The Keapernic of female soccer

[oeb11]

Has ECCIE received your MOD application , YR?????
I care not of your opinion.
DPST is under your skin and in your Head.

Please RTM, as you do so Often.

Thank You - LOL

[Yssup Rider]

Will he angrily tweet back at her?

Now he can’t put her on Twitter ignore anymore!

LOL!

Hear Megan Rapinoe's message to Trump https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/07/10/megan-rapinoe-message-donald-trump-world-cup-sot-vpx-ac360.cnn

[The_Waco_Kid]

Dear Megan Rapinoe, Get Over the Fact That You’re a Gay Person With a Political Opinion and Stop Ruining This

https://www.redstate.com/brandon_mor...-stop-ruining/


Posted at 9:30 pm on July 8, 2019 by Brandon Morse




It’s not worth caring about.

It wasn’t long ago that figure skater Adam Rippon and skier Gus Kenworthy were making it a point to make their homosexuality the centerpiece of their time at the 2018 Winter Olympics.


We're here. We're queer. Get used to it. @Adaripp #Olympics #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/OCeiqiY6BN

— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) February 9, 2018

That they’re gay isn’t really a concern to myself or many others. What mattered is that we had athletes on the world stage and we wanted them to do their very best while they represented our country. That’s all we wanted to care about, but Rippon and Kenworthy wouldn’t let us. They, like you, made it political by launching jabs at VP Mike Pence. Before you, Rippon also declined to go to the White House in order to make a statement.

They forced people to take sides instead of letting us enjoy the global sportsmanship free of political taint.

I want to be clear. When I say “take sides,” I don’t mean gay vs. straight. I mean the overall political message that these men forced the public to answer in the negative or affirmative. That they were Olympians didn’t matter after that. They made their politics eclipse their accomplishments.

What mattered is that they took political stances that many people couldn’t get behind. That they were gay mattered very little.

Now we have you. Another gay athlete with a cliche political opinion that shouldn’t matter in the wake of your victory on the national stage. Sadly, you made it matter. You made sure it would matter, and instead of the world uniting to rejoice and celebrate what you’ve managed to help pull off, we’re now shaking our heads at your disgusting efforts to hijack something pure and uniting and making it into one more thing to fight over.

We watch as you step on the flag of the country that helped bring you to where you are…

You showed further disrespect by consistently kneeling during the National Anthem, essentially insulting those who died for and helped turn this country in a place where heroes can be made and success is far more easily attained. You do this, according to sources, in order to protest Trump, as if the entire country deserves your ire because of one man.

Never forget the countless times @mPinoe suited up for the @USWNT and knelt for the National Anthem… she doesn’t deserve the captains band today. She doesn’t even deserve to be on this team. pic.twitter.com/ecTniRZZ2M

— Chris Bessenger (@chris_bessenger) July 7, 2019

You feel like you’re making a statement and changing things. I’m happy to tell you that you’re likely succeeding, and you’ll likely push people away from your camp and right into Trump’s.

It won’t be hard to figure out why. Your childish behavior rings more like a narcissist with a grudge than a socio-political role model. What’s more, you’re not even original. Rippon already did what you’ve done in the impotent quest to move the public through sports-based LGBT protesting and, like you, failed to move the needle one iota in your direction. What’s more, a lot of your actions are just microwaved leftovers of what Colin Kaepernick already served up, and when his nonsense was trendy to do in the NFL, the league actually lost 33 percent of its audience.

It’s likely that world’s buzz around you will fade, and your divisive advocacy will go with it like Rippon before you. Using your status as an LGBT sports star with an axe to grind will be one more reason for people not to care about what you have to say. Again, it won’t be because you’re a lesbian, it’ll be because you’re beating everyone over the head with it and using it to draw lines in the sand.

Again, nobody cares that you’re gay.

I’ll write for you what I wrote in 2018 to Rippon and Kenworthy.

The bottom line is that being gay doesn’t make you special, it makes you gay. It doesn’t make you a cultural mouthpiece for the western world, nor does it make you a mouthpiece for the LGBT community at large. It’s a diverse crowd with diverse opinions, and I know too many who roll their eyes so hard at the behavior of people like you that their eyes nearly fall out of their sockets.

Outrage about gay outrage is old hat. You need to understand that we are used to it, and that’s all thanks to braver people who came before you. Outside of your ability to play sports well, you are nothing special, just one more blowhard patting yourself on the back for your identity politics while attempting to paint your political rivals as evil.

You’re gay. Get over it. We certainly have.

[I B Hankering]

Soccer sucks anyway

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times - Monday, July 8, 2019



ANALYSIS/OPINION:

The American women’s soccer team just won its second straight World Cup after defeating the Netherlands over the weekend — after which midfielder Allie Long dropped the U.S. flag on the ground to do a little dance with seriously Trump-hating teammate Megan Rapinoe.

And that was after a group of American soccer fans in France gathered in a sports bar and kicked off a loud and raucous and obnoxious “F– Trump” chant.

Well, you know what?

Soccer sucks anyway.

America’s real sports are, in order: Baseball. Football. Hockey. And basketball.

Soccer is what little kids play when they’re first learning how to run and tie shoes. It’s an all-inclusive sport that even those without athletic ability can play. Seriously, who can’t kick — or at least stand on the field and shift around a bit when the ball bounces by?

Soccer is a liberals’ sport.

It’s a mom’s sport. A “let’s not keep score, pass out the participation trophies” type of sport.

It’s a Saturday morning social hour that gets the children off the couch, away from the video games, into the fresh air, and helps the snack-makers and juicers of America sell their big multipack box items that would otherwise lag on grocery store shelves. It’s the precursor to the adult world’s bowling with beer.

Yet, it’s globally popular.

It’s admittedly the most popular sport in the world — and it still sucks.

“There are places where the game carries a special mystique,” From theGrapevine.com wrote. “Think Brazil, Argentina, England, Germany, Spain, Italy, France.”

Leave it there then.

Along with Rapinoe.

Along with Rapinoe, the U.S. women’s soccer team captain who said earlier this summer that she’s “not going to the f–– White House.”

Which leads to the somewhat obvious question: Why play for the U.S. women’s soccer team if you can’t properly represent the United States?

Soccer sucks anyway.

(Washington Times)

[Yssup Rider]

What’s next, IBH, the world sucks?

THE UNIVERSE SUCKS?

Rapinoe will continue to be relevant as long as the shameless continue to vilify her.

So much easier to dismiss than discuss.

Am I right boys???

[oeb11]

The purported and self-important reader of minds posts another opinion about Other's Thoughts.
TWK - thanks for a good post. Agreed. i care not about a person's sexuality - it is their own business. I will not discriminate against anyone due to that - it is not a voluntary choice.

However, it is tiresome being constantly accused and thrown in my face that I discriminate because I am a mature white male.

IBH - thanks for a good post. Soccer is like watching paint dry. The world is entitled to follow it - I care less. Kudos to Ms. O'Hara.



Let Rapinoe's Outrage over herself be ignored. I care not. As far as equal pay for equal work - Fine.
When the Women's team earns greater than the Men's team - pay them more.

Payment exceeding earnings is a socialist idea leading to bankruptcy. See the leading DPST Presidential contenders.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

What’s next, IBH, the world sucks?

THE UNIVERSE SUCKS?

Rapinoe will continue to be relevant as long as the shameless continue to vilify her.

So much easier to dismiss than discuss.

Am I right boys???

She’s the one vilifying people. She was the only one who knelt during the anthem. She only wants to meet with people who she agrees with. Not very inclusive to me. She wants to criticize America but wants to cash in by representing America. Should the women’s team be compensated as much as the men’s team? Absolutely. Especially in this case because they are bringing in more revenues. What does Trump have to do with that? It was that way when Obama was POTUS. Just another angry liberal.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by bambino

She’s the one vilifying people. She was the only one who knelt during the anthem. She only wants to meet with people who she agrees with. Not very inclusive to me. She wants to criticize America but wants to cash in by representing America. Should the women’s team be compensated as much as the men’s team? Absolutely. Especially in this case because they are bringing in more revenues. What does Trump have to do with that? It was that way when Obama was POTUS. Just another angry liberal.

You can’t vilify a villain, bambino.

At least you agree with her position.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

You can’t vilify a villain, bambino.

At least you agree with her position.

I agree with equal pay. Not anything else she kneels for.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by bambino

I agree with equal pay. Not anything else she kneels for.

What then is she kneeling for, bambino?

You hate the LGBTQ community?

Women?

Shirley you don’t think she took a knee because she wants to piss Trumpites off, do you?

You agree with her protest. It’s OK.

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

What then is she kneeling for, bambino?

You hate the LGBTQ community?

Women?

Shirley you don’t think she took a knee because she wants to piss Trumpites off, do you?

You agree with her protest. It’s OK.

It’s obvious she doesn’t know what she’s kneeling for. If she thought America was so terrible and oppressive, why did she choose to try out for the team to begin with. I’m not sure why she thinks Trump doesn’t approve of gays. He appointed an openly gay man as Ambassador to Germany. He applauded Mayor Pete for campaigning with his husband. Wasn’t Obama against gay marriage until after he was elected? Post a link that shows Trump is against gay marriage. Trump passed prison reform which helps people of “color” historic unemployment for AA, Hispanic, Asians and women. So all of this contradicts her, and your, depiction of Trump. I just heard her talk about we need more love in this country. She should heed her own words. If not, she’s just a blind partisan hack and hypocrite.

[Yssup Rider]

For a blind person, she sure knows how to find the back of the net, Bambino!

But I'm happy you stand with her. As any real American should!

HAHAHAHAHAAHAH!

[bambino]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

For a blind person, she sure knows how to find the back of the net, Bambino!

But I'm happy you stand with her.

HAHAHAHAHAAHAH!

You have no answers to my post. I don’t think anyone here expected you to say something of substance. Neither does she. She’s far more talented at her sport that KC was in his. But they’re the ones being divisive. And promoting hate.

[Austin Ellen]

- I'm sure he's glad he doesn't have to be around her. Yay -
let them go to Congress.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by bambino

You have no answers to my post. I don’t think anyone here expected you to say something of substance. Neither does she. She’s far more talented at her sport that KC was in his. But they’re the ones being divisive. And promoting hate.

There is no answer for an enraged rant, bambino.

The only hate Rapinoe is promoting is yours. And this episode, like so many others involving strong women is exposing your insecurity.

She’s a worldwide superstar. A champion. And an exemplary representative of the diversity that makes this country great, despite the divisive rhetoric of Trump and his howling minions.

Rapinoe isn’t the only one either.