All of those quotes are belied by his NOI whiny victim rhetoric.
Boy, he was another person who punched through 50 years of history! I hope he pulls through but if not, well, he was quite a man.
The one saying from Ali that best fits Mr. Trump is Saying #3, in regards to how he should regard Hillary.
While he was fighting, I was only a kid and a teenager. I didn’t like him much because he had a big mouth, and I always rooted for Frazier or Foreman or ANYONE to beat the stuffing out of him. That he was a draft dodger didn’t exactly improve my opinion of him.
However, over time I have changed my thinking toward him. What he accomplished, he accomplished through sheer will and despite a lot of handicaps. I greatly admire him as an athlete and a competitor. I still don’t like the guy’s religious views - but he apparently doesn’t try to force them on others, so I guess that it is a live and let live thing, a big part of what this country is about.
As for avoiding going to Vietnam, I at least admire his guts in staying here and facing the music, rather than running away like a coward. Whatever else anyone can condemn him for, being a coward is NOT one of them. Still, I believe that he was very wrong. Part of living in a country and benefiting from what it offers is to serve if called upon to do so - and that is what he should have done. I’m sure that he wouldn’t have gone into battle, but would have been used for entertainment...and that is not “shooting the brown man.”
The photo of Ali (Cassius) I remember is him sideshow “bought” with a Japanese wrestler. the Wrestler chose to fight by laying on his back, Ali hovering over him with his gloves on and mouth open and his tongue out.
It was a joke of a fight from start to “finish”.
Thank you. Much better than then the shameful Navy Vet response. Ali is a devout Muslim and does not run. How much better the world would be if all Muslims were like Ali. As a young man I remember Cassius Clay as a truly great athlete. More of today’s athletes should be like Ali.