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Muhammad Ali was a RACIST -- & That's A-OK! (Video)
You Tube ^ | Jun 5, 2016 | Black Pigeon Speaks

Posted on 06/05/2016 10:56:25 AM PDT by libertarian27

"RIP Great one You were one of a kind and not to be forgotten."


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KEYWORDS: ali; blm; racism
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Henry Cooper knocks down Ali: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9Qi_yyUbo

Cooper was tough as nails and talented, but bled if you even looked at him funny.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1382819/Henry-Cooper-v-Cassius-Clay-The-punch-changed-world.html


21 posted on 06/05/2016 12:12:04 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: libertarian27

Many of us have reached the point of nausea with all the coverage of ‘the great one’s’ death. He’s being made a hero when he himself said he earned his money by beating people up.

Another muslim.


22 posted on 06/05/2016 12:35:29 PM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and Slinkys: Good for nothing but make you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

The leftist media sopped up his anti american marxist rant when he was draft dodging. They turned him into an idol and I firmly believe that that also lead to biased decisions in the ring. I cant count how many fights he won on decisions that should have gone the other way.

His stupid Roper Dope was another fabrication to cover up his lack of preparation for fights. He should have faded out shortly after knocking down the way-past-his-peak Sonny Liston


23 posted on 06/05/2016 12:42:21 PM PDT by cassiusking
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To: libertarian27

Its well known that when he joined the Nation of Islam, he held racist views against white people, however, he came to rescind these views later after Elijah Muhammad died. He stated in his autobiography that one of his biggest regrets was turning his back on Malcolm X after he had abandoned the racist NOI and later came to the realisation that racial hate was wrong, no matter who the colour of the one being hated or doing the hating was. So we can either eternally despise him for what he was, or respect him for what he became.


24 posted on 06/05/2016 12:45:30 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: libertarian27

I find it amusing when someone calls anyone from the south during the Jim Crow days a racist.

Black or white, if you were down there during the period of Ali’s youth you were a racist. Racism was not the same thing back then as it is today.

If someone were behaving today the way they did in the ‘40s and ‘50s, they would be stoned in the town square.

I understand plenty of reasons why Ali might have been a racist.

Why are we always surprised when people act appropriately for their culture?


25 posted on 06/05/2016 12:57:23 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Muhammad Ali Backed Reagan and Many Other Republicans

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Muhammad-Ali-Reagan-Repubicans/2016/06/04/id/732336/#ixzz4Ajl2283l


26 posted on 06/05/2016 12:57:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

And Frazier always referred to him as Clay.

There were two sides to that story.


27 posted on 06/05/2016 12:59:47 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: BenLurkin; libertarian27

Nation of Islam is for separatism, so was Ali. (and so was Lincoln)

I think that may be the only real solution to the “race problem”

Two groups of people that are easily identifiable and have significantly different AVERAGE IQs will never be able to peacefully coexist together. Given human nature, it is simply an impossibility.


28 posted on 06/05/2016 2:02:00 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: libertarian27

Funny the attempts to rationalize Ali’s statements in the comments under the video - “well everybody was a racist back then” - yeah, that’s fine for Ali and his ilk, but try to get away with it for Jessie Helms or David Duke.....


29 posted on 06/05/2016 2:25:06 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: aquila48

That is not the most reprehensible comment ever seen here, but it is probably probably in the top 20.


30 posted on 06/05/2016 2:28:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: dfwgator

Thanks for the link. It’s a good article; I hope others will take the time to read it.


31 posted on 06/05/2016 2:48:18 PM PDT by SunshinesStormySummerSon
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To: SunshinesStormySummerSon

Ali was definitely a mixed-bag. But at least he was his own man.


32 posted on 06/05/2016 2:48:59 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

But is it true?


33 posted on 06/05/2016 4:24:39 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

No. Not even close.


34 posted on 06/05/2016 4:26:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: libertarian27

Ali also said Islam didn’t allow him to commit the kind of violence the military required. That’s why he couldn’t join the army.


35 posted on 06/05/2016 4:29:33 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: BenLurkin

Which part is not true?


36 posted on 06/05/2016 5:01:06 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

There is nothing for you to gain by posing questions. On one hand I don’t care if you agree with me or not. And on the other hand there is no argument you could make which would make your statement any less reprehensible than it is.

I suggest you hit the abuse button on yourself and get that post deleted. That would be the honorable thing to do.


37 posted on 06/05/2016 5:41:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

So you couldn’t find anything that wasn’t true, yet you find the truth reprehensible.

Believe me I take absolutely no joy in making those statements, and I wish they were not so, but denying reality doesn’t help anybody - it only exacerbates the problem.


38 posted on 06/05/2016 6:42:45 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48

Uh, it is not impossible, just unworkable. Any society with a dedicated malcontented underclass is going to be in continuous conflict.


39 posted on 06/05/2016 6:47:25 PM PDT by anton
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To: aquila48

You’re still trying to argue. It’s pointless. Your post is reprehensible.

I suggest you hit the abuse button on yourself and have your post deleted. That would be the honorable thing for you to do.


40 posted on 06/05/2016 6:51:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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