Megan Rapinoe's gave one of the best speeches I've ever heard today at City Hall

tarckstar wrote:

Beyond the other comments I've made in this thread, I wanted to mention a few things about this speech.

I love that in this country, people like this can speak however they want. It's not a lot different from how some people use Twitter, if you think about it.

And anyone commenting on the validity of soccer, while holding onto the shared belief around here that anyone actually cares about distance running, can put a sock in it. Soccer is the biggest sport in the world, has been for a long time, and will be even bigger in the future. And if you didn't notice, distance events are no longer as prevalent in track meets, or don't exist at all.

Some are moving forward, others being left behind. Keep that in mind.

So I guess that’s progress? Soccer is huge internationally, and people generally don’t care about distance running - no argument there.

But I guess Hinkle wasn’t allowed the same freedom of speech given to Rapinoe? You either buy into the super-woke ideology or you are alienated?

My daughters play soccer. My oldest watched the World Cup and made the observation of her own accord that Rapinoe was basically dissing the National Anthem and was given Morgan’s PK, effectively stealing the boot from Morgan.

Thankfully, she is leaving the sport. It is less skill and finesse and much more a game of physical might and wrestling in high school anymore. I don’t see the Rapinoe’s of the world as heroes when they are espousing their own brand of hate and expletive-riden tirades.

Oh, and, I stand firm that nobody really cares about women’s soccer beyond high school. They barely generate enough revenue to sustain a national league.

whit ou wrote:

I can't believe you have anything of substance to offer after seeing that you said that soccer is a sport that no one cares about. That's laughably false.

Women’s soccer.[/quote]

Even with your additional clarifier, they had better ratings than the World Series.[/quote]

The World Cup? Yeah, I can see that. But the national league? Give me a break.

Every four years. They lost a fan here. I was rooting for the Dutch. The Dutch love their motherland.

Jill Ellis Robbed Morgan of Golden Boot wrote:

whit ou wrote:

I can't believe you have anything of substance to offer after seeing that you said that soccer is a sport that no one cares about. That's laughably false.

Women’s soccer.

Even with your additional clarifier, they had better ratings than the World Series.[/quote]

The World Cup? Yeah, I can see that. But the national league? Give me a break.

Every four years. They lost a fan here. I was rooting for the Dutch. The Dutch love their motherland.[/quote]

Keep moving your goalposts and they’ll keep loving their country.

Ellis didn't rob Morgan by giving Rapinoe Morgan's PK. Teams usually have a designated PK taker; the PKs are not typically taken by the player who was fouled. On the US team, Rapinoe is the preferred player for PKs.

As for the Hinkle situation, we have an allegation made by some on the right. We don't at this point know whether it is true. Hinkle may have been tested as a member of the team and found less useful than other players. It isn't unusual for players to get a few games with the National team and then get no more.

And it could be that she can believe what she wants to believe, but if the team has a uniform for a game, the members of the team wear the uniform. So if the team wears rainbow accented shirts, you agree to wear the shirt or you aren't on the team. The same would be true if a team member had an issue with the sponsor of the team. You wear the shirt with the sponsor's name or you aren't on the team.

Jill Ellis Robbed Morgan of Golden Boot wrote:

whit ou wrote:

I can't believe you have anything of substance to offer after seeing that you said that soccer is a sport that no one cares about. That's laughably false.

Women’s soccer.

Even with your additional clarifier, they had better ratings than the World Series.[/quote]

The World Cup? Yeah, I can see that. But the national league? Give me a break.

Every four years. They lost a fan here. I was rooting for the Dutch. The Dutch love their motherland.[/quote]

What has the Women's team ever done to indicate they don't love their country?

Backing your country right or wrong, has nothing to do with love.

If you have a kid and don't love them enough to do the difficult job of calling them out and correcting them when you think they've errored, you are doing them a disservice. Overlooking it and remaining silent has nothing to do with love. Often it's quite the opposite.

Speechless. wrote:

Did every other woman on the team get to give a near seven minute speech or was it just this look at me attention seeker?

So?

Anyway, I prefer this one:

I love Carli, Rapinoe doesn't speak for me. wrote:

Speechless. wrote:

Did every other woman on the team get to give a near seven minute speech or was it just this look at me attention seeker?

So?

Anyway, I prefer this one:

The "So?" was in response to this:

As We Speak wrote:

No, Speechless. it was the one named MVP of the World Cup

Thanks, Wejo. Great post, great spirit behind it.

I'm done Wejo

Words mean nothing to an ideologue.

Ashamed I had always checked what's happening on Let's Run.

No more. Bookmark now deleted. This part of my daily reading is over. But I've actively competed since 1957 and did every event. I'll still go run and challenge and compete as often as I can.

No wonder the world is close to being dominated by

The Ends justify the Means

George Smith

George Smith wrote:

I'm done Wejo

Words mean nothing to an ideologue.

Ashamed I had always checked what's happening on Let's Run.

No more. Bookmark now deleted. This part of my daily reading is over. But I've actively competed since 1957 and did every event. I'll still go run and challenge and compete as often as I can.

No wonder the world is close to being dominated by

The Ends justify the Means

George Smith

Why the pomp and circumstance? Why not just leave and really no one cares that you leave. Bye.

She's a dangerous globalist puppet. Something we minorities in-the-know know and understand.

Too-Blue Letsrun-Runner asks, "Who are YOU?"

Megan R, replies, "THE END."

Thank you, malmo.

Yes, the left needs to move a little more to the center and clean up their language, have some respect.

I keep wondering why all of the LGBTQ crowd hates Trump.

One of the greatest conservative/Libertarian voices died recently and he was a gay man: Justin Raimondo. Look him up.

The Lou Gehrig reference makes me cry.

She is a perfect American - she is out spoken— knows what she stands for -has a skill better than most of the world - we don’t have to agree with their - we have to appreciate she represents American “the freedoms to be anti government and exist”

It’s what our miltary fights for.

Again - people saying she is Awful and trump is amazing - trump dodged the draft - this was once the worst sin in America —- and he was rich and avoided service because he could ... the worst American ever at that time... but he did a tv show and god forgave him ... so we as a society can hate a gay soccer champion now

Sally Vix wrote:

George Smith wrote:

I'm done Wejo

Words mean nothing to an ideologue.

Ashamed I had always checked what's happening on Let's Run.

No more. Bookmark now deleted. This part of my daily reading is over. But I've actively competed since 1957 and did every event. I'll still go run and challenge and compete as often as I can.

No wonder the world is close to being dominated by

The Ends justify the Means

George Smith

Why the pomp and circumstance? Why not just leave and really no one cares that you leave. Bye.

I'm going home devastated. What else can I say?

was hoping to see some pleasant comments as i think more people need to be saying what she said. however, it appears to have gone over everyone's head. Tragic

It matters not how profound, motivating or great her speech was. At this point I, I have heard and seen enough of her and her cohorts.

I'm really going to miss George Smith.

Who was George Smith, anyway?

malmo wrote:

wejo wrote:

New York City, you’re the mother fucking best.

How is this not crass and vulgar, the same way with "firstname MF lastname."

It's not a "best speech" or even a good one. It' s vulgar.

Meh. We don't use that phrase literally. It is used as a POSITIVE enhancement to a positive thing as in "Alan MF Webb" and the like (to which you alluded). Crass and vulgar? No. Adult language? Yes. Adult language is allowed among adults.

I'm not sure what she is going to do from this point forward, but she is more than justified in not going to the White House, and the hatred and vulgarity coming from this a$$hole of a President we have is completely unparalleled. For someone to decide NOT to enable that bad behavior by not going to the White House is perfectly acceptable.

Trump has been accused of sexual assault/harassment by 24 women. He said he likes to grab them you know where. He kisses them...he doesn't even wait. Just another one of his lies is that those in the LGBT community were going to love him.

He's a misogynist. He's a racist. He hates homosexuals. He's a serial liar. He's a freakin' criminal. He's beyond incompetent. He has no good qualities personally or professionally at all. Why the hell would a woman want to go to the White House and support all that noise?

Now, regarding her speech...I'm not all that impressed by it. We can all say "come together" until the cows come home, but sh!t rolls downhill, and right now we have a HUGE sh!t producer at the top of the hill, and no moving forward can really happen until that stink is gone.

George Smith wrote:

I'm done Wejo

Words mean nothing to an ideologue.

Ashamed I had always checked what's happening on Let's Run.

No more. Bookmark now deleted. This part of my daily reading is over. But I've actively competed since 1957 and did every event. I'll still go run and challenge and compete as often as I can.

No wonder the world is close to being dominated by

The Ends justify the Means

George Smith

I'm now part of the vast left wing conspiracy and right wing conspiracy at the same time. Amazing.