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multigraincracker

(34,057 posts)
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 05:02 AM Nov 2021

Yes, Aaron Rodgers, I'm canceling you..

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/5/2062564/-Yes-Aaron-Rodgers-I-m-canceling-you

I grew up in northeast Wisconsin about 40 miles outside of Green Bay. So, naturally, I’m a Green Bay Packers fan.

You might say Packers fandom is part of my DNA. So, in a way, anti-vaxxers are right. The vaccine—or at least one gormless Green Bay goober’s decision to reject it—has changed my DNA, and not in a cool X-Men way or anything. I’m not ready to hop o’er Big Muddy to become a Minnesota Vikings fan, because that feels like a betrayal, but my green-and-gold glad rags are looking far less lustrous at the moment.

Everyone—simply everyone—is piling on Aaron Rodgers right now. Let me get in line, as I fear we haven’t stomped his guts out quite thoroughly enough yet.

I’ve had it with this pandemic. We all have. So when a remarkable vaccine came out that showed every potential to essentially end it—at least in the United States—the sense of relief was palpable. Unfortunately, because of people like Rodgers, untold thousands of Americans have died unnecessarily while armchair quarterbacks infectious disease experts have dithered and done their own “research.”

What a great rant this is. Kind of puts sports in perspective.
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Yes, Aaron Rodgers, I'm canceling you.. (Original Post) multigraincracker Nov 2021 OP
Wow, my 25,001 post. multigraincracker Nov 2021 #1
Rodgers is an idiot PJMcK Nov 2021 #2
I have learned over time SallyHemmings Nov 2021 #3
Asshole of the year. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #4
Never a fan. He was a media propped up sensation jimfields33 Nov 2021 #5
Yup! Heartstrings Nov 2021 #6
Dunning-Kruger Effect. multigraincracker Nov 2021 #7
No doubt about that......nt Heartstrings Nov 2021 #9
When I first heard about this.......... KS Toronado Nov 2021 #8
An announcement from Prevea Health and Aaron Rodgers regarding their partnership. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #12
Rodgers is proving he's just another stupid Qrumper. KS Toronado Nov 2021 #15
I've heard the Covid vaccines can make you throw interceptions. milestogo Nov 2021 #10
apparently you forget who your teammates are rurallib Nov 2021 #16
Aaron Rodgers consulted 'good friend' Joe Rogan about COVID-19 treatments https:// LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #11
Rodgers is a horrible "armchair quarterback"... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #13
Over time... Maxheader Nov 2021 #14

PJMcK

(22,868 posts)
2. Rodgers is an idiot
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 05:54 AM
Nov 2021

Granted, he plays football very well.

Still, he has shown himself to be a dumb jock. It will be interesting to see how the NFL handles his case.

SallyHemmings

(1,879 posts)
3. I have learned over time
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 06:38 AM
Nov 2021

that when someone thinks he is the smartest person in the room...........he never is...

Yes he is a good quarterback, but he is a selfish boob.




Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
6. Yup!
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 09:04 AM
Nov 2021


Spreading vaccine misinformation is wrong and reckless. It is what Rodgers did Friday. The more right he claimed to be, the more wrong he was. People have died listening to the same kind of nonsense Rodgers spread Friday. And he spread it only to protect himself, his ego and his perpetual belief that the world has wronged Aaron Rodgers.

KS Toronado

(19,559 posts)
8. When I first heard about this..........
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 11:07 AM
Nov 2021

I hoped he'd have to go to ICU on a ventilator for awhile, recover, and come out as a spokesperson
for the vaccines. Last I heard it was a mild case.

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