Don't be silly. According to the link you provided, Ali supported Jesse Jackson in the Dem primary. When he lost, he supported Reagan. No problem.
But to intimate the Ali was a Republican or supported GOP candidates is simply not true. He was a Democrat. Bill Clinton will be speaking at his funeral. How many Reps are invited?
Ali is a darling of the Left. His anti-Vietnam stance, expressed hatred of white people, and association with the Nation of Islam give us an idea as to where he stood politically.
The deification of Ali is a fact. But for those of us who are his contemporaries, he was one year older than me, we know who he was and what he said. Today, there are not that many people who know what transpired in the 60s and 70s.
I also can't stand Jane Fonda.
The deification of Ali is a fact. But for those of us who are his contemporaries, he was one year older than me, we know who he was and what he said. Today, there are not that many people who know what transpired in the 60s and 70s.
I also can’t stand Jane Fonda.
Vintage people like ourselves watched all of this unfold.
Ali was a great boxer. Also a great entertainer in his use of poems/phrasing
Transmitting those qualities over into his beliefs should have never occurred then and now.
Todays public is easily fooled by what they don’t know and won’t take the time to find out.
Case in point his outright humiliation of Joe Frazier... In todays world that would be called “ hurtful”
As a Vietnam vet, I completely agree. Always remembered his antics that dishonored those who served. The academia-media-DNC narrative Bray described above conveniently ignores how his actions then turned many against a person who otherwise was a suberb athelete.