tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post6954919388931496829..comments2024-03-26T09:23:26.937-04:00Comments on ZooTennis: Li Qualifies for $100K Dow Tennis Classic, Zhao Cruises Past No. 6 Seed; Florida Tops TRN's Men's Recruiting Class RankingsColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-67249994432005749982018-02-03T17:37:38.753-05:002018-02-03T17:37:38.753-05:00I could not agree more with both of the above post...I could not agree more with both of the above postings on this subject. I think part of the problem is that if young people make the mistake of only using incredibly biased sources of "news" such as Fox News -- which was founded by Right Wing Republican operative Roger Ailes who first became famous for being Richard Nixon's campaign advisor -- then they become easily duped. Fox News has become Trump News featuring lying right wing full-time Trump apologists such as Sean Hannity who lies through his teeth and makes up conspiracies such as Pizzagate every day. If this is the only type of source that a young tennis player uses for his/her "factual" information then they will have a tendency to believe absurd myths like Pizzagate are real, that Obama is not an American citizen and that Trump is not desperately committing obstruction of justice every day to avoid being exposed as Putin's ally for the past decade.Echo Chambernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-81597726350004187642018-02-03T13:00:56.445-05:002018-02-03T13:00:56.445-05:00Such a shame for a guy who grinded it out on the c...Such a shame for a guy who grinded it out on the challenger tour for so long, finally makes big break and now is tainted as hillbilly racist. He also made anti gay comments, it is amazing how uneducated some people are, especially as a guy who went to college and should have been exposed to various types of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-72667179946552299152018-01-31T15:55:40.988-05:002018-01-31T15:55:40.988-05:00It’s a real shame that Tennys Sandgren’s impressiv...It’s a real shame that Tennys Sandgren’s impressive and storybook run at the Australian Open has been overshadowed by the controversy over the many offensive views that he expressed and supported on his Twitter Account. By ultimately deciding to delete most of his tweets, hopefully, he finally realized that his retweets and comments supporting the Alt-Right movement were a mistake and how that support is deeply offensive to many people. <br /><br />The Alt-Right movement is defined as “composed chiefly of white supremacists, neo-nazis, neo fascists, and other fringe hate groups.” The problem with his statement that he is open to learning about “interesting ideas” and other views is contradicted by the fact that virtually everything he tweeted or commented on is from just one side, the far-right, so he cannot learn other views if he does not expose himself to more objective, more credible and more progressive sources and information.<br /><br />The other problem with using sources from just one non-credible side is that the reader has a tendency to lose judgement and believe clearly debunked and unsubstantiated myths. As just one example, his twitter comments confirmed that he actually came to believe the absurd and firmly debunked myth that Hillary Clinton was the architect of a child pedophile ring in the basement of a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant. Besides being absurd on its face, “Pizzagate” was debunked by virtually every legitimate news source known to mankind, including strongly Republican-leaning news organizations. A truly educated person who wasn’t relying on such non-credible sources would not have fallen for this ridiculous story and would not have embarrassed himself so badly to the entire world. <br /><br />While expressed support of Donald Trump is more defensible and less controversial than support of the Alt-Right movement, tennis players should not be surprised that many people find this support extremely offensive. Support of a figure such as Trump cannot be brushed off as merely “political” because it’s public knowledge that Trump has ADMITTED on the Access Hollywood Videotape that he is a serial sexual predator who regularly and non-consensually gropes women’s private parts. Furthermore 19 different women have publicly confirmed his admission by accusing Trump of doing precisely that same thing to them. One of the 19 accusers is a People Magazine reporter named Natasha Stoynoff whose published account described how Trump assaulted her while she was writing a story about his wedding anniversary, and a separate People Magazine article cited 6 people who corroborated Stoynoff’s account. <br /><br />In summary, be careful about what you say on social media and this includes using better judgment and utilizing broader and better sources of information. And, don’t be so surprised when a tremendous number of people (including future employers) are deeply offended by your support of the Alt-Right and even Trump. Hopefully you will now understand why so many people are so offended.A Concerned Parentnoreply@blogger.com