Posted on 05/31/2023 12:12:28 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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Novak Djokovic has been warned by sporting authorities against making political statements at the French Open, the latest controversy for the Serbian tennis star after he weighed in on ethnic tensions between Serbia and Kosovo amid rising ethnic tensions in the region.
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Personally I think all star athletes should keep quiet about politics, like Michael Jordan.
Djokovic can hit a ball well, but lacks a lot in the personality department.
“Personally I think all star athletes should keep quiet about politics, like Michael Jordan.”
Moreover, everyone, regardless of their place in society, should remain silent on all political issues, except when it comes to agreeing with the powers that be
“Oh my, will the NFL, MLB, and NBA, take the same stance, I doubt it.”
They do, against conservative athletes.
He’s forced by contract to have a press conference, yet he can’t speak his mind.
Just parrot what the corporate masters want you to say.
I know it's unfair, my point is when the NFL, MLB, NBA would do the same thing.
You mean, cheer for the zipperheads who invaded Serbia?
Not a Djoker fan but he’s so good at pissing off the right people, as tennis journalists are uniformly lefties. Hope he wins! (And w/ him, this is definitely part of a plan, as the boy knows how to play head games.)
It is his country. He has the right to speak about it. He is a citizen first.
The NFL voted Kaepernick one of the 25 BEST quarterbacks of all time, recently,IIRC.
I can sit here in my rural hose property in Nevada & name 25 NFL quarterbacks better than Colin-—even when they were drunk
No. I don’t think he has right to say what he thinks. There is no 1st amendment there.
Even Bubby Brister was a better QB than Krapperdick.
Yes, it isn’t America so he can say what he wants in his own country. You have no right to complain if he does. He is on the side of his own country.
I don’t care what he says. But he has no right to say what he wants to. Serbia has no freedom of expression and ranks quite low among nations.
Neither does America, IMHO, nobody in the US has any right to act like we have a free country here in America. What a damn joke.
This country has taken the Constitution and pissed on it. And we let them.
True enough. The 1st Amendment is becoming toilet paper.
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