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malaise

(269,200 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 08:57 PM Jan 2018

WTF -Australian Open 2018: Tennys Sandgren says he is not a far-right sympathiser

http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/42776652
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Sandgren, 26, was asked about his social media presence, specifically his activity around the postings of 'alt-right' figures in the United States.

Earlier this month, a video posted by Nicholas Fuentes - who says he attended a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville - was retweeted on Sandgren's Twitter account.

"Who you follow on Twitter, I feel, doesn't matter even a little bit," said Sandgren.

"What information you see doesn't dictate what you think or believe. I think it's crazy to think that. I think it's crazy to assume that.

"To say: 'Well, he's following X person, so he believes all the things that this person believes'... I think that's ridiculous."
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WTF -Australian Open 2018: Tennys Sandgren says he is not a far-right sympathiser (Original Post) malaise Jan 2018 OP
What a loser..you follow because you agree. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #1
Not necessarily Loki Liesmith Jan 2018 #27
More from Deadspin tenderfoot Jan 2018 #2
I mentioned him last week because of his name malaise Jan 2018 #3
If Chung doesnt... TDale313 Jan 2018 #5
Well Chung took out Djokovic in straight sets malaise Jan 2018 #6
After watching Chung last night MuseRider Jan 2018 #7
He was fantastic. TDale313 Jan 2018 #8
I was stunned MuseRider Jan 2018 #9
Im a hardcore Fed fan, but TDale313 Jan 2018 #10
YAY! MuseRider Jan 2018 #11
Waiting on next gen TDale313 Jan 2018 #12
I think we eat our American women players before they ever have a real chance. MuseRider Jan 2018 #13
Ah well an injured Rafa is forced to retire malaise Jan 2018 #21
Chung played really well malaise Jan 2018 #14
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #16
What a tool MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #4
I'm ver suspicious of home schooled malaise Jan 2018 #15
So am I MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #23
Spoiler malaise Jan 2018 #24
... MustLoveBeagles Jan 2018 #25
Same here malaise Jan 2018 #26
THEY ARE SUCH COWARDS!!! Few of them EVER EVERY openly say what they REALLY think and uponit7771 Jan 2018 #17
Isn't that the truth malaise Jan 2018 #18
+1, speaking of this I've always wondered why there weren't alarm bells at droves of people being uponit7771 Jan 2018 #19
Read Martin Luther's Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants malaise Jan 2018 #20
Pete Sampras 2.0? Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #22
Spoiler malaise Jan 2018 #28

tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
2. More from Deadspin
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:01 PM
Jan 2018
https://deadspin.com/what-does-pizzagate-truther-tennys-sandgren-find-inter-1822301544

American tennis player Tennys Sandgren, Pizzagate truther and guy who said Link to tweet
" target="_blank">America can’t be racist because it elected a black president, thinks the alt-right has some “interesting” ideas. This came to light at the Australian Open during today’s post-match presser when a reporter asked Sandgren about his social media activity, Link to tweet
" target="_blank">in which he has argued about Pizzagate, agreed with Mike Cernovich about “fake news,” and wondered why mainstream media wasn’t covering “spirit cooking,” an alleged satanic ritual that Hillary Clinton supposedly took part in.

Recently, Sandgren’s Twitter activity included retweeting Nicholas Fuentes, a toady teen white nationalist who last year went to the Charlottesville rally to march alongside Nazis and Klansmen.




BTW, I never heard of this guy because I don't follow tennis.

malaise

(269,200 posts)
3. I mentioned him last week because of his name
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:02 PM
Jan 2018

He's from Tennessee and plays tennis and was named after his grandfather who never played the game and was not from there.

Fuck this racist. Hope the South Korean beats him.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
5. If Chung doesnt...
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:09 PM
Jan 2018

He’ll most likely get Federer next (who would definitely beat him soundly) But yeah, it would be nice to see Chung beat him.

malaise

(269,200 posts)
6. Well Chung took out Djokovic in straight sets
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:19 PM
Jan 2018

although I think that Djokovic elbow is still a problem.

MuseRider

(34,131 posts)
7. After watching Chung last night
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:21 PM
Jan 2018

I think he might beat able to be everybody. I know it was in the middle of the night and I was off and on asleep but I watched enough to think that he is the future of men's tennis.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
8. He was fantastic.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:26 PM
Jan 2018

Djokovic tried hard to claw his way back and couldn’t find any real purchase. Chung stayed incredibly cool under pressure and played precisely the right game to beat Djokovic. I think he’ll be a major force for a while.

MuseRider

(34,131 posts)
9. I was stunned
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:29 PM
Jan 2018

and I think old Djoker was as well. There was simply nothing he could do. He came to the net and got passed each time, he stayed on the baseline and Chung caught each and every line by quarters of inches. It made me worry for Fed but it is time for a new phenom. If Chung continues like this he will win everything for some time to come. I wonder how he is on clay and grass? I love watching the changes.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
10. Im a hardcore Fed fan, but
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:36 PM
Jan 2018

We really need that next Generation to start taking the stage. There were a bunch a few years younger than Murray/Djoker/Rafa but the never seemed to find their footing and I suspect their time may have passed (It has been a bit crowded at the top for the last 15 years or so 😉 ) but it seems like there are some really promising young players ready to make their mark, and it’s exciting.

MuseRider

(34,131 posts)
11. YAY!
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:48 PM
Jan 2018

Actually, I don't know what I am going to do with Fed gone. I went from Agassi to Federer but there is nobody right now I actually enjoy watching, all my old fav's are old and women's tennis is just awful. I know some women do not think that but I have yet to find anything to really enjoy about it. It seems I like to pick losers, . Waiting....

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
12. Waiting on next gen
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 09:55 PM
Jan 2018

In women’s tennis as well. There’s Serena, and then the rest of the pack. Some standouts- Kerber, Sharapova (although I don’t know if we’ll see her at the top of her game again) Madison Keyes and Sloane Stevens are ones to watch.

MuseRider

(34,131 posts)
13. I think we eat our American women players before they ever have a real chance.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 10:14 PM
Jan 2018

They are either so wonderful, like goddesses and look they will clean up tennis, they will win everything then when they start to struggle as they all do they get lost in the mess. At least I think we have stopped trying to make super models out of all of them. If we would just stop promoting them at maximum level until they get some game under their belts it would likely turn out differently. JMO and I know nothing.

malaise

(269,200 posts)
14. Chung played really well
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:40 AM
Jan 2018

I saw no fear but remember Djoka is injured. That said he is much younger than the Fed and damn he can run. I like Nadal to win this one.

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)
17. THEY ARE SUCH COWARDS!!! Few of them EVER EVERY openly say what they REALLY think and
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:43 AM
Jan 2018

... know most of the human race doesn't support them.

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)
19. +1, speaking of this I've always wondered why there weren't alarm bells at droves of people being
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:52 AM
Jan 2018

... killed on an industrial scale in Europe during the 40s.

It's because the people doing the murdering where KEEN to keep it secret at first !!!

Their punk ass's didn't calmly say on radio "lets kill millions of women and children non soldiers" they went to forest and hid as much as they could.

Such punk asses

malaise

(269,200 posts)
20. Read Martin Luther's Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 06:00 AM
Jan 2018

That is their model - peasants, working class, non-whites - it's all the same to them.

http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mariterel/against_the_robbing_and_murderin.htm

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