cancels Cancel Culture
frontpagemag.com ^ | 1/14/2022 | Mark Tapson

Posted on 01/17/2022 9:30:41 AM PST by rktman

So it’s refreshing when a pro athlete like Green Bay Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers unabashedly states, “I’m an athlete. I’m not an activist.” Rodgers, a Super Bowl winner, three-time Most Valuable Player in the National Football League, and nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, is generally considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He has also become a polarizing, controversial figure and a target of the totalitarian left precisely because he doesn’t conform to the woke expectations of our heavily-politicized culture.

Last November, Rodgers triggered the left-dominated media after making statements that did not align with the acceptable narrative about COVID-19 and the Biden administration’s (mis)handling of it, such as suggesting – horrors! – that the low-cost, readily available ivermectin was beneficial for people suffering with the virus. Propaganda outlets from the Washington Post to USA Today to Sports Illustrated were quick to slam Rodgers for “mistruths and half-truths,” and for “lying” about his vaccination status (he stated only that he had been “immunized,” which was true).

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Saturday night. Just sayin'. Thanks for stating what a lot more folks know than are being given credit for.
1 posted on 01/17/2022 9:30:41 AM PST by rktman
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Non wokeness will cost him ever getting back to Jeopardy.

I don’t think he cares.


2 posted on 01/17/2022 9:35:58 AM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

Right under the header someone concluded he gives zero f***s.”.


3 posted on 01/17/2022 9:46:38 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Actual history indicates that young, healthy, male athletes are probably at more risk from the vaccine than from COVID, and theraputic drugs are very effective.

Aaron Rodgers had the audacity and guts to prove it.


4 posted on 01/17/2022 9:47:09 AM PST by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: rktman

It was a courageous stand.


5 posted on 01/17/2022 9:47:10 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake)
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To: rktman

That’s my QB1!!


6 posted on 01/17/2022 9:49:57 AM PST by Terabitten (Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor...)
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To: rktman

Aaron Rodgers is a Californian. And he dated Olivia Munn. Not that it matters but I thought he was on the other side (voted blue, not red).


7 posted on 01/17/2022 9:51:27 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Rodgers is so rich, they can’t do anything to him. I hope he wins the title and spits in their faces.


8 posted on 01/17/2022 9:53:05 AM PST by Luke21
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To: MinorityRepublican

Didn’t he date Danica Patrick as well?


9 posted on 01/17/2022 9:53:15 AM PST by FLNittany
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To: FLNittany

Ye I think he did.


10 posted on 01/17/2022 9:54:08 AM PST by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: rktman

Under Jed York’s management, the 49ers have become one of the most “woke” teams in the NFL, genuflecting to the establishment left’s views on racial and LGBT issues.

Saturday will be framed as an existential battle between “woke” (Niners) and “unwoke” (Rodgers).


11 posted on 01/17/2022 9:56:04 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: pnz1

When is Baldwin up? He’d squish her.


12 posted on 01/17/2022 9:56:50 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: George from New England
Non wokeness will cost him ever getting back to Jeopardy.

I don’t think he cares.

I think he did care, but since Jeopardy has gone down the toilet he won't care much anymore.

13 posted on 01/17/2022 9:57:18 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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To: pnz1

I’ve always liked him. Like him even more now.


14 posted on 01/17/2022 10:00:44 AM PST by FLNittany
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From the article:

“It really comes down to, and pardon my French, giving less f**ks,” he asserted bluntly during a recent interview with McAfee. “I think it’s a majority that comes from aging, making mistakes, from failing, to being too sensitive at times… There’s a lot of joy in being unapologetically yourself.”

15 posted on 01/17/2022 10:04:45 AM PST by FLNittany
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"Saturday will be framed as an existential battle between “woke” (Niners) and “unwoke” (Rodgers)."

Gonna be SWEET!


16 posted on 01/17/2022 10:06:04 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: FLNittany

Glad she didn’t work out. Her children would have been too short. In his part of the country he should be able to find a nice tall girl of Swedish heritage or Norwegian. Too bad he’s an atheist.


17 posted on 01/17/2022 10:09:22 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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"Didn’t he date Danica Patrick as well?"

Yes, but she insisted on doing all the driving when they were out on dates.

No guy likes that....

18 posted on 01/17/2022 10:10:28 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’ve suddenly found myself a cheesehead. GO PACK GO!


19 posted on 01/17/2022 10:11:46 AM PST by Golden Eagle (What's in YOUR injection?)
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He has also become a polarizing, controversial figure and a target of the totalitarian left precisely because he doesn’t conform to the woke expectations of our heavily-politicized culture.

The author must not have read up on Rodgers' position on BLM and kneeling during the Anthem. He's right on the COVID vaccine issue but wrong on everything else. The guy is a leftist tool and a jerk.

Brett Favre just sent dick pics.

20 posted on 01/17/2022 10:16:16 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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