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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: mystery-ak on July 07, 2019, 07:18:08 pm
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US women's soccer team wins second straight World Cup title, fourth overall
By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News
The U.S. defeated the Netherlands on Sunday to win its second consecutive Women's World Cup title. It’s the team's fourth overall.
The Americans defeated the Dutch, 2-0, behind goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle. Rapinoe scored on a penalty kick in the 61st minute and Lavelle scored in the 69th minute.
It was a hard-fought battle between the U.S. and the Netherlands. The two squads were tied in the second half as it looked like the Dutch defense had the Americans’ number despite the heavy attack.
A foul was committed on Alex Morgan in the box and after a VAR review and an official review, the U.S. was awarded a penalty kick.
Rapinoe took the kick and finally scored on the Netherlands goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal.
more
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-the-netherlands-womens-world-cup-2019-recap (https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-the-netherlands-womens-world-cup-2019-recap)
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It could have been 5-0, except for some nice saves by the Netherlands keeper.
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I may be alone here, but I am PROUD of these women and their victory for the United States of America!
Well done, ladies! Thanks for giving your country this championship!!
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Stole my sentiment. The purple haired butch can pound sand, all I care.
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Two thoughts on how they did it:
1. Unlike men's soccer, which is somewhere around fourth in the sport totem pole, women's soccer has the benefit of getting America's best female athletes—at least the ones under six feet tall; the taller ones usually play basketball.
2. Foreign countries have no equivalent to Title IX.
But there's definitely a smug arrogance to this team that I, for one, find incredibly off-putting. These women have not represented this country well.
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They can take a fast train to hell!
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Two thoughts on how they did it:
1. Unlike men's soccer, which is somewhere around fourth in the sport totem pole, women's soccer has the benefit of getting America's best female athletes—at least the ones under six feet tall; the taller ones usually play basketball.
2. Foreign countries have no equivalent to Title IX.
But there's definitely a smug arrogance to this team that I, for one, find incredibly off-putting. These women have not represented this country well.
Most all Lesbians I met were afflicted with that attitude. Always pizzed me off that they could smell my envy.
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I may be alone here, but I am PROUD of these women and their victory for the United States of America!
Well done, ladies! Thanks for giving your country this championship!!
What country was that. They sure as heck didn't play for my Country. I think they played for the Isle of Lesbo's.
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What country was that. They sure as heck didn't play for my Country. I think they played for the Isle of Lesbo's.
The United States of America.
(When the moral shortcomings of any other sports team that represents this country makes you want them to lose, let me know..........that will NEVER happen).
USA!! USA!!!! USA!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Their idea of sportsmanship is everything I taught my athletic son to avoid who btw was a soccer player.
If my son would have pulled any these shenanigans on the soccer field that would have been the end of his playing.....I was appalled to see a US player pretending to drink tea with her pinky in the air after she scored a goal.....what a great role model....NOT
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Trump congratulates US women's soccer team on World Cup win
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/451905-trump-congratulates-us-womens-soccer-team-on-world-cup-win
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The good thing is no one really gives a rats ass about the National Lesbian Soccer League. In a week or two their taint will be washed away and some other disrespectful US hating miscreant with rise up like a week old turd in a cesspool to hit the news cycle and become the media's darling.
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That was very Presidential of Trump, especially since how he's been treated by this organization, hopefully they'll all shut up and this too shall pass.
I'm not optimistic.
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Two thoughts on how they did it:
1. Unlike men's soccer, which is somewhere around fourth in the sport totem pole, women's soccer has the benefit of getting America's best female athletes—at least the ones under six feet tall; the taller ones usually play basketball.
2. Foreign countries have no equivalent to Title IX.
But there's definitely a smug arrogance to this team that I, for one, find incredibly off-putting. These women have not represented this country well.
I'm guessing the "smug arrogance" of male teams who win championships doesn't bother you quite as much as this one does.....
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That was very Presidential of Trump, especially since how he's been treated by this organization, hopefully they'll all shut up and this too shall pass.
I'm not optimistic.
The shitshow will continue when the dyke meets with AOC to collect her award ...the socialist's meddle of honor.
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The shitshow will continue when the dyke meets with AOC to collect her award ...the socialist's meddle of honor.
that meddle is a Steely Dan....
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The shitshow will continue when the dyke meets with AOC to collect her award ...the socialist's meddle of honor.
Tillerson beat her to it.
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I think what bugged me, perhaps even more than the team's arrogance and rude behavior, is the constant liberal media propaganda as if these women were on a par with real heroes such as our military and first responders. Now these chippies are demanding equal pay or something. They are the darlings of the party of victimhood -- the Democrats -- and everything they say or do will be covered ad nauseum by the fawning liberal media.
The H with them and their political BS. I really don't care.
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“A little public shame never hurt anybody,†Rapinoe said.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/uswnt-unleashes-ultimate-equal-pay-battle-cry-in-winning-world-cup-203042733.html (https://www.yahoo.com/sports/uswnt-unleashes-ultimate-equal-pay-battle-cry-in-winning-world-cup-203042733.html)
I wonder if she felt that way, after Abby Wambach’s DUI.
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The United States of America.
(When the moral shortcomings of any other sports team that represents this country makes you want them to lose, let me know..........that will NEVER happen).
USA!! USA!!!! USA!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hi @musiclady. In the words of Ayn Rand, your post has made me check my assumptions. I have had zero enthusiasm for this team because of my interpretation of their character based largely on the noise coming from a couple players. I will always disdain and reject those who disrespect the anthem or country that has afforded them opportunity, fame and fortune. Truth is, I know virtually nothing of the whole. Thanks for the check.
Hope you are well.
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Stole my sentiment. The purple haired butch can pound sand, all I care.
You misspelled butch. :whistle:
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The utter hypocrisy on this site is hilarious. Clearly okay for the president to deride, demean, slam, slur everyone with whom he disagrees. A bunch of talented women soccer players dish it right back at him and ………….the folks here are ready for the fainting couch.
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I'm guessing the "smug arrogance" of male teams who win championships doesn't bother you quite as much as this one does.....
Nonsense. I have just as much contempt for kneeling during the anthem when Colin Kaepernick did it as when Megan Rapinoe did it.
I have just as much contempt for using tacky hair dye, the classic Generation X cry for attention, when Dennis Rodman did it as I did when Rapinoe did it.
I have just as much contempt for cheap potshots during scoring celebrations when Terrell Owens did it as I did when Alex Morgan did it.
I have just as much contempt for gratuitously flaunting their continuous domination of one team over the rest of their competition when Tom Brady does it as I do with the USWNT.
The one difference is that Kaepernick, Rodman, Brady and Owens never represented the United States on the world stage. Morgan, Rapinoe and the perpetually aggrieved Hope Solo do.
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The utter hypocrisy on this site is hilarious. Clearly okay for the president to deride, demean, slam, slur everyone with whom he disagrees. A bunch of talented women soccer players dish it right back at him and ………….the folks here are ready for the fainting couch.
First off, Donald Trump has nothing to do with this. Second, you are blatantly lying about my positions... and you deserve a humiliating tongue lashing far worse than I think the moderators would allow me to post on this forum. So can the sexist drivel and take it elsewhere. Thanks.
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Flashback: USWNT gets shellacked 5-2 by... a bunch of 15-year-old boys
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/ (https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/)
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First off, Donald Trump has nothing to do with this.
Yes, it does, after he put himself into the story, as per usual.
Nearly two weeks ago — after Trump criticized Rapinoe for not singing the national anthem — a video, that showed the star forward saying she has no intention of going to the White House if the USWNT won the title, went viral.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/megan-rapinoe-says-not-many-162655462.html (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/megan-rapinoe-says-not-many-162655462.html)
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Hi @musiclady. In the words of Ayn Rand, your post has made me check my assumptions. I have had zero enthusiasm for this team because of my interpretation of their character based largely on the noise coming from a couple players. I will always disdain and reject those who disrespect the anthem or country that has afforded them opportunity, fame and fortune. Truth is, I know virtually nothing of the whole. Thanks for the check.
Hope you are well.
Thank you, sir! (I'm never bothered by standing alone, but it's nice to have someone respond positively to my thoughts!)
I always oppose kneejerk responses, and reject the screaming of a few troublemakers in the interest of the overall truth. The fact is, the vast majority of the members of this team are just talented, hard working female athletes who have sacrificed a lot (as any athlete does) to become part of an excellent team.
I also oppose double standards that say men can behave badly and be heroes, but women must be delicate and well-behaved to be admired.
And the irony of those who support a loudmouthed, very badly behaved, immoral man representing the US in the highest office in the land who are so offended by this team is just too rich.....
And I am doing very well! How about you??
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The utter hypocrisy on this site is hilarious. Clearly okay for the president to deride, demean, slam, slur everyone with whom he disagrees. A bunch of talented women soccer players dish it right back at him and ………….the folks here are ready for the fainting couch.
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As I said in the post above...... the irony of these who are so offended by the behavior of a couple of people on this team (not the whole team, mind you), is beyond rich.
The United States of America won the World Cup in women's soccer.
And the team played like champions to win it!
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As I said in the post above...... the irony of these who are so offended by the behavior of a couple of people on this team (not the whole team, mind you), is beyond rich.
The United States of America won the World Cup in women's soccer.
And the team played like champions to win it!
In 1968 two black American track athletes, Tommy Smith and John Carlos, stood on the medal stand at the Olympics and raised their fists and lowered their heads while the American national anthem played.
I was a lot more liberal at the time than I am now, but I was highly dismayed. The country was trying to improve race relations, and the two black athletes just widened the division between the races.
For the same reason I can't take much enjoyment about a star American athlete for the women's soccer team who disrespected the flag getting plaudits from the liberal press. She shouldn't have been on the team.
So excuse us nasty misogynists if we don't get all excited about a bunch ungrateful, anti-Ameircan female wretches winning a game. If it was a team full of male athletes doing the same things, I guarantee you I'd be cheering for the other team as well.
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US women's soccer team wins second straight World Cup title, fourth overall
By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News
The U.S. defeated the Netherlands on Sunday to win its second consecutive Women's World Cup title. It’s the team's fourth overall.
The Americans defeated the Dutch, 2-0, behind goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle. Rapinoe scored on a penalty kick in the 61st minute and Lavelle scored in the 69th minute.
It was a hard-fought battle between the U.S. and the Netherlands. The two squads were tied in the second half as it looked like the Dutch defense had the Americans’ number despite the heavy attack.
A foul was committed on Alex Morgan in the box and after a VAR review and an official review, the U.S. was awarded a penalty kick.
Rapinoe took the kick and finally scored on the Netherlands goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal.
more
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-the-netherlands-womens-world-cup-2019-recap (https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-the-netherlands-womens-world-cup-2019-recap)
So our lesbians beat theirs?
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Sure seems a lot of Lesbians hate Trump, the WNBA Champs (Seattle Storm) wouldn't go to the White House either.
(https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/192001-780x520.jpg)
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The Washington Times:
"After the United States won the Women’s World Cup by beating Netherlands 2-0 in Sunday’s final match, a group of American soccer fans in France chanted an expletive about President Trump on a live television broadcast."
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Sure seems a lot of Lesbians hate Trump, the WNBA Champs (Seattle Storm) wouldn't go to the White House either.
(https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/192001-780x520.jpg)
It’s not a coincidence that Rapinoe’s GF (Sue Bird #10) plays for that team.
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Let's hope that most of these fine athletes, have more class than Tommy Smith and John Carlos
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I ALSO he hope stays above the fray but 5 hours into this they are trolling him badly as some above predicted, will he tweet something about tuna, stay tuned.
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I ALSO he hope stays above the fray but 5 hours into this they are trolling him badly as some above predicted, will he tweet something about tuna, stay tuned.
Reminds of the story about a shithouse door on a tuna boat.
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So they're Role Models, Exemplars, Patriots, Templates......
Er...........isn't kicking an inflated sphere a recreation???
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So they're Role Models, Exemplars, Patriots, Templates......
Er...........isn't kicking an inflated sphere a recreation???
Nah sending Christians to the Detroit Lions was sport.
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My GF asked me how I view lesbian relationships, apparently, Full screen in HD was not the right answer.
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First off, Donald Trump has nothing to do with this. Second, you are blatantly lying about my positions... and you deserve a humiliating tongue lashing far worse than I think the moderators would allow me to post on this forum. So can the sexist drivel and take it elsewhere. Thanks.
tee hee looks like the shoe fit.
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First off, Donald Trump has nothing to do with this. Second, you are blatantly lying about my positions... and you deserve a humiliating tongue lashing far worse than I think the moderators would allow me to post on this forum. So can the sexist drivel and take it elsewhere. Thanks.
Sometimes the jokes write themselves!
Top notch, @jmyrlefuller :laugh:
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Sometimes the jokes write themselves!
Top notch, @jmyrlefuller :laugh:
:laugh: :beer:
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Rodney King Asks, 'Can We All Get Along?'
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In 1968 two black American track athletes, Tommy Smith and John Carlos, stood on the medal stand at the Olympics and raised their fists and lowered their heads while the American national anthem played.
I was a lot more liberal at the time than I am now, but I was highly dismayed. The country was trying to improve race relations, and the two black athletes just widened the division between the races.
For the same reason I can't take much enjoyment about a star American athlete for the women's soccer team who disrespected the flag getting plaudits from the liberal press. She shouldn't have been on the team.
So excuse us nasty misogynists if we don't get all excited about a bunch ungrateful, anti-Ameircan female wretches winning a game. If it was a team full of male athletes doing the same things, I guarantee you I'd be cheering for the other team as well.
I was completely with you for the first three paragraphs @goatprairie . Then you lost your way at the end.
I don't think that disagreeing with me makes anyone a "nasty misogynist," (nor did I even remotely imply that) and I know there are a lot of thoughtful people who agree with you. I also know that there are a lot of very strong conservatives and even Trump supporters who were glad the USA won the World Cup. And I know that there is a significant double standard in what kind of behavior is expected of women relative to male athletes. (Which doesn't mean that all those who disagree with me on the overall situation are misogynists - though there are clearly a couple here on this board).
That said, I stand by saying that someone who excuses Trump's immorality and bad behavior and is bothered by (a few of) these women is dripping with hypocrisy.
I hate the anti-Americanism in a handful of athletes these days, and I hate that the media lionizes them......actually, I hate the leftist media in general. So in that, we're completely on the same page. (Although being anti-Trump is not synonymous with being anti-American).
I am still glad, problems notwithstanding, that the American women's soccer team won their fourth World Cup and their second in a row. It is a significant accomplishment.
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Allie Long, Megan Rapinoe Drop American Flag During World Cup Celebration
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/07/allie-long-megan-rapinoe-drop-american-flag-world-cup/
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I was completely with you for the first three paragraphs @goatprairie . Then you lost your way at the end.
I don't think that disagreeing with me makes anyone a "nasty misogynist," (nor did I even remotely imply that) and I know there are a lot of thoughtful people who agree with you. I also know that there are a lot of very strong conservatives and even Trump supporters who were glad the USA won the World Cup. And I know that there is a significant double standard in what kind of behavior is expected of women relative to male athletes. (Which doesn't mean that all those who disagree with me on the overall situation are misogynists - though there are clearly a couple here on this board).
That said, I stand by saying that someone who excuses Trump's immorality and bad behavior and is bothered by (a few of) these women is dripping with hypocrisy.
I hate the anti-Americanism in a handful of athletes these days, and I hate that the media lionizes them......actually, I hate the leftist media in general. So in that, we're completely on the same page. (Although being anti-Trump is not synonymous with being anti-American).
I am still glad, problems notwithstanding, that the American women's soccer team won their fourth World Cup and their second in a row. It is a significant accomplishment.
Trump has little or nothing to do with Rapinoe's and others' disrespect of their country. She knelt in sympathy with Kaepernick because she agreed with his cockeyed view of the country towards minorities.
If Trump hadn't have said anything, they all would have still done their anti-American actions. Her disliking Trump has nothing to with it.
I don't want people like Rapinoe representing my country. She can take all her awards and plaudits and stick them where the sun doesn't shine. I don't care. By cheering for Rapinoe, a person is cheering for everything that is destroying the country.
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Good thing these wenches are having their little rainbow parade in NYC, because if they had it in middle America ,it would be cloudy with an 80% chance of raining rotten fruit.
The absolute ultimate of irony. Repesenting a country while trashing it.
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Trump has little or nothing to do with Rapinoe's and others' disrespect of their country. She knelt in sympathy with Kaepernick because she agreed with his cockeyed view of the country towards minorities.
If Trump hadn't have said anything, they all would have still done their anti-American actions. Her disliking Trump has nothing to with it.
I don't want people like Rapinoe representing my country. She can take all her awards and plaudits and stick them where the sun doesn't shine. I don't care. By cheering for Rapinoe, a person is cheering for everything that is destroying the country.
The problem is – women’s soccer has nowhere near the domestic following of the NFL. It’s likely few people would have heard or noticed what she did. Instead, he inserted himself into the issue, told her to put up or shut up, and they put up. So, all he really did was elevate her platform.
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Good thing these wenches are having their little rainbow parade in NYC, because if they had it in middle America ,it would be cloudy with an 80% chance of raining rotten fruit.
The absolute ultimate of irony. Repesenting a country while trashing it.
I have seen pictures of these "women". These are Michelle Obama type women. Any one of them could be linebacker for the Rams.
These 'girls' look like the 1970s Russian 'female' weightlifter team. No wonder they won. Some of them look like they have an erection, and a five o'clock shadow.
The American definition of a 'woman' according to Liberals, is amorphous and not discrete.
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Trump has little or nothing to do with Rapinoe's and others' disrespect of their country. She knelt in sympathy with Kaepernick because she agreed with his cockeyed view of the country towards minorities.
If Trump hadn't have said anything, they all would have still done their anti-American actions. Her disliking Trump has nothing to with it.
I don't want people like Rapinoe representing my country. She can take all her awards and plaudits and stick them where the sun doesn't shine. I don't care. By cheering for Rapinoe, a person is cheering for everything that is destroying the country.
I'm cheering for the team. She's merely one player on it. The fact that the leftist sports media lionizes her is irrelevant to the accomplishments of the team.
I'm not going to root against America because of one member of a team who disgusts me. (I wouldn't follow sports at all if that were the case).
But I knew my opinion would be in the small minority here, and I'm OK with that.
As long as the discussion is honest.
Which your part of it has been. So thank you for that.
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I have seen pictures of these "women". These are Michelle Obama type women. Any one of them could be linebacker for the Rams.
These 'girls' look like the 1970s Russian 'female' weightlifter team. No wonder they won. Some of them look like they have an erection, and a five o'clock shadow.
The American definition of a 'woman' according to Liberals, is amorphous and not discrete.
A photo to prove the inaccuracy of your post....
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Not one of them looks like the so-called female weightlifters from Russia and East Germany.
And all of them are standing with their hands over their hearts except Rapinoe.
If the discussion is accurate, it's much more effective.
If you want to hate the whole team because of Rapinoe, that's legit. But if you smear the entire team because of her, it's not.
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In 1968 two black American track athletes, Tommy Smith and John Carlos, stood on the medal stand at the Olympics and raised their fists and lowered their heads while the American national anthem played.
In response, a few days later, this was George Foreman after he won his Gold Medal....
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God Bless, George Foreman! A Real Champion!
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Nah sending Christians to the Detroit Lions was sport.
Well the Christians would win that one.
(Poor Detroit Lions fan since childhood)
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Well the Christians would win that one.
(Poor Detroit Lions fan since childhood)
I've had a special hatred for the Lions ever since Alex Karras figuratively left his cleat marks on Bart Starr's face during the infamous drubbing the Lions gave the Packers in the 1962 Thanksgiving Day game. Ruined the Packers perfect season.
I almost felt sorry for them though when the Lions went winless a few seasons ago. Almost.
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The "Equal Pay" chant was different.
I thought pay had to do with viewership. But what do I know?
Very few people in this country watch soccer...men's or women's. Maybe they should move to South America...and it won't surprise me if they do.
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The "Equal Pay" chant was different.
I thought pay had to do with viewership. But what do I know?
Very few people in this country watch soccer...men's or women's. Maybe they should move to South America...and it won't surprise me if they do.
The "equal pay" program is, of course, a leftist one. They think they can dismiss the market and arbitrarily create pay grades for certain jobs. I suppose community organizers would be instant millionaires under their plans. They would also make all sorts of other jobs, mostly done by females, far more lucrative. Women's Studies professors for example.
The fact that the great percentage of dirty, dangerous, and difficult jobs are mostly done by men making those jobs pay more than many other jobs seems to be lost on them.
I hate just about 100% of what passes for popular music today, but many of those people get rewarded with immense amounts of money. Because the market dictates that they do.
Likewise, much of the entertainers I would pay money to watch play music that is not nearly as popular. Consequently, they only make a fraction of what the most popular entertainers make. That's the market, and that's the way the cookie crumbles.
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I also oppose double standards that say men can behave badly and be heroes, but women must be delicate and well-behaved to be admired.
And the irony of those who support a loudmouthed, very badly behaved, immoral man representing the US in the highest office in the land who are so offended by this team is just too rich.....
I join @Lando Lincoln in acknowledging that your posts have caused me to think about this more carefully @musiclady. The actions of some on the team are not indicative of the attitude of all on the team.
However it is not difficult to distinguish Trump's behavior from Rapinoe's. While both are classless, needlessly offensive, and arrogant, Rapinoe further intentionally disrespects the symbols of the country she represents. As bad as Trump can be, he has never done that.
In character their attitudes match, in content their statements are completely different. I'm afraid I find your charge of hypocrisy (or as more obliquely stated in the quote here "irony") to be on weak ground.
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The face of a Bull Dyke on her knees. She can like it. Like it real good.
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The "equal pay" program is, of course, a leftist one. They think they can dismiss the market and arbitrarily create pay grades for certain jobs. I suppose community organizers would be instant millionaires under their plans. They would also make all sorts of other jobs, mostly done by females, far more lucrative. Women's Studies professors for example.
The fact that the great percentage of dirty, dangerous, and difficult jobs are mostly done by men making those jobs pay more than many other jobs seems to be lost on them.
I hate just about 100% of what passes for popular music today, but many of those people get rewarded with immense amounts of money. Because the market dictates that they do.
Likewise, much of the entertainers I would pay money to watch play music that is not nearly as popular. Consequently, they only make a fraction of what the most popular entertainers make. That's the market, and that's the way the cookie crumbles.
There are a lot of people who truly believe that women make more money for soccer than men.
Yet every attempt to launch a pro women's soccer league has failed while MLS is still hanging on... though MLS has been reliant mainly on continuously adding expansion teams to keep a steady stream of fees coming in and on the stadium-building/municipal extortion racket. Now, is it true that the women's team draws more attention than the national men's team? Yes, perhaps... but here's the thing: the U.S. teams are not the only ones in FIFA. The rest of the world, by and large, does not care about women's sport. (Basketball might be a partial exception. Don't ask me why.) They have no equivalent of Title IX. America is head and shoulders above the rest of the world in women's soccer. But men's soccer ("football"), every country in the world plays it. The U.S. ranks pretty low compared to Brazil, Mexico and most of Europe, the countries that contribute most of the money to the World Cup. (Professionally, the Premier League in England is far beyond MLS—to the point where it has a U.S. TV contract and followings here in America, probably more than even MLS does.) So the women's team is basically drawing from its own fanbase, while if the U.S. men's team were to by some freak chance win the World Cup, they'd be winning money contributed by other countries where "football" is sport Numero Uno.
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Posters of US women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe vandalized in Bryant Park
-- An investigation is underway after posters of US women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe were vandalized at Bryant Park in Manhattan, one day after the team's World Cup championship victory.
A commuter noticed anti-gay graffiti on the posters at the park train station at about 7 a.m. Monday.
At least six posters of Rapinoe were vandalized. They have since been cleaned by the MTA.
The NYPD Hate Crime task force is investigating. https://abc7ny.com/5384854/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_TW&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_content=5d23fe8c49238600011d997d&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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A photo to prove the inaccuracy of your post....
(https://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_09/1923481/3517-megan-rapinoe-620p-rs_265d8ef52cefcea0efd235b492c8b4c4.fit-760w.jpg)
Not one of them looks like the so-called female weightlifters from Russia and East Germany.
And all of them are standing with their hands over their hearts except Rapinoe.
If the discussion is accurate, it's much more effective.
If you want to hate the whole team because of Rapinoe, that's legit. But if you smear the entire team because of her, it's not.
Been thankful to see your commentary with regard to our soccer girls. It's my fervent hope that the ugliness here is designed for attention rather than honest thought. Most of the commentary is downright heartless. Sad to say.
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I join @Lando Lincoln in acknowledging that your posts have caused me to think about this more carefully @musiclady. The actions of some on the team are not indicative of the attitude of all on the team.
However it is not difficult to distinguish Trump's behavior from Rapinoe's. While both are classless, needlessly offensive, and arrogant, Rapinoe further intentionally disrespects the symbols of the country she represents. As bad as Trump can be, he has never done that.
In character their attitudes match, in content their statements are completely different. I'm afraid I find your charge of hypocrisy (or as more obliquely stated in the quote here "irony") to be on weak ground.
I appreciate that distinction @HoustonSam . Trump has never deliberately dissed this country, as has Rapinoe. He has only disgraced it with his lack of character, which he came into office with. She has done it deliberately.
However, the narrower critique that her being a homosexual is a problem for them, while the serial adultery of the President is no big deal because he's 'not a pastor,' remains. If morality is important, then both should be a problem. If cheating on one's wife is no big deal, then neither should the sin of homosexuality.
But to the greater point........ this is a team. Some of the parents of these young women could be just like you and me, and if they feel about their country as we do, then knowing that people didn't support the entire team because of a few jerks like Rapinoe who get all the attention, would be a disappointment.
What they have accomplished is, in sports history, remarkable.
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Been thankful to see your commentary with regard to our soccer girls. It's my fervent hope that the ugliness here is designed for attention rather than honest thought. Most of the commentary is downright heartless. Sad to say.
IMO, part of the reason that it's heartless is that there is absolutely NO thought behind it. The comment made to which I responded with the photo was made in complete ignorance. A few of the posts sound like a 13 year old boy (and not a mature one at that) wrote them.
Thanks for your support. I knew I could be all alone in this, and very much appreciate that I am not.
@Rivergirl
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However, the narrower critique that her being a homosexual is a problem for them, while the serial adultery of the President is no big deal because he's 'not a pastor,' remains. If morality is important, then both should be a problem. If cheating on one's wife is no big deal, then neither should the sin of homosexuality.
But to the greater point........ this is a team. Some of the parents of these young women could be just like you and me, and if they feel about their country as we do, then knowing that people didn't support the entire team because of a few jerks like Rapinoe who get all the attention, would be a disappointment.
What they have accomplished is, in sports history, remarkable.
Excellent points. Thanks for your gracious response @musiclady.
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There are a lot of people who truly believe that women make more money for soccer than men.
Yet every attempt to launch a pro women's soccer league has failed while MLS is still hanging on... though MLS has been reliant mainly on continuously adding expansion teams to keep a steady stream of fees coming in and on the stadium-building/municipal extortion racket. Now, is it true that the women's team draws more attention than the national men's team? Yes, perhaps... but here's the thing: the U.S. teams are not the only ones in FIFA. The rest of the world, by and large, does not care about women's sport. (Basketball might be a partial exception. Don't ask me why.) They have no equivalent of Title IX. America is head and shoulders above the rest of the world in women's soccer. But men's soccer ("football"), every country in the world plays it. The U.S. ranks pretty low compared to Brazil, Mexico and most of Europe, the countries that contribute most of the money to the World Cup. (Professionally, the Premier League in England is far beyond MLS—to the point where it has a U.S. TV contract and followings here in America, probably more than even MLS does.) So the women's team is basically drawing from its own fanbase, while if the U.S. men's team were to by some freak chance win the World Cup, they'd be winning money contributed by other countries where "football" is sport Numero Uno.
You mentioned basketball. As you might know, the WNBA is sponsored by the NBA. Without the support of the NBA, the WNBA would not exist.
Periodically, some of the WNBA players complain about making a fraction of what the men in the NBA make.
The reality is they should be lucky they're making anything in the States. I hear that overseas women's leagues are more viable. But in the U.S. just about nobody wants to watch them play professionally.
I've frequented various basketball forums where the subject of lack of interest in women's basketball has cropped up. I've suggested they not wear baggy pants and cover themselves with tattoos which is not appealing to many men. I've suggested they wear volleyball-type uniforms.
Another problem rarely mentioned is that many female pro athletes are lesbians. Men don't want to watch bulldykes.
Which is why Martina Navratilova never gained the male attraction of other female players like Ann Kournikova who was not nearly as good as Navratilova but looked a helluva a lot more attractive.
Naturally, I've been called a sexist, and I just don't understand how great women's baskeball is. Sorry, if it's so great, why don't more women watch them play?
The facts are most women would rather watch home and garden, cooking, or game shows over watching persons of their own sex play sports.
I get really irritated 9999hair out0000 when people demand men watch women play sports. Sorry, I'd rather watch men play. I'll watch women's golf and tennis every now and then. That's about it.
If feminists are upset about people not watching women play, then they can agitate for women to stop watching what they currently view and start watching women play.
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Excellent points. Thanks for your gracious response @musiclady.
And you yours, sir!
@HoustonSam
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At Least One US Soccer Player Is Giving ‘All Glory to God’ After World Cup Win
https://www.westernjournal.com/wc/least-one-us-soccer-player-giving-glory-god-world-cup-win/ (https://www.westernjournal.com/wc/least-one-us-soccer-player-giving-glory-god-world-cup-win/)
I will concede that there are a few honest, humble, hardworking players who made America proud. I understand that many of them may not be speaking up for the sake of unity, but it is a crying shame that they're being drowned out by the narcissistic attention-seekers like Rapinoe.
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I am sure all 17 US soccer fans are thrilled.
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And the irony of those who support a loudmouthed, very badly behaved, immoral man representing the US in the highest office in the land who are so offended by this team is just too rich.....
@musiclady
With all possible due respect,eat my shorts.
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@musiclady
With all possible due respect,eat my shorts.
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