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Kenhe LoginGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:50am
Ali was the anti-Trump. He had the bravado and the confidence, but in a positive way. He used his fame and influence to oppose the war in Vietnam and racism.

He was the most influential athlete of the last century. A man of tremendous love and dignity.
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  Sanders/Kasich 2525Kenhe Login
  6/04/16 12:54am
  Yes, very well said. Much love to you and him.
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  Kenhe LoginSanders/Kasich 2525
  6/04/16 1:00am
  Thanks. Ali was the greatest athlete of all time. I love Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens, and even Pele, but it was Ali.
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99Telep☺dpr☹blemsGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:37am

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  Weedszac99Telep☺dpr☹blems
  6/04/16 12:56am
  Man this almost makes me wonder what a fight between him and Bruce Lee would've been like
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  Kaitlyn_Ec99Telep☺dpr☹blems
  6/04/16 3:58am
  
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  That one is great, but for me this is the one i always remember. The dance at the end always makes me smile.
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Cam/ronGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:34am

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  TheSingularityCam/ron
  6/04/16 1:46am
  I want this quote to be true because it’s fantastic, but I can’t help but want some source... because you know, superimposing text onto public figures is a thing. I won’t be surprised if and when someone proves this to be true.
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  DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinaTheSingularity
  6/04/16 2:03am
  It certainly sounds like him. Ali didn’t so much talk as he made pronouncements.
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burner756634543Gabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:39am
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون “Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return” َ

This Muslim makes dua for our brother tonight.

This American makes a more relatable comment:

10,000 days in the fire is long enough, you’re going home.

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  Sanders/Kasich 2525burner756634543
  6/04/16 12:54am
  You better not be a racist troll, because that would be disrespectful on so many levels, and all you would be doing was showing that people cared enough about Ali and respected Islam enough to not try and decipher what you had written
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  burner756634543Sanders/Kasich 2525
  6/04/16 1:00am
  It was a reference to the Tool song, 10,000 days, which is about as long as Ali had Parkinsons, and it was an actual Arabic translation and the actual Arabic lettering from an actual Muslim (Islam holds that the Arabic language is preferred when speaking a prayer, and that is the prayer for the dead, but, using the language that you feel most comfortable with to express your feelings is better than parroting something you don’t understand. Suffice it to say that Allah alone knows best).
  
  I am deeply saddened by this loss, as Ali arguably did more for acceptance of Islam in America than anyone else in the last 40 years.
  
  Wouldn’t normally bite on a comment like this, but Ali deserves the clarification
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potahhhtoGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:48am
Met him very briefly in a McDonald’s in 1998. Gracious, kind, patient with everyone who wanted to talk or take a picture with him. An exceptionally brave man.

Say not in grief ‘he is no more;’ rather, live in thankfulness that he was. I am thankful that we got to share the world with him.
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  XrdsAlumpotahhhto
  6/04/16 8:27am
  Had the honor of meeting him briefly as well when i was a teenager. He gave me a couple of quick (yet slow) feints with a mischievous smile. It’s rare for a celebrity to be a natural crowd pleaser yet also a man of integrity. The GOAT was both.
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  Trumpmato Trollpotahhhto
  6/04/16 9:44am
  When I was a little kid in 1975 or 1976, I met him at O’Hare airport. I screwed up the courage to ask him for an autograph, and he jokingly said to me, “You looking for a fight?” I about wet my pants.
  
  After that he invited me to sit down at his table with him and the few other people he was traveling with. He bought me a Coke and asked me about school. All-in he probably spent almost 10 minutes with me. That graciousness is pretty amazing. I was a little white suburban kid whom he didn’t know at all, and he took that much time to make me feel good.
  
  At the time, he was certainly the most famous person in the world. Would any of his celebrity analogues today do the same. I don’t know who the world’s most famous person would be now, but would LeBron do the same (putting aside that you’d never see him in an airport)? Would Kim Kardashian?
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Mortal DictataGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:40am
Saddened and my sympathies go to the family but honestly not surprised at the news of his passing. He’s been incredibly ill in recent years now, with him looking shockingly bad at the Opening Ceremony at London 2012.

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  DontBeSuchaBoobPunchTinaMortal Dictata
  6/04/16 12:44am
  The news itself didn’t make me cry, but this is.
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  Kenhe LoginMortal Dictata
  6/04/16 12:51am
  He died today, but sadly Parkinsons took him years ago.
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GeorgeGeoffersonLivesGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 2:05am
I kind of wonder if we could even have and appreciate someone like him, today? We’d probably just call him a dick and dog him out on Twitter all day. And, who is left in boxing right now? Floyd Mayweather? Manny?

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Sad!
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  Secondhand ProseGeorgeGeoffersonLives
  6/04/16 3:20am
  Oh, there was a time in his day where he was absolutely reviled. America (most of it, anyhow) came to its senses, due to his exceptional skill, charisma, and razor-sharp wit.
  
  Pro boxing was a bigger deal in those days, but that was a long time ago. I was raised on it, would love to enjoy it again, but the sad truth is that it has been in sorry fucking shape for a long time.
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  GeorgeGeoffersonLivesSecondhand Prose
  6/04/16 3:27am
  America (most of it, anyhow) came to its senses, due to his exceptional skill, charisma, and razor-sharp wit.
  
  That’s kind of my point. These seem fewer and further between. And, maybe it is just a gut feeling. Maybe, the speed of the media today has bulldozed certain “Alis” that never got to shine. Maybe the sheer amount of media kind of levels out how we view talent.
  
  I don’t know. I just don’t see many (any?) at the moment in sports.
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TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)Gabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:39am
My grandfather spent twenty years fighting diminishing physical health as a wasting disease killed him. By the end, death came as a mercy, but it didn’t and doesn’t make us miss him any less. Muhammad Ali will be surely missed, both for who he was as a public figure, and for who he was as a father.
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  lorem ipsumTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
  6/04/16 2:28am
  How can you miss somebody you never even knew? He wasn’t your friend. His death will not affect you one iota.
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  Sneezing for Fun and Profitlorem ipsum
  6/04/16 4:29am
  It’s oddly sad that you’re unable to comprehend grief. Like a part of your brain is damaged or something.
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SO sofGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 12:34am
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  DoubtthiswilllastSO sof
  6/04/16 12:41am
  Came here for that. Not disappointed.
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Bear BrianGabrielle Bluestone
6/04/16 1:31am
Surely you guys have another post coming about how Trump, hater of Muslims, has tweeted that Ali, devout Muslim, will be missed by all?

Stupid to such a level that he can't even get out of his own way.
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  Chuck E.Bear Brian
  6/04/16 2:41am
  I think it’s near 100% certain Trump will do just that. I don’t know where these pictures are from, but clearly he’s gotten his hair gel and spray tan on the Champ’s suit a couple times. Uggh.
  
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  Bear BrianChuck E.
  6/04/16 2:44am
  He already tweeted it. What a fucking hypocrite he is.
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