Praise of boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been nearly universal following his passing Friday night, and while most tributes refer to his character and his prowess in the ring, several outlets are celebrating Ali as a hero for his activism, in particular his opposition to the Vietnam War.
https://twitter.com/maxwellstrachan/status/738903320882995200
I wrote about how Muhammad Ali became the most hated, then beloved athlete ever + athlete activism then and now https://t.co/yXLYYYtoVQ
— justin 6lock (@JBlock49) June 4, 2016
Tennessee State Representative Martin Daniel isn’t the only person to criticize Muhammad Ali over Vietnam, although he did himself no favors with the public by referring to Ali as Cassius Clay while doing so.
https://twitter.com/RepMartinDaniel/status/739194801308979200
Daniel followed up with the knockout … which has since been deleted. Here’s a screen shot, though.
Too soon? At the very least.
https://twitter.com/jonmacqueen/status/739205427729170432
Are you fucking kidding me? You are garbage for this.
— Red Hot Chili Heifer (@chocl8girl) June 4, 2016
That was not his name.
— unpardonable turkey (@MadJaymilton) June 4, 2016
Say his name motherfucker
— lamarcus eldritch (@elgrantonina) June 4, 2016
HIS NAME is Mohammed Ali!!
— crimsonboudoir (@crimsonboudoir) June 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/D_v_E/status/739201815934181377
https://twitter.com/SouthOVegas/status/739209466097192960
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Way to go there, using Muhammad Ali's slave name. That's dog-whistle politics at its finest! (So I take it you DID enlist?)
— Scott Edelman (@scottedelman) June 4, 2016
He was a conscientious objector and his name was Mohammed Ali you jerk.
— Brad Bratcher (@BradBratcher) June 4, 2016
you disrespect him by calling him by his slave name. A name he didn't acknowledge becuz u deny him as a Black man
— U ⭐ted w Some B*llshit (@LocLuvHer) June 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/SamuraiKnitter/status/739206254967566336
https://twitter.com/ChahtaMs/status/739207353149489152
I'm gonna make it my duty now to let everyone know that ur a sorry human being and racist. #RIPMuhammadAli
— Donnell R (@Regiment54) June 4, 2016
you're the one still calling him by the slave name he rejected, but he's the one with the "black cloud", heh?
— Ali Hassan (@StandUpAli) June 4, 2016
The draft was intensely racist; Ali made himself a proud example of resistance, inspired millions of others, black & white.
— Mister Bunny (@AskMisterBunny) June 4, 2016
Racism is "calling out" a black man who accecpted jail over the draft while supporting a draft-dodging white guy for POTUS.
— Alex Bowles (@alexqgb) June 4, 2016
That war was a 'black cloud" on America's legacy. A total crime and a waste of precious blood.
— Flockchain (@flocktard) June 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/739216460766150656
https://twitter.com/CFBalla/status/739209233820831744
Dumbest Tweet Award ?
— Ms. Natasha 4 Justice (@soulful_chica) June 4, 2016
.@RepMartinDaniel sorry, but what kind of coward waits until someone's dead to criticize their character?
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/MCHisTweeting/status/739202937805754369
go put your hood on and burn a cross
— Omega Red (@pacifistHULK) June 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/groditi/status/739209681625702400