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Nationals pitcher declines WH visit

PoetPhilosopher

Veteran Member
Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle has declined being part of a team visit to the White House:

Washington Post: Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle declines White House visit saying he 'just can't do it'

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Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle has declined to visit the White House Monday for a ceremony honoring his team's historic World Series win, citing President Donald Trump's rhetoric as the reason he won't attend the celebration.

"There's a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country," Doolittle said in an interview Friday with The Washington Post.
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What's interesting is, despite the efforts of the Republican party to support Trump, more and more people are starting to treat him like, for lack of better words, a Richard Nixon, as public opinion swings against him.

The article goes on to talk about something which I didn't remember, of Trump criticizing a disabled news reporter (a few years ago apparently).
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle has declined being part of a team visit to the White House:

Washington Post: Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle declines White House visit saying he 'just can't do it'

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Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle has declined to visit the White House Monday for a ceremony honoring his team's historic World Series win, citing President Donald Trump's rhetoric as the reason he won't attend the celebration.

"There's a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country," Doolittle said in an interview Friday with The Washington Post.
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What's interesting is, despite the efforts of the Republican party to support Trump, more and more people are starting to treat him like, for lack of better words, a Richard Nixon, as public opinion swings against him.

The article goes on to talk about something which I didn't remember, of Trump criticizing a disabled news reporter (a few years ago apparently).
A very short clip of the mimicking:

 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
Why can't he just "not go" instead of making a spectacle of it?

This reminds me of the RFers that feel the need to announce that they are putting another member on ignore or that they're leaving the forum.

I'm not going to the White House either. I just didn't feel the need to announce it*.



*Well there's that and the fact that I wasn't invited (something about showing up the last time in sea-foam green spandex)
 

Mindmaster

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle has declined being part of a team visit to the White House:

Washington Post: Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle declines White House visit saying he 'just can't do it'
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Who? :D

I really miss the old days when people weren't wimps and could put their politics under their hats in public. If it were my team that were invited even if it were a President I disliked I still go because I'm not a petulant adult-aged child. I'm there to support my people and it doesn't matter what that guy has to say about it or what he said in the past.

I find it funny how liberals seem to believe this is "standing up to the orange man" or w/e, but actually it's just having absolutely no spine. Your feelings are so hurt that you must banter about them constantly and make a stink when it's not even that important. Yeah, we should be making fun of this guy constantly for being a toddler. :D

If anyone needs to meet Trump personally it's this guy, because all that's in the space between his ears right now is a load of turds -- a bunch of media propaganda and caricatures of a person that have no basis in reality.
 

SalixIncendium

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Premium Member
The reporters ask, and expect an answer, so he answered them.

Uh, how would the reporters at the Washington Post know he wasn't going if he didn't announce it to someone?

And why shouldn't he?

For the same reasons I don't publicly announce my decisions to boycott events or businesses publicly. It's a personal decision.

If one announces such decisions, or the ones I mention in a previous post, s/he has ulterior motives other than simply doing or not doing something.
 

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
Who? :D

I really miss the old days when people weren't wimps and could put their politics under their hats in public. If it were my team that were invited even if it were a President I disliked I still go because I'm not a petulant adult-aged child. I'm there to support my people and it doesn't matter what that guy has to say about it or what he said in the past.

I find it funny how liberals seem to believe this is "standing up to the orange man" or w/e, but actually it's just having absolutely no spine. Your feelings are so hurt that you must banter about them constantly and make a stink when it's not even that important. Yeah, we should be making fun of this guy constantly for being a toddler. :D

If anyone needs to meet Trump personally it's this guy, because all that's in the space between his ears right now is a load of turds -- a bunch of media propaganda and caricatures of a person that have no basis in reality.

Of course if it were a president that you loathed rather than worshiped, you would be nodding with smug approval. What's truly petulant is how butthurt you get when people don't prostrate themselves alongside you before Trump.
 

PureX

Veteran Member
Uh, how would the reporters at the Washington Post know he wasn't going if he didn't announce it to someone?
They're reporters. That's what they do: find out things. I'm sure the moment they saw that the team was invited to the White House (in a publicized events schedule), they asked if everyone was going. Because these days, a lot of folks have refused invites to the White House.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
I really miss the old days when people weren't wimps and could put their politics under their hats in public.
When was that, exactly?

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SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
Why not make a thing out of it? It's a good opportunity to call attention to the harm that Trump is doing.

Is that what he’s doing?

If that’s the intent, why not simply go to the White House dinner and see if an opportunity presents itself to express these concerns verbally?

Sorry, the whole “I’m above attending your function” does little more than draw attention to the person and does nothing to address the actual issues.

This very thread is evidence of this.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Is that what he’s doing?

If that’s the intent, why not simply go to the White House dinner and see if an opportunity presents itself to express these concerns verbally?
There are a few ways to do it. I see his choice as valid.

If you want someone to criticize Trump in person, you can always try to wrangle your own invite.

Sorry, the whole “I’m above attending your function” does little more than draw attention to the person and does nothing to address the actual issues.

This very thread is evidence of this.
Is it? Several issues with Trump's behaviour and actions have already been brought up in this thread. Except for the people who are looking to be offended by this, it *is* sparking a conversation about Trump.
 

ecco

Veteran Member
Uh, how would the reporters at the Washington Post know he wasn't going if he didn't announce it to someone?



For the same reasons I don't publicly announce my decisions to boycott events or businesses publicly. It's a personal decision.

If one announces such decisions, or the ones I mention in a previous post, s/he has ulterior motives other than simply doing or not doing something.


If you boycotted an event, no one care because you are a nobody. If you called your local paper and announced that you were boycotting the next Democratic rally, the reporter would probably ask: "Uh, who are you?" When you told him your primary claim to fame is that you post on RF, the reporter would quietly just hang up the phone and go back to his crossword puzzle.
 

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
What I find hard to understand is why any one accepts Trump's invitations to the White House. He only invites famous sports people to reflect in their glory as if he had some thing to do with achieving it. When his presence only tarnishes theirs.
 
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