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American cyclist suspended from team over so-called 'divisive' tweet supporting Trump
Fox News ^ | October 1, 2020 | Ryan Gaydos

Posted on 10/01/2020 6:30:12 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs

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To: Ronald77

“Why are there not thousands of first amendment law suits, every time i see this i wonder how the left gets away with taking away our Constitutional rights?”

It’s London, so Big Media is showing US how this should be handled.


41 posted on 10/01/2020 9:09:57 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: treetopsandroofs

This is no surprise to me. Some sports management, especially basketball, are intolerant of any opinion other than their own.


42 posted on 10/01/2020 9:11:25 AM PDT by Loud Mime ("Now, go and do your duty before darkness covers the earth." Michael Uhlmann (1939 - 2019))
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To: glasseye

“It’s okay to hate democrats.”

I should un-block all the spam I get from Mr. Sulu and send him that.

(The leftist bigot likes to excrete, “It’s okay to be Takei”)


43 posted on 10/01/2020 9:13:14 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: livius

Didn’t really bother me. I just thought it odd. The default with most phones is a sort of yellow shade. I always change mine to white guys.


44 posted on 10/01/2020 9:14:19 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Does the left like anything about America?)
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To: Fred Hayek
"The sport of cycling has also gone woke. USACycling has openly declared support of Black Lives Matter, as have some manufacturers, including Trek. After three decades in the sport, I have left, informing USACycling that it is due to their support of a domestic terrorist organization. It has led me to abandoning cycling."

With your knowledge, do you have any suggestions on how to make them realizae that their team action to suspend a rider over mere support for Trump will have consequences for the whole team?

45 posted on 10/01/2020 9:55:19 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: treetopsandroofs

A bunch of queers hating on republicans.


46 posted on 10/01/2020 10:07:19 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: treetopsandroofs

“Regrettably, team rider Quinn Simmons made statements online that we feel are divisive, incendiary, and detrimental to the team, professional cycling, its fans, and the positive future...”

Translation: Quinn supports Trump instead of Biden.

Hey, guy. If I were you, I’d sue.

That’ll be 1/3rd of your settlement for my legal advice.


47 posted on 10/01/2020 10:34:06 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: treetopsandroofs

he didn’t even “show support”. Some violently hysterical cyclist from another country called out Trump supporters, and said anybody who didn’t like it should unfollow him.

So this american cyclists posted a 1-word answer “Bye”.

But his post was considered racist, because he is white, but used a black handwaving emoji, which apparently is like blackface now.

This is the most shocking thing I have learned since a month ago when I found out that if you end a sentence with a period in a tweet, you are committing an act of violence.


48 posted on 10/01/2020 4:05:57 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: treetopsandroofs

Meanwhile, my default emoji that I use everywhere as my identifier (no pictures of me are going public) is a south park character with a dark complexion.

So I guess I am using blackface now.


49 posted on 10/01/2020 4:07:35 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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