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The headlines may call him a hero for dodging the draft. But common sense calls him a hypocrite. Muhammad Ali beat up other men, mostly other men of color, with a Chuck Wepner and Joe Bugner thrown in every so often, for a living. Like Ali, several of his opponents—Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Jerry Quarry—degenerated slowly toward death because of the shots they took in the ring. He called himself a conscientious objector to war. But he was no such thing.

He believed in wars fought on

Allah’s, not Uncle Sam’s, behalf.

Muhammad Ali No Hero, Just a Hypocrite, for Dodging Draft

Ted Williams lost nearly five seasons to World War II and the Korean War. We look at the 521 home runs and .344 lifetime batting average and think: what might have been? Muhammad Ali lost more than three years in his prime to the Vietnam War, and some also ask: what might have been?

Others wonder: what on earth, specifically in the Western Hemisphere beneath the 50th parallel but above the 30th, changed?

The similar appreciation for their very different approaches to war reflects a massive shift in the world, and America, over a fairly short period of time. Americans admired Ted Williams for his bravery serving as a fighter pilot. And they admired Muhammad Ali for his “bravery” in standing up to the draft board. The former activity resulted in Chinese and Koreans trying to shoot the left fielder out of the sky in 39 ground-attack missions flown during the Korean War; the latter activity led to inactivity, with American pugilist panjandrums barring Ali from the boxing ring from 1967 until 1970.

Ted Williams lost more than he gained from his stance. Muhammad Ali gained more than he lost from his.

But the headlines in the wake of the death of the only three-time lineal heavyweight champion tell a different story. The Huffington Post blares “Muhammad Ali Risked It All When He Opposed the Vietnam War,” while the New York Times proclaims, “In Muhammad Ali, an Example of a Truer Kind of Bravery in Sports.”

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2016/06/04/muhammad-ali-no-hero-just-hypocrite-dodging-draft/

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He was selfish and ditched his country in the time of need and was of a religion that has damned all others to terrible ends. He was a great boxer, but NO HERO!

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The headlines may call him a hero for dodging the draft. But common sense calls him a hypocrite. Muhammad Ali beat up other men, mostly other men of color, with a Chuck Wepner and Joe Bugner thrown in every so often, for a living. Like Ali, several of his opponents—Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Jerry Quarry—degenerated slowly toward death because of the shots they took in the ring. He called himself a conscientious objector to war. But he was no such thing.

He believed in wars fought on

Allah’s, not Uncle Sam’s, behalf.

Muhammad Ali No Hero, Just a Hypocrite, for Dodging Draft

Ted Williams lost nearly five seasons to World War II and the Korean War. We look at the 521 home runs and .344 lifetime batting average and think: what might have been? Muhammad Ali lost more than three years in his prime to the Vietnam War, and some also ask: what might have been?

Others wonder: what on earth, specifically in the Western Hemisphere beneath the 50th parallel but above the 30th, changed?

The similar appreciation for their very different approaches to war reflects a massive shift in the world, and America, over a fairly short period of time. Americans admired Ted Williams for his bravery serving as a fighter pilot. And they admired Muhammad Ali for his “bravery” in standing up to the draft board. The former activity resulted in Chinese and Koreans trying to shoot the left fielder out of the sky in 39 ground-attack missions flown during the Korean War; the latter activity led to inactivity, with American pugilist panjandrums barring Ali from the boxing ring from 1967 until 1970.

Ted Williams lost more than he gained from his stance. Muhammad Ali gained more than he lost from his.

But the headlines in the wake of the death of the only three-time lineal heavyweight champion tell a different story. The Huffington Post blares “Muhammad Ali Risked It All When He Opposed the Vietnam War,” while the New York Times proclaims, “In Muhammad Ali, an Example of a Truer Kind of Bravery in Sports.”

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2016/06/04/muhammad-ali-no-hero-just-hypocrite-dodging-draft/

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Well, aren't we all hypocrites in some way? I'm quite willing to overlook Ali's bad choices, and here's why: what Mohammad Ali did for boxing and what he accomplished by way of victories in the ring, overshadow everything else, IMO. I mean, heavyweight champion of the world is a feat not to be dismissed, not to be forgotten. Very, very few have ever done this. Also you must count the hard work & discipline it took in training.

Mohammad Ali was a champion athlete. Period.

And may God have mercy on his soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed. Amen.

Peace.