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Sorry Ariel, You're Wrong (RE: Yoel Romero)




Today on the MMA hour Ariel and NYR talked about Yoel Romero's post fight speech.

Here is the speech, verbatim (courtesy of Bloody Elbow)

"Listen people! Listen, listen, listen, listen! WHAHAPPEN to you, USA? Whahappen to you? Whas going on? You forget for you the best in the best in the world, the name is Jesus Christ!"

"What happen to you, USA? Wake up, USA! Go! Go back for you, go! Go for Jesus. No forget Jesus people."

People seem to be solely focused on the last line of the rant. It sounded like he may have said "no gay Jesus people," but apparently (and I agree with this) it was instead "no forget Jesus people."

That's fine.

That last line isn't the issue for me, and NEVER was.

My issue is with WHAT HE SAID, not the last line of what he said, BUT WHAT HE SAID, and more specifically, WHAT HE CLAIMED TO HAVE MEANT AFTERWARD.

How in the hell am I supposed to legitimately believe that these words were meant to be a (ACCORDING TO THE MAN HIMSELF) "thank you USA for the American Dream."

Huh?

Language barrier or no language barrier, there is nothing in his actual original words that reference or imply any sort of gratitude. Certain things in life need no translation. Closely watching him speak these words and carefully listening to his voice during the rant, there was no gratitude in his words or indebtedness in his demeanor.

Maybe Yoel just has really bad luck and happened to win the biggest fight of his career directly following a historically iconic moment in the history of civil rights in America, but whatever he was saying, he was NOT thanking America for anything. He was scolding, he was reprimanding, he was disapproving of SOMETHING. Only he knows what.

My dad always said, "don't piss on my face and tell me it's raining."

If you wanna tell me that he wasn't saying "no gay Jesus people," I agree with you. He wasn't. If you want to tell me that this rant was in fact a big thumbs up and gesture of appreciation for America, I think you're F'ing crazy. He was trying to disapprove of something, "What happen to you???? What going on????" is not a "thanks ya'll!? in ANY language.

Only Yoel knows for sure, and due to the nature of the controversy there is absolutely ZERO chance we will hear any peep from him or his camp in regards to anything affirming an anti homosexual sentiment, but the bottom line is Yoel was trying to say something that night, and it wasn't thank you.

Here's the deal. I respect Yoel's opinion. I appreciate that here in America we can disagree on things and not have to kill each other because of it. If Yoel hates gay people, that's his right, no matter how badly I disagree. My issue is with the cover up story afterward. Yoel has the freedom to approve of or disapprove of marriage equality. I have the freedom to approve or disapprove of Yoel's public comments about that or about anything else he chooses to say in front of a live TV audience. You have a right to approve of or disapprove of anything I write here. Having a stance on homosexuality and marriage equality is not the issue. Dishonesty is the issue.

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